In a recent post about the flurry of questionable hits to the head in the NFL, I quoted Mike Ditka suggesting that the league go back to playing without face masks on their helmets, because “these pretty boys playing today won’t want to mess up their faces and risk losing endorsements”. This 1958 Topps football card, … Read More
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MLB – World Series Preview
It’s rare when David slays Goliath twice in one week, but that’s what happened in baseball’s League Championship Series. In the American League, the Texas Rangers followed the tried and true formula for reaching the World Series – make sure Cliff Lee is in your starting rotation. Of course, the Rangers did much more than … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Detroit Pistons, used from their first season in Detroit in 1957 until 1971. They moved to the Motor City from Fort Wayne, Indiana in ’57, and were mostly a losing operation during the era when this logo was used, although they had some of the sport’s greatest players on their … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
In honor of Halloween, this 1975 Topps basketball card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of former Houston Rockets guard Mike Newlin, wearing his Geico caveman Halloween costume. Actually, that isn’t a costume…it’s the way athletes looked in the 1970s. Newlin was a decent NBA player, playing 11 seasons with the Rockets, New Jersey Nets and New York … Read More
NBA – Kicking Off The 2010 Season
From left: Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James. The National Basketball Association regular season begins tonight with the league’s new Barnum & Bailey Traveling Circus Show, also known as the Miami Heat, meeting the Boston Celtics in a much-anticipated game. This off-season the NBA was all about free agency and player movement, and Heat general … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
When major league baseball’s Houston Colt .45s moved into the first domed stadium ever built, the Astrodome, in 1965, owner Judge Roy Hofheinz renamed the team the Astros, and this was their inaugural logo, used from ’65 until 1974. The club had entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962, and, typical of expansion clubs, … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1970 Topps baseball card of former major league pitcher Nolan Ryan. Ryan is currently in the headlines as a majority owner of the surprising Texas Rangers, who advanced to the first World Series in franchise history over the weekend. Ryan broke into the majors with the New York Mets in 1966, and his playing career … Read More
NFL – Bills Game Review
It was easily their best effort this season, but the bottom line is the Buffalo Bills fell to 0-6 on Sunday in Baltimore, losing a 37-34 overtime heartbreaker to the Ravens. Let’s get the negatives out of the way first. The Bills lost mostly because they did what losing teams do – turned the ball … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association, one of the league’s original franchises. They existed from 1972 until 1975, and in their second season advanced to the WHA playoffs final round, but lost the battle for the Avco Cup to Gordie Howe’s Houston Aeros. In an earlier playoff round that same year, the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1982 O-pee-chee hockey card of former NHL defenseman Barry Melrose. Melrose had a mediocre career in pro hockey, playing for the Cincinnati Stingers of the old WHA, then moving on to the Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. His playing career amounted to 300 games, in which he totaled 10 goals and … Read More