NFL – Bills’ Game Review

November 21, 2011By adminFootball 1 Comment

The Buffalo Bills’ game against Miami on Sunday, a resounding 35-8 Dolphin win, followed pretty much the same script as last week’s blowout loss in Dallas, as the team looked horrible again and was outcoached and outplayed in every phase of the game. For three straight weeks now, the team has looked not ready to play, … Read More

Classic Team Logo of The Day

November 21, 2011By adminClassic Team Logo of the Day

This is an “alternate” logo of a college football program that is one of the most storied in the country, Notre Dame. The logo was used from 1963 until 1972, when the Fighting Irish were coached by the legendary Ara Parseghian. They won one of the 11 national championships the school has claimed in its’ … Read More

Classic Sports Card of The Day

November 21, 2011By adminClassic Sports Card of the Day

1984 Topps football card of former placekicker Scott Norwood, who played for the United States Football League’s Birmingham Stallions at the time this card was released. Norwood joined the NFL’s Buffalo Bills after the USFL folded and was a major factor in the Bills’ resurgence as a winning team in the late 1980s and early … Read More

NFL – Week Eleven Predictions

November 16, 2011By adminFootball 1 Comment

 Week ten was by far the worst so far for me in picking games, as I got only 6 correct and 10 wrong. The overall record for the year now stands at a still respectable 93-53, and here are my choices for week eleven: New York Jets at Denver – this week’s featured Thursday night game. … Read More

Classic Team Logo of The Day

November 16, 2011By adminClassic Team Logo of the Day

 An “alternate” logo of the Denver Broncos football team from their early years in the American Football League. This logo was used on the players’ helmets from 1962 until 1965. The Broncos are one of pro football’s most stable franchises today, but struggled in the AFL days. In fact, they were the only original AFL … Read More

Classic Sports Card of The Day

November 16, 2011By adminClassic Sports Card of the Day

1961 Topps football card of former Oakland Raider quarterback Tom Flores, one of the early stars of the American Football League. He is one of only 20 players who lasted the entire 10 year existence of the AFL, as he also served as a backup QB in Buffalo and Kansas City. Flores is also one … Read More

NHL – No Suspension For Lucic?

November 15, 2011By adminHockey

Boston Bruin Milan Lucic   The National Hockey League, supposedly, has made a concerted effort to legislate hits to the head, and unnessary violent hits, out of the game in order to protect the players from serious injury. They appointed a new director of player discipline, former player Brendan Shanahan, who hit the ground running … Read More

Classic Team Logo of The Day

November 15, 2011By adminClassic Team Logo of the Day

Logo of a Canadian junior hockey team that plays in the Ontario Hockey League, the Sudbury Wolves. The Wolves have been around since 1962, and a member of the OHL  since 1972. The club has never won a Memorial Cup, signifying the country’s junior championship, but has sent 77 players to the NHL, including Randy … Read More

Classic Sports Card of The Day

November 15, 2011By adminClassic Sports Card of the Day

1988 Opeechee hockey card of former National Hockey League player Joe Nieuwendyk, who recently was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The big winger broke into the NHL with a bang, scoring 51 goals in his first season and winning the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. He wound up playing 21 seasons, and won … Read More

NFL – Bills’ Game Review

November 14, 2011By adminFootball

One thing that has been aggravating about the surprising start to the 2011 season for the Buffalo Bills is that every time they’ve lost in the first half of the year, the national media “experts” have smugly dismissed them as a “fraud” and although they have gotten a lot of positive attention, mostly there has … Read More