The 1988 Orange Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Oklahoma Sooners. It was the 54th edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida on January 1, 1988. Miami was coached by Jimmy Johnson and Oklahoma was coached by Barry Switzer….as Miami would go on to win the game by a score of 20 – 14. To date,…
DetailsIn this 1986 episode of ESPN Baseball’s Greatest Hits with host George Grande is titled “World Series Unsung Heroes….features Oakland A’s catcher Gene Tenace….plus St Louis Cardinals’ OF Harry The Hat Walker….along with Pittsburgh Pirates 2B Bill Mazeroski, with the shot heard round the world…..and last but not least, Red Sox OF Bernie Carbo….as the four featured “Unsung Heroes” of World…
DetailsThe 1986 Chevrolet Coach of the Year was awarded to Air Force Academy’ Fisher DeBerry after leading his Falcons to the WAC Championship and a 12 – 1 record…..while ending the season ranked # 5 in the country…..and beating the Texas Longhorns in the Bluebonnet Bowl by a score of 24 – 16. The 1986…
DetailsThe 1986 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Penn State Nittany Lions. This was Oklahoma’s second straight Orange Bowl appearance and their second straight Big Eight Conference title. This was Penn State’s first Orange Bowl appearance since 1974. Penn State’Tim Manoa gave Penn State an early lead on a short touchdown run….as they led 7-0 after one quarter…
DetailsIn one of the most famous games in baseball history, the Mets defeated the Houston Astros at the Astrodome by a score of 7 – 6 in 16 innings….as Mets Jesse Orosco struck out Kevin Bass on a curveball for the final out with runners at first and second….and the New York advanced to its third World Series in franchise…
DetailsThis CBS At the Half of the 1987 Cotton Bowl Classic between the Texas A&M Aggies verses the Ohio State Buckeyes with host Jim Nantz….who immediately gets into the subject of coaching changes around the country….with the big story being Alabama Coach Ray Perkins jump to the Tampa Bay Bucs of the NFL….and that is when Nantz…
DetailsIn this video herewith, Bill Macatee mans the NBC Sports desk…..as he passes the mike to Len Berman in New York….who covers the impending MLB Players’ Strike during the 1985 season…..when he interview Yanks DH Don Baylor, White Sox Mgr Tony LaRussa, Brewers OF Paul Molitor and Tigers 1B Darrell Evans…..wherein all four express their…
DetailsThe weather was overcast and 71 degrees. The UCLA Bruins wore white visitor jerseys, and the Iowa Hawkeyes wore their black home jerseys. Both teams wore Rose Bowl patches on their uniforms. The Iowa Hawkeye helmets bore a sticker with the letters “ANF” for “America Needs Farmers”. Coach Hayden Fry had the players wear these…
DetailsHeading into Game 5, California looked set to earn their first-ever trip to a World Series…..as Rich Gedman’s two-run home run in the 2nd put the Red Sox up 2 – 0….but Angels Bob Boone’s home run off Bruce Hurst in the 3rd cut the lead to 2 – 1….then the previous night’s hero, Bobby Grich, hit a two-run…
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