Sportscaster Roy Firestone Host Tribute To Red Auerbach At Boston Gardens
DOG ASIDE: Basketball is the sport that Bone Daddy was the best at….he still loves the game and is a die-hard San Antonio Spurs fan…..but as a young budding Sportsphile while balling on the playgrounds of Midland, Texas….he was a Boston Celtics fan to the max…loving Cousy, Heinsohm, Nelson, Sanders, Russell et al….but his favorite…
1986 Boxing 10 Round Heavyweight Bout With Gentleman Gerry Cooney VS Eddie Gregg
DOG ASIDE:
During the 1980’s there were some really talented pretenders to the Heavyweight Title….and Gentleman Gerry Cooney was one of those. He had a devastating right hand….and could take a punch pretty darn well. He fought the best at the time….Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson….but he never could quite make a champion’s level.
1979 Heavyweight Champion Elimination Bout With Gerrie Coetzee VS Leon Spinks
DOG ASIDE: HUMANS have the incredible ability to complicate so many things…..which is usually driven by money….and the world of professional boxing had become very convoluted and complicated with three major governing bodies….WBC, WBA and IBC…..so, in 1979 the powers that be of boxing came up with a solution to all the confusion….have a heavyweight…
Marv Albert Covers Career Highlights Of Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes Fights
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Marv Albert and Dr. Ferdie Pacheco are summing up the Heavyweight Title Fight between Champ Larry Holmes vs Scott Frank….which Holmes wins with a TKO in the 5th round….followed by memories of past Heavyweight Champions set to the song “Everybody Has A Dream”.
NFL Great Teams Of The Philadelphia Eagles In The Late 1940s And Early 1950s
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QB Lurtis “Tommy” Thompson came out of Tulsa University as a single wing tailback and led the Philadelphia Eagles to the NFL Championship in 1948 and 1949. When the Eagles started throwing the ball with Thompson at the helm….instead of running the ball like the Eagles of old…and the team became winners
A Salute To The 1969 NFL World Champion Kansas City Chiefs
DOG ASIDE: The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs were led to Super Bowl IV victory by Coach Hank Stram and QB Lenny Dawson over the Bud Grant’s Minnesota Vikings. The Chiefs intimidating defense limited the Vikings to just one touchdown. This video has Coach Stram miked….providing a really good view of the positive genius of the…
NFL’s Buddy Young In Better Players But No Better Man
DOG ASIDE: The worst discrimination in the world is not color….it is size. The New York Yanks, Dallas Texans and Baltimore Colts RB Buddy Young became an All Pro in the day when the helmet had no face mask….and the talent of the league was concentrated in a 12 team league. Throughout the history of…
Broadway Joe In The Story Of Jets QB Joe Namath
DOG ASIDE: Jets QB Joe Namath was truly one of the most glamorous players to ever play in the NFL….who was as great a player as he was a showman…..long before the likes of players Prime Time Deion Sanders or Ochocinco Chad Johnson’s touchdown celebrations. Broadway Joe was perfectly suited for The Big Apple…New York…