Logo of the National Basketball Association’s Baltimore Bullets, who later transferred to Washington, D.C. The franchise still plays in the nation’s capital, but the team was renamed the Wizards so as not to promote gun violence among young fans. Before playing in Baltimore, the franchise was located in Chicago, and was known first as the Packers, … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1968 football card of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson, a Hall of Famer. Dawson quarterbacked the Chiefs to 3 American Football League championships, one in the league’s third season of existence when they were still the Dallas Texans. The other title game victories sent the Chiefs on to Super Bowls, as they lost the … Read More
MLB – Sizing Up The Races
The major league baseball season now heads into the second half as its’ All-Star game, which is the closest thing to a real display of the actual sport as any of the pro all-star games, is now concluded. For the first time in 13 seasons the National League won and whatever team wins the NL … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
A logo of another World Hockey Association team, the Denver Spurs. The Spurs came into existence in 1975 after Denver was spurned by the NHL when the established league cancelled expansion plans after initially awarding Denver a “conditional” franchise. The team was a failure at the box office and eventually folded in 1976, but Denver … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
This is a 1956 Topps baseball card of Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Piersall. Piersall played for 5 different teams between 1950 and 1967 and had a decent major league career, but is best known for struggling with bi-polar disorder and being portrayed by Anthony Perkins (of Psycho fame) in the movie Fear Strikes Out. … Read More
NFC North – Wherefore Art Thou Brett Favre?
The countdown is on again as far as what Brett Favre is going to do this season, as reports come in that he is working out with high school players in his hometown. After the season Favre had last year, I don’t see any way he retires. With Favre back, most would say the Minnesota Vikings … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
There have been so many different incarnations of Washington baseball teams over the years that it’s hard to keep track of them. This logo is of the American League Washington Nationals, who existed from 1901 to 1958, not to be confused with the current National League Nationals or the version of the AL Senators that was … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1973 Topps basketball card of former Los Angeles Laker Pat Riley. Riley was basically a spare part as a player for the Lakers but would later coach them to multiple NBA titles. Riley currently runs the Miami Heat and was responsible for assembling the free agent “dream team” of Dwayne Wade, LeBron James and Chris … Read More
Goalie Masks – Part II
There are so many classic goalie masks, past and present, that it was worthwhile to revisit this topic. Three classic masks above are John Vanbiesbrouck’s Florida Panther helmet (above left), Johnny Bower’s “Bay Window” mask (above right), and Curtis Joseph’s “Cujo” mask. Here are some other great masks and/or helmets: Apparently they play hockey in … Read More
Classic Team Logo of the Day
One of many of the early logos of a flagship franchise of the American Football League, the Boston Patriots. “Pat Patriot” was designed by an artist who worked for the Boston Globe, and adorned the Patriots’ helmets until they changed to their current color scheme in the 1990s. Now the New England Patriots, the team … Read More