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FILE - Los Angeles Raiders' owner Al Davis speaks to the media after a Federal Court jury ruled in favor of the team and the Los Angeles Coliseum in an antitrust suit against the National Football League, in Los Angeles, in this Wednesday, April 14, 1983, file photo. When director Ken Rodgers decided to do a documentary looking back on the battles between late Raiders owner Al Davis and late NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle he decided he wanted to tell the stories from their perspectives. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

ESPN uses technology to bring Davis, Rozelle back to life

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 8, 2006, file photo, then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue smiles while addressing the media at an NFL owners meeting in Grapevine, Texas. Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has made the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his fifth attempt. Tagliabue and former New York Giants general manager George Young made it as contributors. Ex-Dallas Cowboys safety Cliff Harris and former Cleveland receiver Mac Speedie completed the centennial class announced Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. The class of 10 senior candidates, three contributors and two coaches are part of the hall's celebration of the NFL's 100th season. (AP Photo/D.J. Peters) ** FILE **

Paul Tagliabue, NFL Films’ Steve Sabol headed to Hall of Fame

By Barry Wilner - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2006, file photo, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue responds to question at a news conference at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. NFL team owners knew in 1989 they needed a leader who was going to bring the league out of the dark decade of the 1980s, when litigation, labor troubles and stagnant TV ratings dramatically slowed the growth of the league and hastened Pete Rozelle's departure. They chose Tagliabue. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

When NFL needed change, Paul Tagliabue was choice in 1989

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1968, file photo, Paul Brown, president of the New Cincinnati Bengals of the American Football League, is trying to select the design of helmets in Cincinnati, to be worn by his team when it starts play in the league. Brown, the innovative coach and powerful team owner who brought dozens of improvements to the sport, has been voted pro football’s greatest game changer. (AP Photo/File)

Innovative Paul Brown voted NFL’s greatest game changer

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 1985, file photo, Pete Rozelle poses with a bronze bust of himself after induction ceremonies into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Ernie Mastroianni, File)

Rozelle: From compromise candidate to commissioner nonpareil

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

Roger Goodell Associated Press photo

TYRRELL: From Pete Rozelle to Roger Goodell

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Column: A nation grieves and the NFL plays on

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

**FILE** Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League, talks at an informal news conference during a break in Washington on May 18, 1966 session of the league meeting in a Washington hotel. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)

LOVERRO: The NFL games no one wanted to play

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Titans, Oilers owner Bud Adams eulogized

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

President Richard Nixon (right), shown with Redskins coach George Allen on Jan. 2, 1973, challenged the NFL to change its blackout policy. (Associated Press)

DALY: NFL on TV was more than a political football to Nixon

By Dan Daly - The Washington Times