The 10 Best Basketball Team Nicknames of All Time

May 9, 2015By adminBasketball, Feature Stories

In the past I’ve done “list” posts of what I consider the best player nicknames in all four major sports. Now, after careful consideration and painstaking research (thank you Wikipedia and Google), I will publish my lists of the best team or tandem nicknames in those four sports, starting with basketball. Of all the major … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: Miracle at The Meadowlands

December 25, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The seventeenth and last week of the 2014 NFL schedule includes a contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants, so the final Throwback Thursday feature of the season will be a look at an unforgettable game played between these two teams on November 19, 1978 that forever became known in NFL lore as “The Miracle at … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Blunder Bowl

December 18, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts clash in the NFL’s week 16 schedule, and for this week’s Throwback Thursday feature, we’ll encore a post that we published during Super Bowl week in 2011. It was Super Bowl V,  a mistake-filled game played on January 17, 1971, between the Cowboys and Colts (who were based in … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Bounty Bowl

December 11, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

Two long-time NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, will square off this week on the league schedule in a game that will likely decide the division championship. The Throwback Thursday post for the week will feature a game played between these two franchises on Thanksgiving Day in 1989, at the beginning of the … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: Back To The Future

December 4, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The Washington Redskins and St. Louis Rams meet on this week’s NFL schedule, and that matchup harkens back to a meeting between these 2 franchises that was played way back on December 11, 1949, a game that will be today’s Throwback Thursday feature. It was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, as the Rams were … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: Birth of The K-Gun Offense

November 27, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The game from this week’s NFL schedule that we’ll feature in this week’s Throwback Thursday post is a contest between the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills. The game was played in January of 1990 and was an AFC divisional playoff game. It featured a classic shootout between two of that era’s top quarterbacks, Buffalo’s Jim Kelly and … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: AFL Rivals Join The NFL

November 20, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The NFL schedule this week includes an AFC West battle between two old enemies, the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs, so a past game between these two clubs will be our Throwback Thursday feature. When the merger took place that joined together the National Football League with the American Football League, it stipulated that … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: Lombardi Loses

November 13, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles square off on this week’s NFL schedule, harkening back to another meeting between these two franchises that will be this week’s Throwback Thursday feature. That meeting was the National Football League championship game of the 1960 season, and was historic in the fact that it was the only … Read More

NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Free Kick Game

November 5, 2014By adminFeature Stories, Football

The oldest rivalry in the National Football League will be renewed this weekend when the Chicago Bears take on the Green Bay Packers, and this week’s Throwback Thursday post will feature a game played between these two storied franchises. The game took place on September 13, 1964, and certainly wasn’t the most classic matchup of the many … Read More