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Salaries were rising, and the players were abandoning teams and contracts and running to the highest bidder. In january of 1969, the dream became reality as the jets overcame the greatest odds in sports history to win super bowl iii. The story of the national football league is the greatest success story in the history of american sports. New york times journalists have been covering national football league games, from. This article is a timeline of the national football league nfl.
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