The last 50 laps of the 1987 Indianapolis 500 race was not only very exciting…..but it turned out to be a very historic race…..when Al Unser Sr. would win his 4th Indy 500 to tie A J Foyt as the only drivers to ever win the great race 4 times…..whereas Rick Mears would win his 3rd…
Becky Dixon is an American television broadcaster…..who is best known as the co-host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, alongside Frank Gifford, from 1987 to 1988…..as well as being a sportscaster for ABC’s coverage of the 1988 Indy 500….as seen in this video herewith. Jack Arute is a former sportscaster for the NFL and college sports for Sirius XM Radio….who…
Any way you cut the pie…..when you are traveling at speeds nearing 200 mph…..when there is a wreck….it is typically a dramatic wreck…..and the more than 2 cars involved in the wreck….it makes for a MUST SEE TV MOMENT…..as this 3 car collision in the 1987 Twin 125 Qualifiers event at Daytona Speedway…..which involved A.…
During the 1970’s and 1980’s was the height of the music albums and collections that were sold exclusively on television thru tv ads like this one for Bright Lights and Country Music….as some entrepreneurial spirit would get the rights to publish a collection of different favorite singer and their most popular songs….all on one album….as…
Melissa Manchester ain’t no Ella Fitzgerald…..as we at ImaSportsphile don’t think she can break a crystal glass with one of her high notes…..whereas, we are pretty dang sure that Ella can….and when you think of Memorex tv ads….you think of Ella Fitzgerald. The Thorn Birds is an American television miniseries broadcast on ABC from March 27 to 30, 1983….which starred Richard…
Qualifying for the Daytona 500 is unique in NASCAR….when only the two front row starters….the pole and “outside pole”….are determined by the standard knockout qualifying system…..whereas, for all other drivers it only determines their starting position in their duel with odd placed cars being entered into the first duel and even placed cars going in the…
Rapid Rick Mears is one of our favorite Indy Car driver…..cuz we like to call him Pole Sitter Rick…..as he seemed to own the pole position at the Indy 500…..where he sat on the pole a record 6 times in his 12 starts at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In the 1987 Indy 500….Rapid Rick along with fellow Roger…
We are so fortunate here at ImaSportsphile to have so much video content with ABC broadcast legend Jim McKay behind the mike…..for this was a sportscaster of “elegance and eloquence”…..in everything he called….and when you add Super Mario being interview by ABC’s Jack Arute…..and you have a video well worth the price of admission….so, enjoy this interview…
Back in the 1970’s and 1980’s, Saturday Night Live would always have a comedic television commercial that would air on each week’s program…..as evidenced by this Joe Garagiola (Brian Schaefer) pitch for why to buy a Chrysler Corporation Car…..which was during the time that Chrysler was going into bankruptcy…..as it made for good comedy as…