Logo of a minor league baseball team, the old Louisville Redbirds, who were a Triple A franchise that existed from 1982 until 1998. The team name came from their affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals, and they were an immediate hit with Kentucky baseball fans, becoming the first minor league franchise to draw over a … Read More
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Classic Sports Card of The Day
From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1955 Bowman baseball card of former Brooklyn Dodgers’ catcher Roy Campanella. “Campy” was without a doubt one of the best major league catchers of all time, and after playing in the Negro and Mexican Leagues signed with the Dodgers in 1948, a year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line. He was … Read More
NFL – Week Thirteen Predictions
Week 12 turned out to be the most successful week so far this season as I managed to pick 13 winners out of 16 games, pushing the overall mark for the season so far to 106 games picked correctly and 69 wrong. Here are the week 13 choices: Houston at Philadelphia – this week’s … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of an old minor league hockey team, the Springfield Indians. Based in Springfield, Massachussets, the Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League and existed in the league for 60 years, from 1924 until 1994, with some brief interruptions over the years. This logo was used from 1936 until 1967, when they became … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1989 Topps hockey card of former National Hockey League goaltender Clint Malarchuk. Malarchuk played in the NHL from 1981 through 1996 with the Quebec Nordiques, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals. On March 22, 1989 while playing for the Sabres, he suffered a life-threatening injury when the skate of St. Louis Blues’ player Steve Tuttle severed … Read More
NBA – The Heat Is On
This was really predictable right from the start. When the Miami Heat signed LeBron James and Chris Bosh to join Dwayne Wade and form a “superteam” , they held a big event to introduce all their new stars, and the trio promised multiple championships – not 2 or 3, but 7 or 8. Unfortunately, the … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is an “alternate” logo of the National Football League’s St. Louis Cardinals, incorporating the city’s Gateway Arch, used starting in 1966 when the Arch first opened. The Cardinals moved from Chicago to St.Louis after the 1960 season, and played there until 1987 when owner Bill Bidwell moved them to Arizona. They had exciting teams … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1973 Topps football card of former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson. Drafted by the Bengals in 1971, Anderson earned the starting job by 1972 and led the team for 16 years. His position coach when he started out in Cinci was Bill Walsh, and Anderson was the first QB to direct Walsh’s “West Coast” offense. … Read More
Remembering Bill Walsh
On this day in 1931, legendary NFL head coach Bill Walsh was born in Los Angeles, California. I recently read a short biography of Walsh and it reminded me of a fact that seems lost in today’s NFL – that the greatest coaches of all time are the ones that are the best teachers, not … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Phoenix Suns, used from the team’s first season in 1968 until 1992. The Suns have been a pretty successful franchise, owning the fourth best winning percentage of all time, but in their four decades of existence have never won an NBA title. When the Suns entered the league in … Read More