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Sam Spence, whose energetic, muscular musical compositions were an integral part of NFL Films' celebration of pro football, died Saturday morning at a nursing center in Lewisville... His son, Kim Spence, said the fact that Spence died on the eve of the 50th Super Bowl reflected his flair for the dramatic...

VIDEO AT LINK. This is the original NFL song that you grew up listening to. Appropriate for the NFL playoffs.

With the eye of an art history major, Steve Sabol filmed the NFL as a ballet and blockbuster movie all in one. Half of the father-son team that revolutionized sports broadcasting, the NFL Films president died Tuesday of brain cancer at age 69 in Moorestown, N.J. He leaves behind a league bigger than ever, its fans enthralled by the plot twists and characters he so deftly chronicled. "Steve Sabol was the creative genius behind the remarkable work of NFL Films," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement from the league confirming Sabol's death. "Steve's passion for football was matched...

NFL Films president Steve Sabol died Tuesday morning after an 18-month battle with brain cancer. He was 69. Sabol was one of the driving forces behind NFL Films -- which has allowed fans to see a different side of football for the past 50 years. His father, Ed Sabol, recently inducted into the Hall of Fame, started the company and convinced the league to let him film the 1962 NFL title game. Eventually, Sabol, with help from Steve, started NFL Films, and the league was never the same. Everything you see on Inside the NFL? NFL Films. Much of what...

About 15 years ago, Steve Sabol, the president of NFL Films, came up with the idea for what he called the "Dream Season.'' With clever film editing, he and his staff made it look as if 20 of the best teams since World War II were playing each other in a six-game season to produce an eventual champion.