Jack Ramsay coaching the Buffalo Braves in the 1970s I was saddened to hear of the recent death of former NBA coach Jack Ramsay, one of the league’s classiest people who had a Hall of Fame coaching career, and was a tremendous ambassador for the game as a game analyst for ESPN after his coaching … Read More
Month: April 2014
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Portland Trailblazers, a franchise that came into existence when the league expanded in 1970. This logo was used from 1970 until 1990. The club won the NBA championship in 1977, under the direction of Hall of Fame coach Jack Ramsay, and led by star players like Bill Walton, Maurice … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1977 Topps basketball card of a former player who excelled in both the American and National Basketball Associations, Maurice Lucas. He was a preeminent power forward in his time, starting in the ABA with the Spirits of St. Louis franchise, then with the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers, where he was part of that franchise’s 1977 championship … Read More
Rayonsports.com’s Fifth Anniversary
On April 28, 2010, I wrote the first few posts on this blog, which, as my “about” page explains, is my family’s idea of a place for me to vent on the world of sports instead of yelling obscenities at the television. I was unemployed when I first started the blog, so there were many … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
The very first “Classic Team Logo of The Day” that I posted five years ago, back in April of 2009, was that of the old American Basketball Association’s San Diego Conquistadors. So it seemed fitting, on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of this blog, to post the logo of the team the Conquistadors morphed … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
When I first started this blog five years ago, a regular feature of the early “Sports Card of The Day” posts were “error” cards – sports cards in which the card company erred in producing the cards. In honor of Rayonsports’ fifth anniversary, today’s featured card is a 1965 Topps football card of Oakland Raider … Read More
Reviewing The Buffalo Sabres’ 2013-2014 Season
The Buffalo Sabres franchise bottomed out in the 2013-14 season, in practically every sense of the term. They finished last among all 30 NHL teams, scored the least amount of goals since the league added the “Additional Six” teams in 1967, lost the draft lottery for the top pick in the amateur draft and, in … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a Canadian major junior hockey team, the London Knights. The team has existed since 1965, and were known as the Nationals until 1968. They used this logo from 1974 until 1981. The Knights play in the Ontario Hockey League and are coached by former NHL player and coach Dale Hunter. Former Knight players who went … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1988 Topps hockey card of former NHL player John Tucker. He played 12 seasons in the NHL for 4 different teams, most notably the Buffalo Sabres. He finished his playing career overseas, playing several seasons in Italy and Japan. Tucker once scored four goals in a single Stanley Cup playoff game for Buffalo against the … Read More
NFL – Passing of Ralph Wilson and Other Thoughts
Ralph Wilson, Jr. (photo credit – Sports Illustrated) The recent passing of Buffalo Bills’ owner Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. was covered in depth by the local Buffalo media, and local sports fans showed a genuine outpouring of positive emotions for the man, with a very appropriate tailgate party in his memory, and a good showing at … Read More
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