1959 Topps football card of one of the all time legendary quarterbacks in NFL history, John Unitas. Until Sunday night, he held an NFL record said to be the football equivalent of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak in baseball – throwing at least one touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games. Drew Brees, who broke Dan … Read More
NFL – Week Three Predictions
Week two was another relatively successful week for Rayonsports in picking winners of the NFL’s scheduled games. I picked 11 winners out of the 16 games played, bringing the 2 week total to 23 correct and 9 wrong. Here are the week 3 picks: New York Giants at Carolina – the Giants could easily be 0-2 … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a Canadian Football League team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, used from 1963 until 1994. The franchise was born in 1930 and over the years has won a total of 10 Grey Cup CFL championships. Four of those came in the late 1950s and early ’60s when their head coach was Bud Grant, who … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1963 Fleer football card of former Buffalo Bills’ defensive tackle Tom Sestak, who was the anchor of the defensive line on a unit that was a dominant force in the American Football League in the 1960s, winning consecutive league titles in 1964 and ’65. He played only 6 seasons, as his career was cut short … Read More
NFL – Bills Game Review
The Buffalo Bills’ home opener on Sunday was a complete reversal of the blowout loss they suffered to the Jets last week. Buffalo dominated play and had a 35-3 lead over visiting Kansas City before surrendering a couple of “garbage” time touchdowns to the Chiefs to earn a 35-17 win. Last Sunday, Ryan Fitzpatrick threw … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the Chicago Blitz football team, a club that played in the United States Football League in 1983 and ’84. The team was quarterbacked by former Chicago Bears’ QB Vince Evans, and its roster included some pretty good players, including Trumaine Johnson, Larry Canada, Frank Minnifield, Greg Landry and Joe Ehrmann. The Blitz’s biggest … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1961 Fleer football card of former running back John Olszewski, who started his career with the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals in 1953. He had a decent career, making the Pro Bowl twice. He was nicknamed “Johnny O”, and wore the jersey number 0, as seen in the card, which was a rare allowance for individualism by … Read More
MLB – The Five Most Controversial Pitchers of All Time
This particular “list” post was supposed to be the 5 most controversial major league baseball players of all time, but when I narrowed down the choices to 5, I realized they were all pitchers, hence the title change. I’ve always thought of catchers as the “characters” when it comes to baseball players (former Orioles catcher Rick … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a baseball team that played in both the Negro American and National Leagues, the Baltimore Black Sox. The club actually spent most of its’ existence as an independent team and also was one of the original franchises in the Eastern Colored League. In 2007, the Baltimore Orioles wore Black Sox throwback uniforms to … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1952 Topps baseball card of former major leaguer Ray Boone, the first in a long line of major league players from the Boone family. He enjoyed an 11 year major league career with 6 different teams, starting in 1948 with the Cleveland Indians, where he helped win the World Series, the last time that franchise … Read More