{"id":265292,"date":"2026-02-12T17:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=265292"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:16:58","slug":"remembering-sonny-jurgensen-a-washington-sunday-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2026\/02\/12\/remembering-sonny-jurgensen-a-washington-sunday-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sonny Jurgensen: A Washington Sunday Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I heard Sonny Jurgensen<\/a> had died, my first thought wasn\u2019t about his Hall of Fame career. It was about Sundays.<\/p>\n

I remember watching the Washington Redskins as a young kid. At the time, I did not realize how much those Sundays would stick with me. And yeah, I said it. The Washington Redskins.<\/p>\n

Every Sunday the routine was the same. Without fail, my dad would go and turn on the Skins game, mute the TV, and turn on the radio to WMAL AM 630 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Why? Because we had to listen to Sonny Jurgensen.<\/p>\n

He was on the radio with Sam Huff<\/a> and Frank Herzog. \u201cSonny, Sam, and Frank.\u201d That trio covered the greatest years in Redskins history during the 1980s and early 1990s. They even covered the down years from the 1990s until, well, when they all retired years ago. And for a lot of families like mine, their broadcast replaced the TV audio completely.<\/p>\n

Why did we have to listen to Sonny and the boys? In his mind, the guys on television were biased against the Skins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n