DOG COMMENTARY: Without question Who Framed Roger Rabbit is one of my all time favorite movies….cuz this lil ole chiweenie Sportsphile just love rabbit….especially the long-eared kind…..and although there is a part of me that likes to chase badgers down holes….you know, being half dachshund….that’s weiner dogs for those of you not as worldly as I…..but there…
DOG ASIDE: D Wayne Lukas is an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee….who holds the record for the most Triple Crown race wins with fourteen….has won twenty Breeders’ Cup races…. received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments….and his horses have won 25 year-end Eclipse Awards. After D Wayne graduated from college in Wisconsin….he taught high school where for nine years he was…
It is quite possible that the greatest women’s butterfly swimmer ever was USA Mary T Meagher…..known affectionately as Madame Butterfly….who is a former competition swimmer, Olympic champion and world record-holder. In 1981 she bettered her own existing world records in the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter butterfly….as these times would stand as the respective world records for 18…
DOG ASIDE: This ESPN SportsCenter Olympic Edition coverage of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games is hosted by David Sullivan….as he man’s the sports desk for ESPN during their coverage of the first week of these Games of Sarajevo…..which leads off with a report from Ed Pickett regarding the men’s alpine skiing downhill event featuring…
DOG COMMENTARY: The 12th European Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Copenhagen, Denmark in September of 1979….which featured some of gymnastics most notable legends of the sport….including Romania’s Nadie Comaneci and Emilia Eberle….along with Russia’s Elena Mukhina and Natalia Shaposhnikova….as three of the four would win the gold in at least one of the women’s disciplines….with Comaneci…
DOG ASIDE: The Doobie Brothers were one of the great rock bands of all time…who sold more than 40 million albums worldwide….while being active for five decades….with its greatest success in the 1970’s…. as evidenced by their 1979 appearance on Sound Stage…..where they performed one of their most popular hit solo song Listen to the Music. The band’s history…
DOG ASIDE: This CBS Sports Sunday special featuring the 1985 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball program at Louisiana Tech University features legendary sportscasters Brent Musburger and Vern Lundquist covering the success that the small university in Ruston, Louisiana has hand over the years….while featuring an interview by Lundquist of NBA star Carl Malone and Teresa…
DOG COMMENTARY: This CBS Sports coverage of the 1979 Pan American Games from San Juan, Puerto Rico featured the more than capable broadcast crew of Dick Stockton at the sports desk…the beautiful Jayne Kennedy covering wrestling and sailing….Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy covering boxing….and Jack Whitaker providing commentary and closing statements…as this 8th edition of…
DOG COMMENTARY: The 1987 Preakness Stakes was the 112th running of the thoroughbred triple crown horse race….which took place on May 16, 1987….and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network….as Alysheba was jockeyed by Chris McCarron won the race by a half length over runner-up Bet Twice. The post time was 5:34 p.m. Eastern Time….as the race was run over a fast…