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L E’s Stories – “A Fragile Hero To Whom We Had An Emotional Attachment So Strong And Lasting That It Defied Logic.” – Our Tribute To That Hero “The Mick” Mickey Mantle
Growing up in West Texas during the 1950’s, baseball was the “King of Sports” not football…..and there was no bigger name in…
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L E’s Stories – “The Hick From French Lick Was An Assassin Extraordinaire Shooting The Basketball” – Tribute To Celtics Larry Bird
As I sit down to construct this post about one of my all time favorite basketball players, I think back…
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L E’s Stories – From The Birmingham Black Barons To Making The Catch As The Say Hey Kid – Salute To Willie Mays
Bone Daddy started playing organized baseball in 1954 at the age of seven…. when he first played T-ball in the…
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L E’s Stories – “Running Back Known As The Sealy Flash Becomes An SMU Mustangs & L A Rams & Indianapolis Colts Legend” – The Story Of Eric Dickerson
I remember Bone Daddy telling me a story about having driven to Waco in 1978 to see the Texas UIL…
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L E’s Stories – “The Great One Was Born To Be A Hockey Legend” – Tribute To Wayne Gretsky
Growing up as a kid Sportsphile in West Texas, winter sports were very foreign to Bone Daddy, except for snow…
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Auto Racing – 1947 – Special Feature – John Cobbs Railton Special Breaks 400mph Land Speed Record
The Railton Special, later rebuilt as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle designed by Reid Railton….and built for John Cobb’s successful attempts at…
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Special – 1979 – Project S O S – The Speed Of Sound – Stan Barrett World Land Speed Record In The Budweiser Rocket
Stan Barrett is a Hollywood stuntman, stunt coordinator, actor and former stock car racing driver….whose biggest achievement was outside the movie world….when on December 17, 1979,…
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