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Joe Namath, one of the most charismatic players in NFL history and one of the game's greatest quarterbacks, said today that if he'd known then what he knows now about concussions, he would never have played football. Namath, who has recently undergone treatment for brain injuries, was asked in an interview with Tiffany Kenney of ABC's West Palm Beach, Florida, affiliate WPBF-TV whether would still play the game, given all he has learned about the effects of concussions. "No," he said. "I hate to say that because if I had a child who wanted to play I'd let them play...

According to the Internet, the flashy fur coat worn by Joe Namath during the botched coin toss was one of the biggest stars of Super Bowl XLVIII. It even has its own Twitter account.

One year ago today our nation’s greatest sniper, Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle was tragically murdered. Today at the Superbowl, Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath will honor Kyle at the coin toss by wearing a custom bracelet honoring him. Namath tweeted this out earlier today. See his Twitter picture below. U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was celebrated for being considered “America’s deadliest sniper” with 160 confirmed kills out of 255 claimed kills. He was shot at a gun range by another veteran on February 2nd of last year. God bless you Chris and all of our fallen brothers and...

Olivia Namath, daughter of former New York Jets great Joe Namath, has been released on $3,000 bond after being pulled over for speeding on Indiantown Road early Sunday, and then arrested for the pile of marijuana and the open bottle of rum she had in her car. A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputy first spotted the 19-year-old Namath's speeding silver Mercedes about 12:48 a.m. Sunday, according to a report issued Monday.

Legendary quarterback Joe Namath lost a battle to keep his 6-year-old dog from being declared dangerous. A special magistrate at a Thursday afternoon hearing declared Namath's yellow labrador retriever, Leo, as dangerous. The dog is not allowed outside without a muzzle and a leash and must be handled at all times, even in his own yard. The dog is only allowed to be without a leash and muzzle if he is in a kennel.

We're not about being political here because our NFL picks get us in enough hot water but when the old Baltimore Colts come up in a speech, even by implication, well, we're not going to ignore that. My Baltimore Sun colleague Rick Maese is taking a brief sabbatical from sports to be on the presidential election trail and he was just in Beaver County, Pennsylvania with GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin when the subject of Super Bowl III came up in an election metaphor. Palin, playing to Beaver County audience latched onto local hero Joe Namath, who is from...

If it wasn't for Superbowl III, who knows what would have become of the upstart AFC. Thank you Jets - for being useful for once!

Joe Namath was the first quarterback to throw 4,000 yards in a season, but because he had long hair, wore mod clothes and loved the ladies, the feds began tailing him, according to author Mark Kriegel in his long-awaited biography, "Namath," due out Sept. 9. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover had agents begin following the Jets leader with the movie-star looks in January 1967 simply for the "crime" of going to clubs. "Earlier this month," quotes Kriegel from Namath's FBI file, "information was received from a reliable source indicating that [Namath] frequents the Pussycat Bar in New York City." The...

Hall of Famer undergoing counseling   ESPN.com news services Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath is undergoing counseling for alcohol abuse a month after an ESPN interview in which he slurred his words and twice told an NFL sideline reporter he wanted to kiss her. "Well, I've enrolled, or I've gone into a center, and I'm getting personal help there," Namath said during an interview that will air on ESPN's "Outside The Lines" on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET. "Yeah, these people are experts and we need to talk." Namath's interview also will run on SportsCenter at 11 p.m. ET...

<p>Embarrassed by Saturday night's national television interview, pro football Hall of Famer Joe Namath admitted on Tuesday that he had been drinking and apologized to ESPN reporter Suzy Kolber for saying he wanted to kiss her.</p> <p>"I was full of some Christmas cheer, certainly too much. It was a festive occasion," Namath said of the gathering of former New York Jets stars who were to be honored at the game at Giants Stadium against the New England Patriots. "I wasn't trying to be rude and crude. I feel awful about what happened, for my family and the Jets. I've been in better Christmas spirits, no pun intended."</p>

Did anyone see Joe Namath's sideline interview with the female reporter-babe during the second quarter of the Pats-Jets game? She was asking him about Chad Pennington, and he talked to her like Chad was going to lead them to a championship...of course, the Jets aren't going anywhere now...and his speech was very deliberate and slow. "He's either drunk or he has some kind of disease", I said to my mate. The very next question, the woman (I didn't catch her name) asked him about how great it was being a QB as a Jet...and Namath started smiling and leaning around...