This photo of Y.A. Tittle, battered and bleeding after a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 1960s, was voted The Sporting News sports photo of the century, and in my opinion is the greatest sports photograph of all time. It was during the era that Tittle played that I became completely addicted to … Read More
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Classic Team Logo of The Day
Original logo of the old Kansas City Athletics baseball team, before they were relocated to Oakland. I never understood what this logo was all about. My only guess is that any elephant that can balance himself on a large baseball must be athletic, even if his batting stance is pretty terrible.
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1961 Fleer card of Boston Celtics’ Hall of Famer Bob Cousy. He and Bill Russell were the 2 main cogs in Boston’s total domination of the NBA in the 1960s, Cousy quarterbacking the attack from the backcourt and Russell intimidating opposing teams’ offenses with his tremendous defensive, shot-blocking and rebounding skills.
Final Word On The Buffalo Sabres
As the Stanley Cup Finals wind down this week, it’s a good time to take one last look at our local team, the Buffalo Sabres, and try to figure out what they need to do to take the next step and advance in the playoffs next season. Lindy Ruff will be back as coach, and perhaps … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
The Green Bay Packers’ “alternate” logo during their heyday as Titletown, USA, from 1961-1967 when Vince Lombardi coached them to 5 NFL championships in 7 years, including wins in the first 2 Super Bowls.
Classic Sports Card of The Day
The Chicago Black Hawks are one win away from claiming this season’s Stanley Cup, and they’ve gotten this far with a relatively unknown goaltender in Annti Niemi. There was a time when the Hawks had one of the best goalies ever in Tony Esposito, whose card is pictured above. Esposito, despite his long, storied career … Read More
John Wooden Remembered
What struck me the most when reading the many articles this weekend on the passing of basketball coaching legend John Wooden were the words being used, by the people who knew him best, to describe him – kind, selfless, humble, honest, wise, loyal, gentleman, teacher, grounded in faith, loving, fair, patient. One article noted that one of his … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is the logo of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, which has remained the same since the team’s inception in the old American Basketball Association. The old ABA Spurs, led by the “Ice Man” George Gervin, one of basketball’s best pure shooters ever, played an exciting run and gun style of offense which was common … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
An early ’70s football card of Broadway Joe Namath, whose “guarantee” of a victory in Super Bowl III over the Colts put the American Football League on the map. Namath’s performance in that game pretty much got him elected to the Hall of Fame, since his career statistics are not that impressive (he was plagued … Read More
MLB – The Most Famous One-Hitter In Baseball History
The whole sports world has been talking about what should have been the final out in the Detroit Tigers / Cleveland Indians baseball game the other night in which Tigers’ pitcher Armando Galarraga was denied a perfect game due to a blown call by first base umpire Jim Joyce. Joyce, after seeing the replay, admitted he … Read More