With the death of Jack Tatum, friends are embarking on the reshaping of “The Assassin’s” legacy. But it is too late, because the only man who could have done it just died. Tatum’s 10-year ...

Jack Tatum, the former Oakland Raiders player who earned the nickname the Assassin for his brutal hits, none of them more devastating than a blow that left New England Patriots wide receiver ...

I don't harbor any ill feelings toward him. In my heart I forgave Jack Tatum a long time ago." It's a sentiment worth following, for The Assassin disappeared years ago. The Reverend devoted his ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- He was called the "Assassin." Jack Tatum was one of the hardest hitters in the NFL, a Pro Bowl safety who intimidated opposing players with bone-jarring tackles that helped make ...

COLUMBUS, OHIO—Jack Tatum, the Pro Bowl safety for the ... He was 61. Nicknamed “The Assassin,” Tatum, died of a heart attack Tuesday in an Oakland hospital, according to friend and former ...

Jack Tatum, the Pro Bowl safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his crushing hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61. Nicknamed "The ...

His autobiography, They Call Me Assassin, was a best seller ... Of all the game shirts on display, I bought the Jack Tatum one. I look at it now with a tear in my eye. I had dreamed of one ...

Yes, that Jack Tatum ... of a gallery of similar blows Tatum dished out during his violent 10-year career, earning him the macho-moronic nickname “the Assassin.” In his 1980 book — which ...

"R.I.P. Jack Tatum the assassin. One of the best safetys to ever play this game, his legacy will live forever." It was unfortunate that Tatum's hitting overshadowed how well he did everything else ...

He was called the ''Assassin.'' Jack Tatum was one of the hardest hitters in the NFL, a Pro Bowl safety who intimidated opposing players with bone-jarring tackles that helped make his Oakland ...

Jack Tatum, the storied Oakland Raiders ... Even though the safety co-wrote a book called “They Call Me Assassin” after his career ended, Tatum was never called “The Assassin” during ...

To some, Tatum was simply doing his job. For instance, Deadspin’s Barry Petchesky in “Jack Tatum Killed Darryl ... Final Confessions of an NFL Assassin (1998): “I was paid to hit, the ...