The Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball team was a part of the elite….“the cream at the top” ….of the college programs in the United States during the entire tenure of 17 years that Bone Daddy’s sports bar, Madison Square Garden, The Sports Place was open in Austin, TX….and that meant that he served an awful lot of Hoosier men’s…
This 1984 NCAA men’s basketball game between the Louisville Cardinals verses the Indiana Hoosiers featured two of the best college basketball coaches of all time….with Louisvile’s Denny Crum….and Indiana’s Bobby Knight. Denny Crum (born March 2, 1937) is a former American men’s college basketball coach at the University of Louisville from 1971 to 2001…..where he compiled an outstanding record of…
DOG COMMENTARY: Actor James Caan hosts this television special in tribute to the 1st 25 years of Sports Illustrated Sportsman/Sportsperson of the Year winners….which basically boils down to a Who’s Who of Sports from the first year of the award in 1954 to this 25th Anniversary program in 1979. This video is absolutely priceless….as it has live footage of…
DOG COMMENTARY: Every now a then, a video rolls up to the top spot for videos ready to be posted…. which bring this lil ole chiweenie Sportsphile a great deal of unexpected joy….and this 1989 CBS Sports special college basketball production is one of those rare jewels that just popped up out like the magic…
DOG ASIDE: In 1982, Bill Macatee began his network sports broadcasting career with NBC as the youngest network sportscaster in the industry….where he covered a wide range of events including Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl and the World Series. He hosted NBC’s Major League Baseball Game of the Week pre-game show for 4 years….as well as numerous events…
