DOG ASIDE: In 1975, Irv Lander, Alex Stein and Eldon McIntire first organized a World Championship for flying-disc (Frisbee) catching dogs and their handlers….and as the event continued annually….Stein and his disc dog, Ashley Whippet, won the first three championships in 1975, 1976 and 1977. McIntire was the owner of another disc dog named Hyper Hank….and since Lander worked…
DOG COMMENTARY: This 1986 Breeders’ Cup was the 3rd edition of the cup….and was held for the first time under the majestic San Gabriel Mountains at Santa Anita Park. A record Breeders’ Cup crowd of 69,155 were on hand to witness the 4-year-old Lady’s Secret go wire to wire to win the Distaff and become…
DOG ASIDE: On Location was a series from HBO that premiered on New Year’s Eve 1975 with a one-hour performance by comedian Robert Klein….which became a source for uncensored stand-up comedy performances from such great comedic talents such as Henny Youngman, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, David Brenner, Redd Foxx, Rich Little, Robin Williams, Phyllis Diller, Shecky Greene, Billy Crystal, George Kirby, Lily Tomlin, Buddy Hackett, Pat Cooper, Freddie Prinze…
DOG COMMENTARY: Continuing with The Rolling Stones history….we find them entering a period from 1968 to 1972….a time when the group started to turn form the “drug culture psychedelic” period….as the band spent the first few months of 1968 finishing off a solo of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”….which was the last of that genre of their rock history….as they then started working on…
DOG ASIDE: Up to this 1977 Saturday Night Live since its inception….the weekly NBC weekend comedy that is still airing in the same time slot….had never had a female host….as it was viewed by many as a “good ole boys” program….that was until Mary Kay Place….an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter… who was known for…
DOG COMENTARY: The Rolling Stones have been cranking out fantastic rock n roll music since 1962…..and they are still at it today in 2018….and folks, that is 56 years of gracing stages all over the world to bring their special brand of rock music…..cuz the truth be known…..they probably all do more rocking in a…
DOG COMMENTARY: This 1982 10 round middleweight boxing match between Mustafa Hamsho verses Bobby Czyz featured two really good fighters during The Golden Age of Boxing….with one in Hamsho who fought for the world middleweight boxing championship on three different occasions…..and the other who won the IBF light heavyweight title and the WBC cruiserweight title. Mustafa…
DOG COMMENTARY: Red Skelton is rapidly becoming ImaSportsphile’s guardian angel….for his popularity on our site…..which exceeds 2 million views just of Red’s videos on our web page…..has gone a long way in helping our site gain the notoriety that we so gratefully hope continues to come…..so, I have decided to give our viewers of this…
DOG ASIDE: Utopia is an American rock band formed in 1973 by Todd Rundgren….who were a progressive rock band with a somewhat fluid membership known as Todd Rundgren’s Utopia….with most of the members in this early incarnation that also played on Rundgren’s solo albums of the period up to 1975. By 1976, the group was known simply as Utopia and…