NBA legend Bill Russell showed his funny side when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 1979…..as the man with eleven NBA championship rings….for whom the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Trophy is named after…. has a really good sense of humor he exhibited while being SNL’s Host…..as evidenced by this Barry White’s Big and Tall That’s All clothing stores at…
DetailsWho says that tv commercials don’t leave lasting impression…..cuz here are a couple from 1979 that have left a lasting impression in our minds here at ImaSportsphile….as we still recall the “buzz lines”…..so remember to “brush your breath with Dentyne” …..and that Timex watches “take a licking and keep on ticking”…..while Amalie Oil is “better than it has…
DetailsNewman/Haas Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the CART series and the IndyCar Series from 1983 to 2011….with a partnership that was formed between actor, automotive enthusiast and semi-professional race car driver Paul Newman and long-time auto racing impresario Carl Haas….whereas the duo were competitors in sports car racing during the 1970’s and early 1980’s….before they joined up with each other to enter…
DetailsThe last 50 laps of the 1987 Indianapolis 500 race was not only very exciting…..but it turned out to be a very historic race…..when Al Unser Sr. would win his 4th Indy 500 to tie A J Foyt as the only drivers to ever win the great race 4 times…..whereas Rick Mears would win his 3rd…
DetailsBecky Dixon is an American television broadcaster…..who is best known as the co-host of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, alongside Frank Gifford, from 1987 to 1988…..as well as being a sportscaster for ABC’s coverage of the 1988 Indy 500….as seen in this video herewith. Jack Arute is a former sportscaster for the NFL and college sports for Sirius XM Radio….who…
DetailsAny way you cut the pie…..when you are traveling at speeds nearing 200 mph…..when there is a wreck….it is typically a dramatic wreck…..and the more than 2 cars involved in the wreck….it makes for a MUST SEE TV MOMENT…..as this 3 car collision in the 1987 Twin 125 Qualifiers event at Daytona Speedway…..which involved A.…
DetailsDuring the 1970’s and 1980’s was the height of the music albums and collections that were sold exclusively on television thru tv ads like this one for Bright Lights and Country Music….as some entrepreneurial spirit would get the rights to publish a collection of different favorite singer and their most popular songs….all on one album….as…
DetailsMelissa Manchester ain’t no Ella Fitzgerald…..as we at ImaSportsphile don’t think she can break a crystal glass with one of her high notes…..whereas, we are pretty dang sure that Ella can….and when you think of Memorex tv ads….you think of Ella Fitzgerald. The Thorn Birds is an American television miniseries broadcast on ABC from March 27 to 30, 1983….which starred Richard…
DetailsQualifying for the Daytona 500 is unique in NASCAR….when only the two front row starters….the pole and “outside pole”….are determined by the standard knockout qualifying system…..whereas, for all other drivers it only determines their starting position in their duel with odd placed cars being entered into the first duel and even placed cars going in the…
Details
