L E’s Stories – Friday Night Gillette Cavalcade Of Sports + “The Mongoose” = Pops And Los Tres Hermanos Around The TV” – A Tribute To Boxing Legend Archie Moore

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Archie Moore, Boxing, Boxing's Great Grudge Fights, Cassius Clay, Floyd Patterson, Heavyweight Boxing Champions, Heavyweight Boxing Title Fights, Highlights, L E Stories, Light Heavyweight Champions, Light Heavywt Championships, Muhammad Ali, Rocky Marciano, VideosLeave a comment

The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports was an American radio-turned-television program by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) that ran from 1942 to 1960……as the program included broadcasts of a variety of sports….albeit is primarily remembered for its focus on boxing matches…..which was a program that was “must see TV” for Pops and his three boys, Lil Wally, Bone Daddy and Runt during the decade of the 1950’s…..cuz you could…

L E’s Stories – Finding Buyer For Building At 302 E. 6th Street In Austin, Texas Opens Door To Legendary Sports Bar

Animation, Austin, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Eric Dickerson, George Foreman, Hank Williams, Heavyweight Boxing Champions, Highlights, History, Jonathan Winters, L E Stories, Louis Armstrong, Michael Jordan, Mime, Muhammad Ali, Music, NBA, NBA Hall of Fame, New York Yankees, NFL, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Roger Maris, VideosLeave a comment

This a story about how real estate agents, Bone Daddy and TNT, would eventually find a buyer for the building and property at 302 E. 6th Street in downtown Austin, Tx…..which would lead to the two realtors opening a sports bar…..as Madison Square Garden, The Sports Place would achieve legendary status from 1976 to 1991…..and become…

L E’s Stories – “Hidden Card Room & High Stakes Poker With Austin’s Finest” – A Secret Kept Close To The Vest

1970s, America The Beautiful, Austin, Boxing, Comedy, John Mugabi, L E Stories, Marilyn Monroe, Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champions, Middleweight Championship Fights, MLB, MLB Hall of Fame, Music, New York Yankees, Ray Charles, Robin Williams, Specials, stand up comedy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Titanic ThompsonLeave a comment

One never knows what lies beyond…especially beyond the oldest of doors….for one must pass through to the other side before one ever sees what is really there….even the oldest of doors….and in many instances….what turns out to be totally unexpected….is beautifully experienced.  The string of 100 year old buildings that lined the streets of East 6th…

L E’s Stories -“From A Dying Outlaw Legend To A Sports Bar – As A New Legend Begins” – The Beginnings Of Madison Sq Garden, The Sports Place

Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Boxing's Great Grudge Fights, Comedians, Comedy, Comedy Specials, Jim Brown, Joe Frazier, L E Stories, Lily Tomlin, Louis Armstrong, Mickey Mantle, MLB, MLB Hall of Fame, MLB MVP, Muhammad Ali, Music, New York Yankees, Pistol Pete Maravich, Pool, Red Auerbach, Richard PryorLeave a comment

Whenever Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile, tells the story about how his sports bar, Madison Square Garden, The Sports Place at 302 E. 6th Street in downtown Austin, Tx actually became a reality ….that is when he says….“Sometimes life just takes us where you are supposed to be….and you just simply didn’t know you were going…

L E’s Stories – “From Tassels On This Boxing Shoes To No Mas No Mas” – Our Salute To Sugar Ray Leonard

1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Angelo Dundee, Boxing, Boxing's Great Grudge Fights, Chris Schenkel, Highlights, Howard Cosell, L E Stories, Light Heavyweight Champions, Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champions, Middleweight Championship Fights, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Super Middleweight Champs, Super Middleweight Title Fights, Thomas Hearns, Videos, Welterweight Bouts, Welterweight Champions, Welterwt Championship FightsLeave a comment

Our 12,000+ vintage video library really started in 1976….cuz that is when Bone Daddy put his 1st satellite dish on the ground….which was a 10 meter Scientific Atlanta dish….and required the entire lot at 406 E. 6th Street in downtown Austin, TX…..for once The Dish was in place…..the more events that BD would record….as he would…

L E’s Stories – “Biggest Bubbles Rob The Retirement Wealth Of The American Middle Class”

1976 Montreal Olympics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Daredevils, Evel Knievel, Gymnastics, Highlights, John Prine, L E Stories, Marvin Hagler, Middleweight Champions, Middleweight Championship Fights, MLB, Music, Nadia Comaneci, NBA, NBA Slam Dunk Contests, Olympic Gymnastics, Olympics, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, VideosLeave a comment

As I tell this story today, I will share with you some of my favorite content from our incredible video museum here at ImaSportsphile…..which I know is well worth the price of admission and the time to watch….cuz I know that each encapsulates tremendous talent that is simply worth watching.   NBA – 1985 To…

L E’s Stories – When The Student Is Ready….The Teacher Appears – A Sportsphile’s Student Becomes A Master

1970s, 1980s, Abe Lemons Interviews and Footage, Austin, Auto Racing, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cal Ripken Jr., Comedy, George Burns & Gracie Allen, L E Stories, MLB, MLB Hall of Fame, Music, Music Sports, N.I.T. Tournament, Richard Pryor, UT Basketball, VideosLeave a comment

Before I start today’s story…..I want to remind all of my readers / viewers that in all of my posts in L E’s Stories, I will feature videos that “especially tickle my fancy” throughout the post….as some of them will coincide with a particular part of the story I am telling….and some will be completely random….but they…

L E’s Stories – I’m The Greatest – A Sportsphile’s Perspective of Muhammad Ali

1960s, 1964 Heavyweight Championship Title Fight, ABC, ABC Profile, Boxing, Cassius Clay, Earnie Shavers, Heavyweight Boxing, Heavyweight Boxing Champions, Heavyweight Boxing Title Fights, Highlights, Interviews, L E Stories, Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, SpecialsLeave a comment

A true testament of courage comes not from stepping in the ring to fight Sonny Liston when you are young and strong……and even then….superior to the others…. but rather, when delivering the               first pitch at Opening Day in Miami for the Marlins….when your body has been ravaged by Parkinson’s    disease….while your hands no…

Boxing – 1975 – Special News Conference With Muhammad Ali + Smokin’ Joe Frazier + Promoter Don King Prior The Killa And Thrilla And Chilla When I Get That Gorilla In Manila

1970s, Angelo Dundee, Boxing, Boxing's Great Grudge Fights, Don Dunphy, Eddie Futch, HBO, Heavyweight Boxing Champions, Heavyweight Boxing Title Fights, Highlights, History, Interviews, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Specials, Thrilla In Manila, VideosLeave a comment

If you have followed any of our Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali posts here at ImaSportsphile…..then you know that Ali is Bone Daddy’s favorite athlete of all time…..and that says a lot when you consider that he literally loved Mickey Mantle, Bill Russell, Eric Heiden, Edwin Moses and Jim Brown….but it didn’t start out that…