DOG COMMENTARY: The man who ran 19 steps at the start and 13 steps between hurdles….that dominated the men’s 400 m hurdles race from 1977 until this date of August 5, 1984….cuz that’s when USA Edwin Moses became an American sports legend of the highest order. Here was a man who had won gold at…
DOG COMMENTARY: Carl Lewis is an American former track and field athlete….who won 10 Olympic medals including nine gold….and 10 World Championships medals including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. Bone Daddy saw Carl run the 100 m and broad jump at…
DOG COMMENTARY: Tennis (lawn tennis) was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics….but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over allowing amateur players to compete. After two appearances as a demonstration sport at the 1968 Mecixo City…
DOG COMMENTARY: There are athletes who come along once in a blue moon….who have the ability to capture the imagination of not only those fans who have been blessed with the opportunity of seeing that athlete perform….but also for those generations of fans who would follow in the generations to come….growing up with dreams of…
DOG ASIDE: Ronald Merriott (born 24 May 1960) is an American former diver who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics….after winning the NCAA championship in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1984 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship….where his score of 600.3 is the highest of any of Michigan’s national champion 3-meter divers. Christopher Snode (born 23 March 1959)…
DOG ASIDE: Sharon Hambrook and Kelly Kryczka are Canadian duet competitors in synchronized swimming winning the gold medal at the 1982 World Aquatics Championship in Guayaquil…while winning a silver medal in the women’s duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles….as Kryczka also received a silver medal in duet (with Helen Vanderburg) at the 1979 Pan American…
DOG COMMENTARY: There are two sportscasters that rate at the top of the heap of Bone Daddy’s all time favorite college football commentators of live games….for in his opinion…both these two men could paint a picture so brilliantly with words…..that you did not even have to watch the game to be totally engaged in what…
DOG COMMENTARY: What I have always appreciated about Howard Cosell throughout his brilliant and legendary career….was his ability to call everything “honestly, as he saw it”….in every sporting event that he was the sports commentator on….as this video so aptly provides evidence of my opinion….for Howard never pulled a punch…..whether calling boxing or NFL football…
DOG ASIDE: Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964) is a retired American professional boxer….who is a four-time former world champion….having held the IBF, WBA and lineal light heavyweight titles….as well as the WBA cruiserweight title. In 2013, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame….in addition to winning the 1984 National Golden Gloves at…