1963 Topps baseball card of Hall of Fame pitcher, and retiring U.S. Senator Jim Bunning. Bunning pitched for 17 seasons in the major leagues, most notably with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies. He is one of only five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues, and his National League no-no was a perfect … Read More
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NFL – 2011 College QB Draft Prospects
This NFL season is only 5 weeks old and already it is extremely depressing if you’re a Buffalo Bills’ fan. The team has a bye this week and it couldn’t come at a better time for the fans, who have to be suffering from failure overload after watching this team play so far this year. Most prognosticators had … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
One of the most iconic logos in all of sports, the logo of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens. The franchise is one of the NHL’s “original six” teams, but is the only team that actually pre-dates the founding of the NHL. They are one of the oldest professional sports franchises in North America, and also … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1975 O-pee-chee hockey card, from www.CheckOutMyCards.com , of the winningest coach of all time in a major sport, Scott Bowman. Bowman has been a part of 12 Stanley Cup championship teams, 9 as a coach and 3 as a front office executive. He has the most wins in both regular season (1,244) and postseason (223) … Read More
Reviewing Posts From Last Week
Sometimes it’s fun to look back at some of the comments I’ve posted here and see how accurate some of the things I said turned out to be. Here are a few from last week: On the Yankees/Twins MLB divisional series: “the Yanks will win this series, although it won’t be a sweep like last … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the Southern California Sun, a franchise in the short-lived World Football League in the 1970s. They were coached by former L.A. Ram legend Tom Fears and had winning records in their 2 years of existence in 1974 and ’75. They played their home games at Anaheim Stadium, and produced some quality quarterbacks in their … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
With another Monday Night Football game now completed, here is the 1973 Topps football card of former St. Louis Cardinals offensive tackle Dan Dierdorf, who was a color commentator on MNF for 12 seasons. Dierdorf played on an offensive line for the Cardinals in the 1970s that was one of the NFL’s best, and in 1975 they … Read More
NFL – Bills Game Review
The Buffalo Bills fell to 0-5 for the season on Sunday by losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars, 36-26, taking their place along with Carolina and San Francisco as the NFL’s only remaining winless teams. The Bills may not be the worst team in the league, but there’s no doubt that their defense, trying to transition … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is the logo of basketball’s Milwaukee Bucks, used by the NBA franchise from their inaugural season in 1968 until 1992. The Bucks, like every typical expansion team, struggled in that first season but then won a coin flip with fellow expansion team Phoenix to get the first draft choice. That choice turned out to … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1986 Fleer basketball card of Detroit Pistons’ guard Joe Dumars. Dumars was the backcourt running mate to Isiah Thomas for the Pistons’ aggressive “Bad Boys” NBA championship teams of 1989 and 1990. Dumars was primarily a shooting guard when he played alongside Thomas, then showed his versatility by moving to point guard after Thomas retired. Dumars, a … Read More