My week eight predictions produced a mediocre record of 7 correct choices and 6 wrong. The season record is now 67-49. The way the season has gone so far I’m happy to be above the .500 mark. Here are the picks for week 9: Chicago vs. Buffalo (at Toronto) – the Bills have burned me … Read More
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Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is an “alternate” logo of the new World Series champion San Francisco Giants, used from 2000 until now, that features the team’s crossed “SF” script that has been their cap logo since moving to the West Coast in 1958. The Giants, dating back to their days playing in the Polo Grounds in New York, have … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
In 1962, for some reason, the Topps card company produced different versions of cards for various players. These cards of New York Yankees’ relief pitcher Hal Reniff are examples. On the left is a “portrait” version, while the card on the right is a green-tinted “pitching pose” version. Reniff pitched for the Yanks from 1961 until … Read More
NHL – Buffalo Sabres’ Struggles
We’re into November now and the Buffalo Sabres still haven’t won a game on home ice. Not only are they winless at HSBC Arena, they have saved some of their most putrid performances for the home fans. All of that would have to change on Wednesday night. The team was getting its’ first chance to … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Before winning the Stanley Cup in 1994, the last time the New York Rangers had been champions was in 1940. This logo is from even before that, having originated in 1935. The 1935-36 season was the Rangers’ 10th year in the National Hockey League, and the first time the team failed to qualify for the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1980 O-pee-chee hockey card of NHL Hall of Famer Mark Messier. Messier started his career in the old World Hockey Association and eventually wound up in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers, where he played second fiddle to Wayne Gretzky on 4 Stanley Cup winning teams. Messier eventually established himself as one of the NHL’s … Read More
NFL – National Media And The Bills
It has been interesting to listen to some of the national sports commentators critique NFL teams at this point of the season. Two of the league’s most disappointing teams, the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings, are getting crucified by the national media, for good reason. Both have losing records in a year when they were … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, used from 1954, their first year in the CFL, until 1977. The team is widely known as the “BC Lions” and is based in Vancouver, B.C. The team is named after twin mountain peaks located in Vancouver that are known as ‘the lions” because they … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1961 Fleer football card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Don Meredith. Meredith played for the Cowboys for 9 seasons, and after splitting time at the position with Eddie LeBaron became the full time starter in 1963. He then led coach Tom Landry’s team into a winning era that lasted for decades, as the … Read More
MLB – Giants Win The World Series
Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for winning the 2010 World Series! The Giants weren’t on anyone’s radar when it came to picking the best team in baseball before the season started, and had to go to the last week of the season before even qualifying for the playoffs. Then they caught lightning in a … Read More