DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy did not see much more than maybe two handful of live NHL games….but from the ones he did…he came back with pieces of memorabilia for his collection….so, in this post are 1986 Stanley Cup Division Playoff tickets from a New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals, a jersey from 1976 – 1977…
DOG ASIDE: After coming home from a live sporting event….Bone Daddy will attempt to describe a play or an incident in a game that I don’t know much about….which it is often times difficult for me to understand….so he uses his sports pictures collection to try to help me understand….and I can tell you this….a…
DOG ASIDE: From this lil ole Chiweenie sportsphiles perspective….which is pretty darn accurate most of the time…I like pennants hanging on the walls of house that I go in. There is just something about pennants….that just let you know right off that the inhabitants of that home are sports fans….and I like that feeling when…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy has had the good fortune to see some of the best players in that particular sports history….Al Oerter, Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses et al in track & field…Mark Spitz, Tracy Caukins, Jil Sterkl in swimming…..Michael Jordan, Akeem Olajuwon and Pistol Pete Maravich et al in basketball….Doak Walker, Earl Campbell, Barry Sanders…
DOG ASIDE: The 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics was a 15 day spectacle of sporting events…..with news and media coverage from every sports publication of any import in the United States of America….as evidenced by these pieces of collection of official magazines and publications in and around the L A Games….and Bone Daddy was able…
DOG ASIDE: The Los Angeles Times provided 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic fans with wonderful coverage of the day by day developments throughout the Games….with insightful articles written about event competitions and athletes who competed…..as sports writers like Sports Editor Bill Dwyre, Jim Murray, Bill Plaschke and Ken Hively displayed their talents in print…..with the…
DOG ASIDE: Once Bone Daddy’s got in the swing of gathering collectibles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics….it appears to me that he kept dang near every little piece of anything that crossed his path that had a direct connection to the Games….like a parking ticket….the calendar that Los Tres Amigos used to plan and…
DOG ASIDE: As with any mission from God….which the 1984 L A Olympics were for Los Tres Amigos…..the participants in the mission simply must have something somewhere on their personages…..that allows them to display their “red badge of courage”….which signifies the battles they have encountered along the way….you know…kind of like medals….and the Official Olympic…
DOG ASIDE: During the span of 12 days at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games…..Bone Daddy acquired a unique and diverse group of official 1984 Olympic banners and flags….which were hanging on street light poles….around the arenas and venues…..with close proximity of ABC’s production facilities, etc….you know…places where those things hang. Needless to say,…