NCAA Swimming + Diving – 1985 – National Championships – Austin, TX – Featuring Matt Biondi

1980s, 1985 NCAA Swimming and Diving Champsionships, ABC, ABC Profile, Advertisements & commercials, Al Trautwig, Austin, Coach Eddie Reeves, Cynthia Potter, Dog Aside, Interviews, Mark Spitz, Matt Biondi, NCAA, NCAA Swimming & Diving, Pablo Morales, Rowdy Gaines, Swimming, Texas Longhorns, TX, UT Austin, UT Swimming, Videos, Wide World of SportsLeave a comment

DOG ASIDE: The 1985 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1985 at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 62nd annual NCAA sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men’s collegiate swimming and diving in the United States….as the men’s and women’s titles would not be held at the same site until 2006.  …

NCAA Football – 1984 – Special – Highlights – Texas Longhorns Season In Review

1980s, ABC, Austin, Brett Stafford, Charles Hunter, Coach Fred Akers, Dog Commentary, Edwin Simmons, Eric Metcalf, Football, Gene Chilton, Highlights, Interviews, Jeff Ward, Jerry Gray, KVUE Channel 24 Austin, NCAA, NCAAF, Specials, SWC, Texas Longhorns, TX, UT Austin, UT Football, VideosLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY: The 1984 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season…..as the Longhorns finished the regular season with a 7–3–1 record…..after going 6 – 0 – 1 through the first 7 games of the season…..while being ranked # 1 in the country through the 3rd game of the…

Olympics – 1984 – L A Games Day 13 – Boxing + Wrestling + Baseball – Womens Volleyball + Basketball

1980s, 1984 L A Olympics, ABC, ABC Profile, Ann Meyers, Bob Beattie, Coach Pat Summit, curt gowdy, Dog Commentary, Don Cheverier, Donna de Varona, Evander Holyfield, Howard Cosell, Interviews, Jim McKay, Jim Palmer, Keith Jackson, Kirk Kilgour, Olympic Baseball, Olympic Basketball, Olympic Boxing, Olympic Volleyball, Olympic Wrestling, Olympics, Pernell Sweet Pea Whitaker, Russ Hellickson, Team USA, VideosLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY: Day 13 of ABC Sports coverage of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games starts off at the L A Sports Arena with Howard Cosell covering a quarterfinals lightweight bout between USA Pernell Whitaker verses West Germany’s Reiner Geis…..which Whitaker wins by a 5 – 0 unanimous decision.  This boxing match is followed by…

NCAAM Basketball – 1988 – National Championship Finals – Kansas Jayhawks Vs Oklahoma Sooners

1980s, 1988 NCAAM Basketball Final Four, Basketball, Billy Packer, Brent Musburger, CBS, Coach Billy Tubbs, Coach John Wooden, Coach Larry Brown, Danny Manning, Dog Commentary, Final Fours, Harvey Grant, Interviews, James Brown, Jim Nance, Kansas Jayhawks, Mookie Blaylock, NCAA, NCAAM Basketball, NCAAM Final Fours, Oklahoma Sooners, Sean Elliot, VideosLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY:  The 1987-88 Kansas University Jayhawks men’s basketball team was led by Coach Larry Brown….as they won the national title with an 83–79 victory in the final game over Big Eight Conference rival Oklahoma University Sooners….coached by Billy Tubbs….whereby as of 2018….this was the last national championship game to feature two schools from the same conference.  Danny…

Olympics – 1984 – L A Games – Day 9 – Track – Women’s 400m + 100m + Volleyball & Men’s 400m Hurdles

1980s, 1984 L A Olympics, ABC, ABC Profile, Advertisements & commercials, Al Michaels, Alice Brown, Athletes, Austin Advertisements, Bob Beattie, Dog Commentary, Donna de Varona, Edwin Moses, Evelyn Ashford, Highlights, History, Interviews, Jim McKay, Kirk Kilgour, O J Simpson, Olympic Record, Olympic Track & Field, Olympic Volleyball, Olympics, Team USA, Videos, Wilma RoudolphLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY:  ABC Sports’ televised coverage of Day 9 of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games took place on Sunday, August 5th…..as this portion of the day’s events leads off with Al Michaels, Wilma Rudolph and O J Simpson on the mikes at the Los Angeles Coliseum for track and field competition….as the first heat…

