1964 Topps football card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of Buffalo Bills’ defensive back Ed Rutkowski, who was mostly a special teams player in his career. However, in the old American Football League’s annual Thanksgiving Day game on November 28, 1968, Rutkowski had his shining moment of glory. The Bills were a bad team in ’68, while their opponent … Read More
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NFL – Classic Thanksgiving Games – Part II
Inaugural Dallas Thanksgiving Game vs. Browns in 1966. Detroit has had the honor of hosting the NFL’s annual Thanksgiving Day game since 1934, but in 1966, the league added a second Turkey Day game, awarding the honor to the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys played the Cleveland Browns in their inaugural game that year, … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the National Basketball Association’s old Vancouver Grizzlies, who entered the league as an expansion team in 1995. The Grizzlies joined the league along with another Canadian city, Toronto, that year, and played in Vancouver until 2001. They were a losing operation in their entire tenure there, and in 1999, the team’s top draft … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1986 Fleer basketball card of former National Basketball Association player Glenn “Doc” Rivers. Rivers played most of his 14 year career with the Atlanta Hawks, and was known as a top point guard with great defensive skills. Rivers went into coaching after his playing career ended, guiding the Orlando Magic for 4 seasons, and was … Read More
NFL – Classic Thanksgiving Games – Part I
Green Bay’s Bart Starr is swallowed up by a swarming Lions’ defense. On Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 1962, the NFL staged its’ annual traditional game between the host Detroit Lions and the visiting Green Bay Packers, and the game was one of the most memorable ever played on the holiday. A year later, this … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of major league baseball’s San Diego Padres, used from 1969, their first year of existence as a National League expansion team, until 1984. The “Padres” team name was a tribute to the minor league team in that city that had existed since 1937. The team didn’t do much winning when this logo was in existence, but … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1960 Topps baseball card of former major league pitcher Early Wynn. A big righthander, Wynn pitched for 25 seasons for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, and gained a reputation for being an intimidator, once saying that he’d knock down his own mother with a pitch if the game was on the … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
While watching the first half of the game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, this thought crossed my mind – the Bengals are one of those teams that is really aggravating. They have loads of talent on their roster but not much character. They don’t play well together as a team because … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is the old “Pepsi bottlecap” logo of the American Hockey League franchise, the Buffalo Bisons, used from 1940 until the franchise disbanded in 1970, giving way to the city’s NHL franchise, the Sabres. The logo design resulted from the team being purchased by a local Pepsi Cola franchise in 1956. The club was a … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1933 Ice Kings hockey card of National Hockey League legend Irvin “Ace” Bailey. Bailey started his career with the Toronto St. Patricks in 1926, and played eight seasons with the franchise, which was renamed the Maple Leafs in his first year. He helped the Leafs win the Stanley Cup in 1932. Bailey’s career came to … Read More