DOG ASIDE: John Madden is truly a rare American national resource….he should be crowned as a natural spring for footbal from which billions flow….even more so today….some 34 years after this video was taped. During the mid-1980’s, Madden had his own program called John Madden’s Journal….and it was some really good stuff….delivered in that undeniable…
DOG ASIDE: In the year 1985…..sports was in full bloom around the world…..with Associated Press Athletes of the Year Men’s Dwight Gooden, NY Mets and Women’s Nancy Lopez, LPGA golf…with Pete Rose winning ABC Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year…..as there are so many other champions and championship moments in this 3-part video…
DOG ASIDE: Sports in 1982 brought us World Figure Skating Champions USA’s Scott Hamilton and Elaine Zayak…..in golf, Craid Stadler won The Masters…..with Tom Watson winning the US and British Opens and Ray Floyd the PGA Championship….and the NY Islanders dominated the Vancouver Canucks 4 – 0 to win the Stanley Cup….and Hammerin Hank Aaron…
DOG ASIDE: One of the all time records in sports was started in 1982…..as the 1st game of the Baltimore Orioles SS Cal Ripken, Jr. record breaking consecutive games played of 2,632 was on May 30, 1982…..plus on August 18, 1982….Pete Rose sets record with his 13, 941 plate appearances…of which he would have many…
DOG ASIDE: The year was 1982…..USA Phil Mahre and Swiss Erika Hess were winning the Alpine Skiing World Cup…..the San Francisco 49’ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI…..the Clemson Tigers defeat Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the NCAA Football Championship…..and West Germany was beaten by Italy in the FIFA World Cup in Spain….as 1982…
DOG ASIDE: In the year 1981…..Kuala Lumpur beat the USSR in the men’s World Cup of Field Hockey…..after a 49-day players strike, MLB saw the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4 – 2 games to win the World Series….Bobby Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers beat UNC Tar Heels to win the NCAA Championship….and so…
DOG ASIDE: 1981 gave us tennis champs Bjorn Borg (French), John McEnroe (Wimbledon & U S Open), Martina Navratilova (Australian), Chris Evert (Wimbledon) and Tracy Austin (US Open)…..figure skating champs US Scott Hamilton and Swiss Denise Biellmann….and of course, there were Great Britain’s fabulous ice dancers, Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean….for 1981 was a special…
DOG ASIDE: 1981 proved to be a year that highlighted exceptional athletes…..there was running back Hershel Walker leading his Georgia Bulldogs to the NCAA Championship….in cycling there was Bernard Hinault…in golf amateur Nathaniel Crosby won the U S Amateur Tournament….in horse racing there was Pleasant Colony winning the Derby and the Preakness….and in auto racing….there…