BALTIMORE -- Johnny Unitas, the Hall of Fame quarterback who broke nearly every NFL passing record and won three championships with the Baltimore Colts in an 18-year career, died Wednesday at age 69.

“ Johnny Unitas will always be a legendary name in NFL history,” league commissioner Paul Tagliabue said. “ One of the greatest quarter backs to ever play the game, he epit omized the position with ...

Johnny Unitas, the legendary quarterback whose cool demeanor and pinpoint passing brought championships to the Baltimore Colts and popularity to the National Football League, died yesterday of a heart ...

BALTIMORE -- With the wail of bagpipes filling the cathedral and his coffin covered in white lilies and roses, Johnny Unitas was remembered as "the greatest," a quarterback who made the impossible ...

Very plain and simply, Johnny Unitas was one of my heroes," Ravens senior vice president of football operations Ozzie Newsome said. "When you think of Baltimore, you think of Johnny Unitas." Unitas ...

BALTIMORE - An emotional public joined with a grieving family Tuesday morning to say goodbye to Johnny Unitas, one of the most renowned players in pro football who mingled easily among workaday fans ...

Very plain and simply, Johnny Unitas was one of my heroes," Ravens senior vice president of football operations Ozzie Newsome said. "When you think of Baltimore, you think of Johnny Unitas." Unitas ...

The standard practice before hanging a new calendar on the wall is to look back on events that transpired during the year. In sports, the most significant accomplishment of 2002 might be that of Lance ...

In the 1950s, when pro football came to American television viewers in grainy black and white pictures, there was stoop-shouldered Johnny Unitas, so distinctive in black high-top cleats and a flat-top ...

Very plain and simply, Johnny Unitas was one of my heroes,” Ravens senior vice president of football operations Ozzie Newsome said. “When you think of Baltimore, you think of Johnny Unitas.” Unitas ...