Week five was another forgettable one as I slipped below the .500 mark again, picking 6 right and 8 wrong. That puts the season record at 42 on the plus side, and 33 wrong. Here are the picks for week six: Miami at Green Bay – Miami gets the Packers at a perfect time, as … Read More
Month: October 2010
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of basketball’s New York Knickerbockers, used by the NBA franchise from their inaugural season in the Basketball Association of America (predecessor of the NBA) in 1946 until 1963. the Knicks, along with the Boston Celtics, are the only 2 original NBA teams still located in their original city. During the years this logo was … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1986 Fleer basketball card of one of the NBA’s most exciting little men of all time, 5’7″ Spud Webb. He played 14 years in the league, mostly with the Atlanta Hawks, and at the time he was active Webb was the shortest person to ever play in the NBA. His most famous accomplishment was winning … Read More
MLB – League Championship Series Previews
After picking 3 of the 4 division series correctly, I’ll take a shot at picking the winners of the League Championship Series also. In the one series I did get wrong, Tampa Bay vs. Texas, I mentioned that if the Rays’ bats went silent it would give the Rangers an opening to pull off the … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Here is another logo of a team from the old World Football League, the Birmingham Americans. They were the league’s most successful franchise, winning all 13 of their home games in the league’s two year existence, and winning the 1974 “World Bowl”, the WFL’s championship game. It turned out to be the only title game … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1963 Topps baseball card of Hall of Fame pitcher, and retiring U.S. Senator Jim Bunning. Bunning pitched for 17 seasons in the major leagues, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies. He is one of only five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues, and his National League no-no was a perfect … Read More
NFL – 2011 College QB Draft Prospects
This NFL season is only 5 weeks old and already it is extremely depressing if you’re a Buffalo Bills’ fan. The team has a bye this week and it couldn’t come at a better time for the fans, who have to be suffering from failure overload after watching this team play so far this year. Most prognosticators had … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
One of the most iconic logos in all of sports, the logo of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens. The franchise is one of the NHL’s “original six” teams, but is the only team that actually pre-dates the founding of the NHL. They are one of the oldest professional sports franchises in North America, and also … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1975 O-pee-chee hockey card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of the winningest coach of all time in a major sport, Scott Bowman. Bowman has been a part of 12 Stanley Cup championship teams, 9 as a coach and 3 as a front office executive. He has the most wins in both regular season (1,244) and postseason (223) … Read More
Reviewing Posts From Last Week
Sometimes it’s fun to look back at some of the comments I’ve posted here and see how accurate some of the things I said turned out to be. Here are a few from last week: On the Yankees/Twins MLB divisional series: “the Yanks will win this series, although it won’t be a sweep like last … Read More