DOG COMMENTARY: It has always been this lil ole chiweenie Sportsphile’s opinion that the only way that a world champion boxer should lose his crown….is by being soundly defeated by the challenger for the title….either by KO, TKO or a fight that went the distance where the Champ was either knocked down 2 or 3…
DOG ASIDE: There are many things about our expansive 2300 hour video library that is being posted here at Ima Sportsphile that makes this webpage very unique….and one of those unique aspects are the absolute volumes of highlights from sporting events that this library has within the thousands of pages posted herewith….as evidenced by the…
DOG COMMENTARY: One of the truly great conferences in NCAA college football was the Southwest Conference (SWC)…. which existed from 1914 to 1996….and was composed primarily of schools from Texas including Rice University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Christian University, University of Houston, Texas Tech University, Baylor University and the University of Texas….along with Oklahoma University and Arkansas University as well. Simply…
DOG ASIDE: There are times in a Sportsphile’s life where they are completely “caught off guard” by the outcome of a sporting event…..and for this lil ole chiwenie Sportsphile….a event ending kockout of the reigning undefeated undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World far outdistances itself from a walk-off home run in baseball or a last second…
DOG COMMENTARY: 1985 was an outstanding year in sports….as this CBS Sports Special provides undeniable evidence of that statement….. for it was in this year in Major League Baseball alone that Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb’s long standing hits record of 4192 hits….while White Sox P Tom Seaver and NYY P Phil NieKro won their…
DOG ASIDE: The story of Nelson Vail’s ascent to stardom during the 1984 L A Games was an indication of just how brilliant and effective ABC Sports was at building potential Olympic heroes. Nelson Beasley Vails (born October 13, 1960) is a retired road and track cyclist from the United States….who rode as a professional from 1988 to 1995 representing the USA…
DOG ASIDE: On September 26, 1986 at the Abel Holtz Stadium in Miami Beach, FL….a true boxing legend from the golden age of boxing (1964 – 1995) entered the ring against one of the many really great boxers of the era…..as Hector “Macho” Camacho faced off against Cornelius Boza Edwards for the WBC Lightweight Title…
DOG COMMENTARY: Bone Daddy graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, TX in 1970….and his blood runs burnt Orange….for he absolutely loved this video….cuz getting to post a Longhorn victory over the vaunted Crimson Tide from Alabama in the Cotton Bowl Classic in any year….certainly brings a smile to his face….still today….shoot, he’d make…
DOG COMMENTARY: This video of Day 6 at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics by ABC Sports brings the viewer coverage of the Boxing with lightweights Yong-Mo Heo (South Korea) vs. Efren Tabanas of the Phillipines….along with super heavyweights Mohammad Yousef (Pakistan) vs Lennox Lewis (Canada), who would go on to win gold and later establish…