The Greatest Athlete To Wear #6 {Bill Russell}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #6 is Bill Russell. Notable #6′s in baseball- Stan The Man Musial is one of the greatest players in baseball history. Al Kaline one of […]
View ArticleThe Greatest Athlete To Wear #5 {Joe Dimaggio}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #5 is Joe Dimaggio. Notable #5′s-in baseball one of my all time favourite players- George Brett, Albert Pujols, Johnny Bench, Lou Boudreau, Brooks Robinson, Hank […]
View ArticleGreatest athlete to wear number 4
This is by far the hardest one yet. Basketball has a number of players that did this number justice – Dolph Schayes, Joe Dumars, Sidney Moncrief, Adrian Dantley, Byron Scott, […]
View ArticleThe Greatest Athlete To Wear #3 {Babe Ruth}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #3 requires no thinking- it’s Babe Ruth. Notable #3′s-in baseball- Harold Baines, Earl Averill, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Harmon Killebrew, Bill Terry.Dale Murphy and...
View ArticleGreatest Athlete To Wear #2 {Secretariat}
Solid number at 2. Hockey gives us – Viachaslav Fetisov, Doug Harvey, Brian Leetch, Al MacInnis Basketball – Moses Malone, Alex English Football – Aaron Brooks and Tim Couch – […]
View ArticleThe Greatest Athlete To Wear #1 [Jacques Plante}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #1 is Jacques Plante. notable #1′s- in baseball Ozzie Smith , Tony Fernandez, Richie Ashburn, Bobby Doerr, Billy Martin, Pee Wee Reese, Lance Johnson, Al […]
View ArticleThe Greatest Athlete To Wear #00 [The Chief-Robert Parrish}
The Greatest Athlete To Wear #00 is The Chief- Robert Parrish. Very difficult decision for #00 between Robert Parrish and 00 Jim Otto. Other notables Ken Burrough in foootball, Jeffrey […]
View ArticleMinnesota Becomes The 32nd State- This Day 1858
On this day in 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state in the Union. I have been to the fine state of Minnesota a few times and always had a good […]
View ArticleThe Greatest Coach In American Sports History- Vince Lombardi- Born 100 Years...
The greatest coach in American sports history-Vince Lombardi was born 100 years ago today. I wrote a big article last fall on Lombardi so I am not going to do […]
View ArticleCollege Basketball Star/Celtic First Round Pick-Len Bias Dies Of Cocaine...
On this day in 1986 Len Bias who by all accounts would have been a huge star for the Boston Celtics in the NBA died when he had a cocaine […]
View Articledo something positive today
too much is made out of things that are wrong – most of the media has the motto ‘if it bleeds – it leads’. what does that say about us […]
View Articleby the numbers
i grew up on the texas coast. it was not a very far trip to go into houston for anything; gasoline was about 80 cents a gallon and the roads […]
View ArticleTHE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER TO NEVER PLAY IN THE N.B.A.- OSCAR SCHMIDT 59...
Former Brazilian basketball star Oscar Schmidt turns 59 today. Schmidt may be the greatest basketball player who never played in the N.B.A. Schmidt who played professional basketball from 1974- 2003. […]
View ArticleBASKETBALL GREAT MICHAEL JORDAN-54 TODAY
Michael Jeffrey Jordan turns 54 today. Jordan is considered by most [but not me, I’ll go with Bill Russell} to be the greatest basketball player of all times. Jordan led […]
View ArticleWILT CHAMBERLAIN SCORES 100 POINTS IN A GAME- THIS DAY IN 1962
Fifty-five years ago today, March 2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers. The game was played at Hershey […]
View Article“THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER’ BECOMES THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES-...
On this day in 1931 the U.S. Senate passed the bill making the “Star-Spangled Banner” the National Anthem of the United States. The next day President Herbert Hoover signed it […]
View ArticleJIM VALVANO’S -ESPY SPEECH-JIM VALVANO BORN THIS DATE 1946
Jim Valvano in 1983 led his North Carolina State Wolfpack to a very improbable NCAA Basketball Championship. Looking back this is the game that made the NCAA Tournament what […]
View ArticleCHRISTIAN LAETTNER- THE SHOT- 25 YEARS AGO TODAY
My favorite moment in college basketball history- The Shot- Christian Laettner sinking Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA tournament. 25 years ago? Really? I can remember letting out a loud […]
View ArticleFINAL FOUR CONTINUES A STRANGE YEAR PLUS OF SPORTS
In the last year a lot of strange [but good ] events have happened in sports as far as who has been winning. Last year the miracle of miracles in […]
View ArticleUCONN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WIN STREAK ENDS AT 111
A couple days ago I asked QuinnMaddux if the UConn women’s basketball team would ever lose again? Yes! It ended tonight when Mississippi State beat them with a buzzer beater […]
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