DOG ASIDE; A common practice by television networks who broadcast live boxing during the golden age of boxing (1964 – 1995)…..which happened to happen all the time as evidenced by our 620 world championship fights currently being posted to our Boxing section here at Imasportshile….was to have a follow-up live program that was “in studio”….whereby the…
DOG COMMENTARY: This 23 minute video was presented on CBS in 1989 with Host Jim Nance….who still today in 2016 is involved with CBS Sports coverage of the NCAAM Final Four telecast…..as he provides the viewing audience with a walk down memory lane for all fans of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament….known today as March…
DOG COMMENTARY: This 12 round WBC World Heavyweight Championship Fight took place on March 21, 1988 in Tokyo, Japan….which featured two outstanding heavyweights during the golden age of boxing (1964 – 1995)….with the truly legendary Iron Mike Tyson vs Tony Tubbs…. who was a great heavyweight in his own right…..but who unfortunately fought during the…
DOG ASIDE: The men’s ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY was the 14th Olympic Championship….as 12 teams competed in the tournament….which was held from February 12 to 24….when the United States won its second gold medal in Olympic competition (1st was 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games)….including a win over…
DOG ASIDE: One of the most prestigious sports awards given to the person with the most outstanding athletic achievement every year for the past 63 years….when in 1954….the man who broke the 4 minute mile record, Roger Bannister. won the innaugural Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Award. This award has been won by…
DOG COMMENTARY: This 12 round WBC Lightweight Championship Title Fight between Champ Edwin “Chapo” Rosario vs Howard Davis, Jr. took place on June 23, 1984 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico….as this fight feature a super boxer during the golden age of boxing in Chapo Rosario….and a very good boxer during…
DOG ASIDE: The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup….which is the quadrennial international football world championship tournament….as It was held from June 8 to July 8, 1990 in Italy….the second country to host the event twice (the first being Mexico in 1986)….as teams representing 116 national football associations entered, and qualification began…
DOG ASIDE: This 1990 FIFA World Cup semi-final match between West Germany vs England was played on July 4, 1990 at Stadio delle Alpi in Turin, Italy….and proved to be a match worthy of German – England futbol history….which ended in a 1 – 1 tie at the end of regularion….with Andreas Brehme scoring for…
DOG COMMENTARY: The 1987 NCAA Mens Basketball Final Four was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, LA on Saturday, March 28, 1987….as the tournament featured a “Cinderella team” in the Final Four….as Providence College was led by a then-unknown coach, Rick Pitino, of Louisville University fame today (2017)….as the Friars made their first Final Four appearance…