Logo of the World Hockey Association Cleveland Crusaders, who played in the league from 1972 until 1976. The team’s most notable player was goaltender Gerry Cheevers, signed away from the NHL’s Boston Bruins. Their fate was sealed when the NHL California Golden Seals relocated to Cleveland and became the Barons. Unable to compete with the … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
This is a 2000 Upper Deck hockey card of former NHL goaltender Curtis Joseph. He broke into the league with the St. Louis Blues in 1989, and his career lasted until the end of the 2009 season. “Cujo” played for 6 different teams, most notably with the Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs, and has the … Read More
NFL – More Bills Future Daydreaming
Buffalo Bills’ fans can rejoice after this weekend’s round of NFL football games. For the first time this season, their Bills didn’t lose, as they were on their bye week. Hopefully the coaching staff is working diligently to fix all the problems this team has, including an inconsistent offense, poor special teams kick coverage and the worst defense … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
In the World Football League’s inaugural season in 1974, the league decided to go international and put a franchise in Canada – the Toronto Northmen, whose logo is on the left. However, Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau ruled that no American-based football team would be allowed to play in Canada in competition with the Canadian Football … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
From www.CheckOutMyCards.com, a 1960 Fleer football card of Los Angeles Chargers head coach Sid Gillman. Gillman is widely considered to be the father of the modern passing game in pro football. The Chargers, based in L.A. for one season before moving to San Diego, were the main reason that the American Football League got its’ reputation … Read More
NFL – Week Six Predictions
Week five was another forgettable one as I slipped below the .500 mark again, picking 6 right and 8 wrong. That puts the season record at 42 on the plus side, and 33 wrong. Here are the picks for week six: Miami at Green Bay – Miami gets the Packers at a perfect time, as … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of basketball’s New York Knickerbockers, used by the NBA franchise from their inaugural season in the Basketball Association of America (predecessor of the NBA) in 1946 until 1963. the Knicks, along with the Boston Celtics, are the only 2 original NBA teams still located in their original city. During the years this logo was … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1986 Fleer basketball card of one of the NBA’s most exciting little men of all time, 5’7″ Spud Webb. He played 14 years in the league, mostly with the Atlanta Hawks, and at the time he was active Webb was the shortest person to ever play in the NBA. His most famous accomplishment was winning … Read More
MLB – League Championship Series Previews
After picking 3 of the 4 division series correctly, I’ll take a shot at picking the winners of the League Championship Series also. In the one series I did get wrong, Tampa Bay vs. Texas, I mentioned that if the Rays’ bats went silent it would give the Rangers an opening to pull off the … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Here is another logo of a team from the old World Football League, the Birmingham Americans. They were the league’s most successful franchise, winning all 13 of their home games in the league’s two year existence, and winning the 1974 “World Bowl”, the WFL’s championship game. It turned out to be the only title game … Read More