That was the last game for Player, who was the last to wear the single bar. He was released the following training camp by the Patriots and their football history-loving coach, Bill Belichick.

IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Ware will not be allowed to wear an eight-bar face mask this season. The NFL disallowed the face mask Ware had hoped to wear for the same ...

Neither was the double-bar face mask. But through every iteration of ... the head archivist at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, who knows about the league from its inception in 1920 to its current ...