In one of the most famous games in baseball history, the Mets defeated the Houston Astros at the Astrodome by a score of 7 – 6 in 16 innings….as Mets Jesse Orosco struck out Kevin Bass on a curveball for the final out with runners at first and second….and the New York advanced to its third World Series in franchise…
This CBS At the Half of the 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic between the Texas A&M Aggies verses the Ohio State Buckeyes with host Jim Nantz….who immediately gets into the subject of coaching changes around the country….with the big story being Alabama Coach Ray Perkins jump to the Tampa Bay Bucs of the NFL….and that is when Nantz…
In this video herewith, Bill Macatee mans the NBC Sports desk…..as he passes the mike to Len Berman in New York….who covers the impending MLB Players’ Strike during the 1985 season…..when he interview Yanks DH Don Baylor, White Sox Mgr Tony LaRussa, Brewers OF Paul Molitor and Tigers 1B Darrell Evans…..wherein all four express their…
The weather was overcast and 71 degrees. The UCLA Bruins wore white visitor jerseys, and the Iowa Hawkeyes wore their black home jerseys. Both teams wore Rose Bowl patches on their uniforms. The Iowa Hawkeye helmets bore a sticker with the letters “ANF” for “America Needs Farmers”. Coach Hayden Fry had the players wear these…
Heading into Game 5, California looked set to earn their first-ever trip to a World Series…..as Rich Gedman’s two-run home run in the 2nd put the Red Sox up 2 – 0….but Angels Bob Boone’s home run off Bruce Hurst in the 3rd cut the lead to 2 – 1….then the previous night’s hero, Bobby Grich, hit a two-run…
The 1987 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1987, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California…..which was the 73rd Rose Bowl Game. …as the Arizona State Sun Devils, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference…..defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference….by a score of 22 – 15…..as Arizona State QB Jeff Van Raaphorst was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game…..in what was…
The 1986 Major League Baseball Game 1 kickoff to the National League Championship Series between the New York Mets verses the Houston Astros brings back some “mighty fine” memories of Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile….who was responsible for recording the entire 2300 hour video library seen here at ImaSportsphile….cuz Bone Daddy saw the entire 6 game series…..which…
This NBC Sports pregame show featuring the New York Mets verses the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the 1986 MLB World Series encompasses the best two minutes of photos covering Major League Baseball’s history of the World Series from 1903 to 1985 is the best “photo op” ever put together regarding the American tradition of The Fall…
The 1986 Cotton Bowl Classic was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1986 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the 50th Cotton Bowl Classic held. The game featured the Texas A&M Aggies and the Auburn Tigers. Coach Jackie Sherill was in his fourth year with A&M….as in his previous three years where he finished with a combined 16 – 16…