Logo of the San Antonio Toros, a minor league football team that played one season, 1969, in the old defunct Continental Football League. They played in the Texas Division for their lone season in the league, and finished with a 7-4 record. They made it all the way to the league championship game, but lost … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1965 Topps football card of former defensive lineman Roland “Ron” McDole, one of the defensive stalwarts on the Buffalo Bills’ American Football League championship teams of the 1960s. McDole played eight seasons with the Bills starting in 1962, and was a two-time AFL All Star. While the careers of many of his AFL contemporaries faded … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Ambush at Mile High
One of the games on this week’s NFL schedule is expected to be one of the most lopsided games in league history, matching the undefeated and seemingly unstoppable Denver Broncos, led by Peyton Manning, and the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars, who are winless and going nowhere. The point spread on the game has reached as high … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
This is a logo of the Texas A&M Aggies, used from 1964 until 1977. The school is currently home to the most recent Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Manziel, AKA “Johnny Football”. Although the school now plays in the Southeastern Conference, they were members of the old Southwest Conference during the era this logo was used. … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1972 Topps football card of former Pittsburgh Steeler L.C. Greenwood, who passed away recently. Although he was overshadowed by his more famous teammates like Mean Joe Greene, Jack Lambert and Mel Blount, Greenwood was a key player on the “Steel Curtain” defensive units that dominated the NFL during the Steelers’ run of four Super Bowls … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
As with their previous four games so far in the 2013 season, the Buffalo Bills’ Thursday night encounter in Cleveland was entertaining, and the team had a chance to win right down to the wire. They entered the game hobbled by injuries to key players, but most of those players – Fred Jackson, C.J. Spiller, … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a college football team that was once a powerhouse in the old Southwest Conference, the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. The team’s heyday came in the early 1980s when they featured the “Pony Express” backfield that included future NFL players Eric Dickerson and Craig James. They were NCAA co-champions in 1981. However, numerous NCAA … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1966 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills’ flanker Elbert Dubenion. After attending tiny Bluffton College, Dubenion was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1959 but opted to sign with the Bills and the new American Football League. Nicknamed “Golden Wheels”, he was one of the AFL’s most prolific downfield receivers, and helped lead the … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Hit Heard ‘Round The World
One of the matchups on this week’s NFL schedule is an NFC East clash between two long-time rivals, the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles. This week’s Thursday Throwback features a famous game played between these 2 rivals on November 20, 1960, at Yankee Stadium, when a play that became known as “the hit heard … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
An early logo of the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles, used from 1948 until 1968. The club won 3 NFL titles during the era of this logo, in 1948 and ’49 behind Hall of Famer Steve Van Buren, and in 1960. The ’48 and ’49 teams are the only ones in league history to win back-to-win … Read More