I haven’t done a “list” post in awhile, so to kick off Super Bowl week, I’ll list the 5 most memorable NFL title games from the Super Bowl era. There were lots of great championship games played before the Super Bowl era began following the 1966 season, including the “Greatest Game Ever Played”, the 1958 sudden … Read More
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NFL – Five Most Innovative Coaches of All Time
In an earlier football “list” post, I named my choices for the top 5 NFL head coaches of all time. This list is a bit different – my choices for the five most innovative head coaches of all time. Any of these could easily be included in the “top five” also, and would probably complete my … Read More
MLB – Five Players Who Changed The Game
In picking five significant players who changed the game in major league baseball, I broke my usual rule of only including those who I’d actually seen play. The contributions of the players included on the list from before my time were just too great and too significant to leave them off. Here are five players … Read More
NHL – Five Players Who Changed The Game
The game that started out being played on frozen ponds in Canada has evolved a great deal over the years. Here are five players who changed the game in professional hockey: 1. Jacques Plante – the veteran Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender changed the game forever when he became the first to don a mask on a … Read More
NFL – Top Five Head Coaches of All Time
Picking the top 5 NFL head coaches of all time was a difficult task, so difficult that what I wound up doing was splitting the list into two categories. There are some glaring names missing from this particular list, but that’s because even though those names, it could be argued, belong on this list, they … Read More
NBA – Five Players Who Changed The Game
Professional basketball has evolved more than any other sport over the years – from a game dominated by white, two-handed set shot players to the athletic players of today. The three-point shot altered the game also, as did the outlawing, then re-instituting, the use of zone defense. Here are 5 players who changed the game … Read More
Top 5 Baseball Managers of All Time
My top five baseball managers of all time will not include legends like Joe McCarthy, Connie Mack or even Casey Stengel. McCarthy and Mack don’t qualify since they managed way before my time, and Stengel doesn’t make the list because I only remember him as manager of the hapless expansion Mets in the early 1960s … Read More
“Is This Heaven?, No, it’s Iowa.” My Five Favorite Sports Movies
Rocky, Remember The Titans, Safe At Home, Pride of The Yankees, Rudy, Brian’s Song, Bull Durham, Bad News Bears, Hoosiers and League Of Their Own. These are all films that get honorable mention on my list of favorites when it comes to sports movies. The 2 toughest to eliminate were Pride Of The Yankees, with Gary … Read More
NFL – Five Players Who Changed The Game
This particular list is not a “best of” or a list ranking anything or anybody. It is a list of 5 NFL players whose contributions to the game of professional football were so unique that they actually changed the sport. There were 4 players considered but not included that deserve mention. Two of them are … Read More
NBA – Top Five Centers of All Time
In pro basketball the “big man” in the middle has always been a key component of any winning team. There have been many great ones over the years, so picking a top 5 was difficult. The center position has been played differently by some players, for instance – Wes Unseld of the old Washington Bullets would … Read More