Alfred “Al” Unser (born May 29, 1939) is an American automobile racing driver….who was the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser….and father of Al Unser Jr. Al Unser is now retired….but still remains the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times….along with A. J. Foyt and Rick Mears….while being the fourth of five to have won…
Roberto Durán (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer….who competed from 1968 to 2001….while becoming a four-weight world champion….after having held titles at lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight….which also included reigns as the undisputed and lineal lightweight champion….along with the lineal welterweight champion….as he is also the second boxer in history to have competed over a span of five decades….with the first being Jack Johnson. Durán…
This video features 1986 pre-race Indy 500 interviews with three legends of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy 500 racing…..as ABC’s Larry Nuber interviews 1985 winner Danny Sullivan, regarding all things “head to head and hand to hand” combat with Mario Andretti in last years race. Following the Sullivan interview, ABC’s Al Trautwig provides insight into…
Frankie Billy Randall (born September 25, 1961) is an American former professional boxer from 1983 to 2005….who was a three-time light welterweight world champion….having held the WBA, WBC and lineal titles between 1994 and 1997. Randall is best known for being the first boxer to defeat Julio César Chávez….whose record at the time of their 1994 fight stood at 89 wins and a draw. He…
This video starts out with with ABC’s always eloquent and elegant legendary sportscaster Jim McKay…..as he introduces the start of the 1986 Indianapolis 500 Race….when Mary Hulman, Chairman of the Board at Indianapolis Motor Speedway makes the famous call….“Drivers start your engines”.…to which 33 different race car drivers enter their cars…
Each year Sports Illustrated Magazine presents its Sports Person of the Year award show with candidates from nearly every genre of sports highlighted by category…..baseball, football, boxing, baseball etc. This 1984 version of the awards show was produced by HBO and features host Merlin Olsen….who introduces famous stars and past winners of the award that turn…
The 1986 Indy 500 was delayed for an entire week for the 1st time in the history of the race….as ABC’s race day team of Jim McKay, Jim Lampley and Sam Posey do a great job of covering the time during the delay…..and then providing an inside look at how the major race teams dealt…
ABC sportscasting legend Keith Jackson hosts this prefight show prior to the 1982 world middleweight title fight between Champ Marvin Hagler verses William Caveman Lee….who became the challenger in this fight when the original challenger, Mickey Goodwin, was scheduled to fight Hagler in San Remo, Italy….but Goodwin hurt his left hand in training….so, since Caveman boxed out…
This is an awesome video account and highlights of the 1979 Indy 500…..which speaks vividly to how much technology of filming the classic race has come in the past 41 years…..while providing a wonderful view of how far racing technology has come too….evidenced by the skills and timing of the pit crews back in the…