DOG ASIDE: One of the all time records in sports was started in 1982…..as the 1st game of the Baltimore Orioles SS Cal Ripken, Jr. record breaking consecutive games played of 2,632 was on May 30, 1982…..plus on August 18, 1982….Pete Rose sets record with his 13, 941 plate appearances…of which he would have many…
DOG ASIDE: The year was 1982…..USA Phil Mahre and Swiss Erika Hess were winning the Alpine Skiing World Cup…..the San Francisco 49’ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI…..the Clemson Tigers defeat Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the NCAA Football Championship…..and West Germany was beaten by Italy in the FIFA World Cup in Spain….as 1982…
DOG ASIDE: In the year 1981…..Kuala Lumpur beat the USSR in the men’s World Cup of Field Hockey…..after a 49-day players strike, MLB saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4 – 2 games to win the World Series….Bobby Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers beat UNC Tar Heels to win the NCAA Championship….and so…
DOG ASIDE: 1981 gave us tennis champs Bjorn Borg (French), John McEnroe (Wimbledon & U S Open), Martina Navratilova (Australian), Chris Evert (Wimbledon) and Tracy Austin (US Open)…..figure skating champs US Scott Hamilton and Swiss Denise Biellmann….and of course, there were Great Britain’s fabulous ice dancers, Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean….for 1981 was a special…
DOG ASIDE: 1981 proved to be a year that highlighted exceptional athletes…..there was running back Hershel Walker leading his Georgia Bulldogs to the NCAA Championship….in cycling there was Bernard Hinault…in golf amateur Nathaniel Crosby won the U S Amateur Tournament….in horse racing there was Pleasant Colony winning the Derby and the Preakness….and in auto racing….there…
DOG ASIDE: This video series provides a vivid reminder of how many exciting moments is sports happened during the year 1981….Hershel Walker leading his Georgia Bulldogs to the National Championship……Da Raiders taking down the Eagles at the Superdome in New Orleans…..USSR gymnasts Yuri Korolev and Olga Bicherova winning the all-around while the USSR team was…
DOG ASIDE: In 1981, the world of sports gave us Larry Holmes continuing his undefeated streak by unaminous decision over Trevor Berbick….Featherweight Champ Salvador Sanchez defend his title against Wilfredo Gomez….and Sugar Ray Leonard’s classic knockout of Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns in the 14th round of their Welterweight Title fight….and that was just in boxing….as…
DOG ASIDE: The year 1980 provided sports fans everywhere with many memorable moments…..as seen in parts 1 & 2 of this video series….with the historically sad time for US Olympic athletes….who were denied their right to compete in the 1980 Moscow Games….by a blood sucking “poli-tic” US President Jimmy Carter….who used his position to impose…
DOG ASIDE: 1980 was truly a magic year in US sports history…..especially at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics where USA speed skater Eric Heiden won five (5) gold medals….one in every distance in men’s speed skating…..and two, the USA Ice Hockey team defeating the USSR in the semi-final round to move on to beat Finnland…