1965 Topps football card of former linebacker and punter Paul Maguire, who is one of only 20 players to play for the entire 10 year existence of the old American Football League. Amazingly, Maguire played in the league’s first 6 championship games, the first 3 with the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers followed by 3 with Buffalo, and was … Read More
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NFL – Week Fourteen Predictions
I seem to have hit a wall of mediocrity in my weekly NFL predictions, as I only got half of them right last week, picking 8 winners out of the 16 games played. My winning percentage for the season has taken a hit in the last couple of weeks, with the season tally now at … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
We recently featured the logos of the Army and Naval Academies, so it made sense to also feature the logo of the Air Force Academy. This logo was used by the Falcons from 1955 until 1972. The team currently plays in the Mountain West Conference, and has won the “Commander In Chief’s” Trophy, signifying the top … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1988 Topps football card of former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon, who played 14 seasons in the league. Seven of those seasons, and the most successful, were played with the Chicago Bears, where he led his team to the Super Bowl title in 1985. That Bears’ team became known as the “Super Bowl Shuffle” Bears, after … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
For the Buffalo Bills, Sunday’s contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars shaped up to be a feast-or-famine situation. It was a contest at home against a perceived inferior opponent, so a win was to be expected. A loss, especially with former Bills’ coach Mike Mularkey at the helm of the Jaguars, would have been disastrous as far as … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the Washington Ambassadors football team that was slated to join the newly-formed World Football League in 1974, but never got off the ground. The prospective owners couldn’t work out arrangements to share RFK Stadium with the Washington Redskins (not surprising since the new league was formed to compete with the NFL). The team then … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1956 Topps football card of former Washington Redskin receiver Jack Carson. Better known as “Johnny” Carson during his playing days, he had a non-descript career, spending 6 years with the Redskins before closing out his playing days with one season in the American Football League, in the league’s inaugural season of 1960, with the Houston … Read More
NFL – Week Thirteen Predictions
Week 12 was pretty much a disaster, as I picked only 7 winners out of the 16 games played. The overall record for the season is now 97 correct picks and 50 incorrect. Here are the week 13 choices: New Orleans at Atlanta – the Saints completely revived their season in recent weeks and have climbed … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the Nashville Kats football team, who played in the Arena League in 2 different versions. Named after the Lovin’ Spoonful song “Nashville Cats”, the original franchise played in the AFL starting in 1997 until moving to Atlanta in 2002. They were coached their first 2 seasons by former NFL player Ed Khayat, and … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
This is a 1964 Philadelphia football card of “another” Bradshaw who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1960s, former offensive tackle Charley Bradshaw. Although there does appear to be a slight resemblance, he is not related to Terry, the four-time Super Bowl winning quarterback of the 1970s Steelers. Charley played 11 seasons in the … Read More