DOG ASIDE: The Heavyweight Championship Title Fight on October 30, 1974 between Champ George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali…..was billed as “The Rumble in the Jungle”…but became “The Hope of the Rope A Dope”…..as Ali laid back against the ropes for the first 6 rounds letting Foreman hit him with big bombs that did nothing but…
DOG ASIDE: After the heyday of boxing’s welterweight division reigns of Champions Wilfred Benitez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran from 1977 to 1984 ended…..came along two pretty darn good fighters in their own right…..Donald “The Cobra” Curry and Milton McCrory. This video shows Curry in his battle against England’s Colin Jones in…
DOG ASIDE: Two storied NFL franchises….the Miami Dolphins with Coach Don Shula and QB Dan Marino squared off at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, CA in Super Bowl XIX against the San Francisco 49’ers with Coach Bill Walsh and QB Joe Montana…..and Bone Daddy was there. After buying scalper tickets outside the stadium….BD and his Sportsphile…
DOG ASIDE: Now, I’ve got to tell you this….it is really difficult for me to post anything about the Pittsburgh Steelers…..cuz they have been long-time rivals of my Dallas Cowboys….but a true Sportsphile must give credit where credit is due….and the 4 x Super Bowl Champion Steelers of the decade of the 1970’s deserve that…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy probably has more live Sugar Ray Leonard boxing matches in his extensive boxing library than any other boxer….including Muhammad Ali…..and what he liked most about Leonard was that he fought every great fighter in every division that he could possibly fight….including Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, Milt McCrory and Marvelous…
DOG ASIDE: This video gives you two of Bone Daddy’s favorite sports figures from his world of collectibles and video….John Madden and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. In this episode providing a special look at famous sports personalities by the former NFL icon coach and video game namesake in John Madden’s Journey….as he explains once and for…
DOG ASIDE: One of Bone Daddy’s favorite boxers of all time was Heavyweight Champion Smoking Joe Frazier…..but the trouble was that he was fighting during the Muhammad Ali era….having fought Ali in 3 historic boxing battles for the ages. Although Muhammad Ali holds the highest rung on the ladder of popularity with Bone Daddy….Smoking Joe…
DOG ASIDE: 1974 rookie Dallas Cowboy QB Clint Longley….a player who had never played a down in the NFL….replaced an ailing Roger Staubach in the last quarter of the game…and led the Cowboys to a Thanksgiving Day comeback over their arch rival Washington Redskins…..throwing a Hail Mary 50 yard pass to WR Drew Pearson on…