NCAAM – 1979 – Highlights – MSU Coach Jud Heathcote Remembers Championship Game With Magic And Bird

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DOG ASIDE: George Melvin “Jud” Heathcote (May 27, 1927 – August 28, 2017) was an American basketball player and coach….who was a college basketball head coach for 24 seasons….with five at the University of Montana from 1971–1976….and nineteen at Michigan State University from 1976–1995….where he coached Magic Johnson during his two years at Michigan State…which concluded with the 1979 national championship season….and then the “Bird vs. Magic rivalry” went pro….and many…

NFL 1986 – Ahmad Rashad Interviews Patriots Coach Ray Berry After Losing To Bears in Super Bowl XX

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DOG ASIDE: Without question, there is special kind of magic that lives in and around the Boston area….which we at ImaSportsphile are of the opinion that it belongs to a “Merlin-esque magician” named Robert Kraft….who wields a wan of magic in hiring coaches who know how to be a champion….and they always seem to be…

Comedy – 1980 – Skits – Dispeling The Myth That Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth

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DOG ASIDE: For many years, mankind has gone to great extremes in an attempt of dispelling many universal myths…..such the myth of the black cat crossing your path in front of where you are going….or the myth of impending bad luck if you walk under a ladder that is leaning against a wall….or the myth…

NHL – 1986 – ESPNs Tom Mees Interviews The Entire Atlanta Flames Delegation At 38th All Star Game

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DOG ASIDE:  Once in a blue moon, I will get a video that doesn’t afford me any idea of what to write about…..and this video is just one of those….so, I will do a little “jabba wakkin” with you folks and give you a glimpse of my creative genius….cuz the truth be known….sports fans will do just…

Olympics – 1980 – Lake Placid Winter Games – Alpine Skiing Womens Downhill – FRA Caroline Attia

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DOG ASIDE: Caroline Attia (born 4 July 1960) is a French former alpine skier….who competed in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics and 1984 Sarajevo Olympics in the women’s downhill….but in this Olympic run, Caroline Attia dislocates her left shoulder as she pushes off out of the starting gate…..so, he Olympic dreams were ended before she could even ski past the 1st gate…

Music – 1981 – Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes – Put To Photos Of The Ugly Dog Contest

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DOG ASIDE:. Kim Carnes is an American singer/songwriter…..who had her break through year of 1980 after she was commissioned by Kenny Rogers to co-write the songs for his concept album Gideon (1980)…from which  their duet from that album, “Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer” hit # 4 on Billboard Hot 100….while earning the duo a Grammy Award nomination.  Later that year, her…

MLB – 1986 – President George H Bush Throws Out The 1st Pitch At Game 1 NLCS Astros Vs Mets

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DOG ASIDE: As the viewer watches U S President George H. Bush throw out the 1st pitch at Game 1 of the 1986 National League Championship Series between the New York Mets verses the Houston Astros….I have just got to tell you a little story about Big George (G H Bush), the pres…..cuz our Bone Daddy,…

Comedy – 1978 – Skit – Playboy Party Jokes – With Playboy Bunny Laraine Newman

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DOG ASIDE: Our Bone Daddy, the original Sportsphile, tells us that the first thing he did as a young man-child after buying a Playboy magazine…..was to unfold the centerfold layout ….and check out the new Playmate of the Month…then he would go to the Playboy Party Jokes section of the magazine….which was just inside the front cover…

Comedy – 1979 – Weekend Update – With Dr Morris On New Fleabitus Blood Clot Medicine

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DOG ASIDE: Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch and fictional news program that comments on and parodies current events.  It is the show’s longest-running recurring sketch….having been on since the show’s first broadcast,….and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance. One or two of the players are cast in the role of news…