The original logo of the Cincinnati Bengals football team, who were an American Football League expansion team added to the league in 1967. Paul Brown, legendary NFL coach of the Cleveland Browns who had been fired from that post prior to the 1964 season, was part of the ownership group and its’ inaugural coach and … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
Hockey card of goaltender Darren Puppa, whose NHL career began in 1985 and lasted until 2000. He played mostly with the Buffalo Sabres and had short stints with Tampa Bay and Toronto. He shut out the high-flying Edmonton Oilers in his first NHL start in 1985.
NBA – Blueprint For The Cavaliers
For the past few seasons the Cleveland Cavaliers have been trying to figure out how to transfer their regular season success, riding the outstanding play of LeBron James, into similar success in the post-season. The unlikely ride of the 1974-75 Golden State Warriors might be an ideal blueprint to follow to get there. The Warriors, … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
The American Basketball Association logo of the New York Nets, who made news by signing NBA star Rick Barry to a contract and also later acquiring phenom Julius “Dr. J” Erving in a trade with the financially strapped Virginia Squires. Actually the team kept this logo when it entered the NBA along with other ABA teams … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
This 1964 AFL football card of Buffalo Bills defensive back Ray Abruzzese is yet another example of mistaken identity. The player on the card is Ed Rutkowski, a rookie that season out of Notre Dame who was never really a regular but made a name for himself with the Bills on special teams and just … Read More
Sports Vacations – Pro Football Hall of Fame
If you’re a football fan and you’ve never been to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, it’s a pilgrimage you really need to make. Whether you plan to go for the induction ceremony weekend, when there are all kinds of Hall of Fame players and coaches roaming the grounds and lots of … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
The logo of the Cleveland Barons NHL team, which played in the league from 1976 through 1978. The Barons were relocated to Cleveland from Oakland, where they entered the league as the Oakland Seals in 1967 and later became the California Golden Seals. They ran into financial trouble in Cleveland after only 2 seasons and eventually … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
This is another error card that is a classic. Angels’ 3rd baseman Aurelio Rodriguez didn’t feel like posing for his card on the day the Topps people snapped the photos, so he sent out the team’s batboy to stand in for him, and that’s who appears on this card.
Baseball’s “Tools of Ignorance”
I’m very proud of my grandson Josh who is the regular catcher on his youth baseball team this year and doing a fantastic job. I have to admit though, that he is poking a hole in my theory of how a coach picks his catcher on a little league team. I always enjoyed coaching … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
One of the all-time classics when it comes to logos, the logo of the 27 time World Champion New York Yankees baseball team. I’ve never been a Yankee fan but you have to respect a franchise with the 27 titles, 40 pennants and an honor roll of Hall of Fame players and managers that this … Read More