Phillips was none too pleased, but he didn't blow his top. That wasn't his style. Instead, he shook his head, looked at his star quarterback, and said, "Dan, five more minutes and we would have had a ...

"He believed it was okay for a coach to love his players." In doing so, he changed leadership in professional sports and left a legacy that continues to resonate with NFL generations even today. Blue ...

The Houston Oilers lost the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh on Jan. 6, 1980, the second straight year in which the Oilers -- led by head coach Bum Phillips-- fell one game short of the franchise's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vance Howard is a local businessman with many talents, including the title of executive producer of films. His latest piece of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Harbor Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to SXSW prize winner Luv Ya Bum! The documentary feature, produced by Lucky Number 8, celebrates an indelible figure in NFL ...

For former Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips, the football legacy that his late father, Houston Oilers head coach Bum Phillips, left behind is only one of the reasons he should always be ...

Former Houston Oilers coach and NFL legend Bum Phillips died Friday night at his ranch in Goliad, Texas. Phillips, the colorful, Stetson-wearing football coach, was 90 years old. Phillips was the ...

The Tennessee Titans will induct former head coaches Jeff Fisher and Bum Phillips, as well as ex-general manager Floyd Reese, ...

People, usually men, often oversimplify Niccolò Machiavelli when they say that for a leader, “it is better to be feared than loved.” Bum Phillips, the head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1975 ...

It was an annual occurrence in the Phillips household. Wes Phillips would beg his father to let him play tackle football and the answer would be no. When Wes was growing up as the grandson of ...