Randy's Radar : Top Tag : Shea Stadium

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Top Tag: Shea Stadium

Sun, October 26, 2008 - 8:38am EDT

'68 AFC Championship — JETS 27, Raiders 23

File Under: Joe Namath, Shea Stadium, Don Maynard, American Football League, 1968 season, Daryle Lamonica, Pete Lammons, George Blanda, Ralph Baker

This is the 15th in a series of Radar entries on the 16 games of the Jets' 1968 Super Bowl III season:    

Sunday, Dec. 29, 1968

Shea Stadium, New York (62,627)

The New York Jets won their first American Football League title before 62,627, largest crowd ever to see an AFL championship game, with a last-period 27-23 victory over the Oakland Raiders at chilly, windy Shea Stadium.

Joe Namath… More

Mon, July 7, 2008 - 6:00pm EDT

A Proper Shea Sendoff

File Under: Meadowlands, Shea Stadium, Geoff Geary

By now, you’ve already heard about Jets Night at Shea Stadium. The Mets’ game with the San Francisco Giants tomorrow evening will certainly have a Green & White tint.

A number of Jets alums will appear at a 5:30 p.m. pregame fundraiser in the picnic area to benefit area charities both the Jets’ and Mets’ foundations. Then the Jets will be saluted during an on-field pregame ceremony that will… More

Tue, November 27, 2007 - 6:48pm EDT

Green & White Task: Keep 'Fins Winless

File Under: Shea Stadium, Cary Blanchard, Dolphins winless Miami Saints

Week 12 of the NFL schedule is over. Things have cleared up from the 97 percent humidity in Pittsburgh on Monday night. And the Jets have a chance to get back on the winning track and finish this season strong.

They also have a chance of becoming the first team to lose to the Dolphins this season.

There are always expectations and trepidations when going up against a winless NFL team in the seco… More

Tue, June 19, 2007 - 8:30pm EDT

Take Leon Out to the Ballgame

File Under: Leon Washington, first pitch, Shea Stadium, Kevin Burkhardt, Mets

It was quite the confluence of Green & White karma in the Shea Stadium box seats on Tuesday evening.

There was Jets mighty mite Leon Washington sitting there enjoying the second game of the Mets' interleague series against the Minnesota Twins — in fact, Leon was pressed into duty, no doubt through the involvement of his agent, Alan Herman, to throw out the game's first pitch.

And in the top of… More