Ernie Davis

Hollywood tackles a tragic Heisman winner

Take it from the quarterback, no one in his right mind would want to win the Heisman

DAVIS'S LEGACYMy youth was filled with the glory days of Syracuse football—John Mackey, Jim Nance, Floyd Little, Larry Csonka—but there has never been another Ernie Davis, on or off the field (A Life Cut Short, Sept....

Among the most vivid memories of senior writer Bill Nack's college days at Illinois is the Saturday morning in May 1963 when Ernie Davis died. Nack, an assistant sports editor with the Daily Mini back then, was alone...

Ernie Davis has been dead more years than he lived, and here you are calling me about him now. It's incredible. People still remember him and talk about him. The man touched everyone he knew. As great an athlete as...