Air Force begins renovations to the east side of Falcon Stadium

Jan. 24—A tackle gone awry inside Falcon Stadium against Army in 1977 created a direct path to shovels hitting the dirt outside that same venue on Tuesday morning at the Air Force Academy. That tackle, delivered with the crown of Jack Kucera's helmet, left Kucera unconscious on the field and with stress fractures to three vertebrae that were crushed straight down at top of his back. Kucera ...