Olympics – 1984 L A Games – Day 9 – Womens – Volleyball USA Vs Peru + Gymnastics Indv Finals

1980s, 1984 L A Olympics, ABC, ABC Profile, Advertisements & commercials, Al Michaels, Alice Brown, Austin Advertisements, Bob Beattie, Cathy Rigby, Dog Commentary, Donna de Varona, Ecaterina Szabo, Edwin Moses, Evelyn Ashford, Gymnastics, Howard Cosell, Interviews, Jim McKay, Julianne McNamara, Kirk Kilgour, Mary Lou Retton, Meldrick Taylor, Olympic Boxing, Olympic Gymnastics, Olympic Track & Field, Olympic Volleyball, Olympics, Team USA, VideosLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY:  This portion of ABC Sports coverage of Day 9 at the 1984 Los   Angeles Olympic Games took place on Sunday, August 5th….which began with the USA’s 400m hurdles gold medal winner, Edwin Moses, taking a victory lap after completing his winning race for his 105th straight victory in the 400m hurdles.  As Moses…

NCAA Football – 1986 – Rose Bowl Classic – Iowa Hawkeyes Vs UCLA Bruins – 1st Half

1980s, 1986 Rose Bowl, Advertisements & commercials, Chuck Long, Coach Hayden Fry, Coach Terry Donahue, Dick Enberg, Dog Aside, Eric Ball, Football, Interviews, Iowa Hawkeyes, Merlin Olsen, NBC, NCAA, NCAAF, Rose Bowl Classic, UCLA Bruins, VideosLeave a comment

DOG ASIDE: The legendary broadcast team of Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen are manning the mikes for this NBC Sports telecast of the 1986 Rose Bowl Classic….which featured Iowa Hawkeyes, the champs of the Big Ten with their All American QB Chuck Long pitted against the Pac 10 champs, UCLA Bruins….with their star running back…

NCAAM Basketball – 1986 – National Championship Game – Duke Blue Devils Vs Louisville Cardinals

1980s, 1986 NCAAM Final Four, Advertisements & commercials, Basketball, Billy Packer, Brent Musburger, CBS, Coach Denny Crum, Coach K / Mike Krzyzewski, Danny Ferry, Dog Commentary, Duke Blue Devils, Final Fours, Halftime Shows, Interviews, Jim Nance, Louiville Cardinals, NCAA, NCAAM Basketball, NCAAM Final Fours, Pat O'BRien, VideosLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY: The 1986 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men’s NCAA Division I college basketball….which  began on March 13, 1986, and ended with the championship game on March 31 in Dallas, Texas. The Louisville Cardinals team was coached by Denny Crum…..as they won the national title with a 72–69 victory in the final…

NCAAM Basketball – 1987 – NCAA Finals – Syracuse Orangemen Vs Indiana Hoosiers

1980s, 1987 NCAAM Final Four, Advertisements & commercials, Basketball, Billy Packer, Brent Musburger, CBS, Coach Bobby Knight, Coach Jim Boeheim, Coach Joe Paterno, David Robinson, Derrick Coleman, Dog Commentary, Final Fours, Great Games, Halftime Shows, Indiana Hoosiers, Interviews, Jim Nance, Keith Smart, NCAA, NCAAM Basketball, NCAAM Final Fours, Rony Seikaly, Steve Alford, Syracuse Orangemen, Teams, VideosLeave a comment

DOG COMMENTARY: Bone Daddy was in New Orleans for this 1987 NCAA Men’s Final Four….which gives even more value to this video of The Finals between Coach Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse Orangemen verses Bobby Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers….as he calls this finals game one of the greatest games he has ever seen….saying that the energy in the Louisiana…