1960 Fleer football card of former player and coach Lou Saban. Saban played 4 years with legendary coach Paul Brown’s Cleveland Browns in the old All America Football Conference from 1946 through 1949 as a middle linebacker, and was team captain for the club, which dominated the AAFC. Saban joined the fledgling AFL as head … Read More
NFL – Week Nine Predictions
After picking 9 winners out of the 13 NFL games played last weekend, my season prediction record stands at 79 correct and 37 wrong. With the season reaching the halfway point, teams are starting to establish their 2011 identities, which should make it easier to pick winners, but that never seems to be the case. … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of an original team from the National Football League, the Duluth Eskimos. This franchise played as the Duluth Kelleys in 1923 and changed their name in 1926. Although based in Duluth, the team was basically a traveling show and rarely played any “home” games. The team disbanded after the 1927 season, but despite its’ … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
This 1958 Topps football card of former NFL quarterback Lamar McHan is a classic example of the “huckabuck” pose used by players on cards of that era. On the card, McHan is shown doing what is a lost art in football today, throwing a “jump pass”, a tactic which shorter QBs used to throw over … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
According to coach Chan Gailey, the Bills’ braintrust spent the bye week breaking down the defense in the team’s first 6 games, and were determined to do whatever was necessary to improve on that side of the ball. Apparently, judging by the Bills’ 23-0 shutout of the undermanned Washington Redskins on Sunday, the tinkering went well. … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
A great team logo for Halloween, the logo of the Toronto Phantoms football team, who played 2 seasons in the Arena Football League, in 2001 and 2002. The team was moved from New England after failing there, and was the Arena League’s attempt to enter the Canadian market. They were owned by Rogers Communications, the same … Read More
Classic Sports Card of the Day
What better sports card to feature on Halloween than a 1968 Topps football card of the ultimate “monster” of the NFL team known as the “Monsters of The Midway”, the Chicago Bears – linebacker Dick Butkus. One of the most feared and intimidating players not only of his era but of all time, Butkus played … Read More
NFL – Week Eight Predictions
Last weekend’s games produced my first sub-.500 record of the year as I picked 6 winners and 7 losers. Still, the overall season record stands at a respectable 70 correct and 33 wrong. Here are the picks for week eight: Washington at Buffalo – this game is being played in Toronto as a “home” game … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
With Halloween just around the corner, a good team logo to feature is this one, of a minor league baseball team that played in the Pioneer League from 2008 until 2011, the Casper Ghosts. Based in Casper, Wyoming, the team played as the Rockies from 2001 to 2007 before taking on the spooky new name, and … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1958 Topps football card of Ted Marchibroda, a quarterback from St. Bonaventure University who played only 4 seasons in the NFL, but had a long, successful coaching career in the league that spanned 25 seasons over 3 decades. He was drafted by his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers and played 3 years for them before finishing his … Read More