Reaching the major leagues is a special moment that most baseball fans will never experience. There are also some surprises along the way with a few unlikely players making to the big time. It was 100 years ago and the season before the New York Yankees would acquire Babe Ruth. The Yankees finished third that […]
Category: Football History
The world of professional sports has its share of strange, but true stories. Dual sport athletes have been around for a long time, but sometimes there are surprises. Bud Grant played two seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles back in 1951 and 1952 in a rather nondescript career in the National Football League. After a season […]
Editor’s note: The value of sports cards is subjective. The reality is that they are worth whatever price someone is willing pay. Collecting cards has never been about money or investments because that seems to remove some of the enjoyment of the hobby. Recently, a couple of friends gave me some baseball and football cards […]
Editor’s note: The value of sports cards is subjective. The reality is that they are worth whatever price someone is willing pay. Collecting cards has never been about money or investments because that seems to remove some of the enjoyment of the hobby. Recently, a couple of friends gave me some baseball and football cards […]
Editor’s note: The value of sports cards is very subjective. The reality is that they are worth whatever price someone is willing pay. Collecting cards has never been about money or investments because that seems to remove some of the enjoyment of the hobby. Recently, a couple of friends gave me some baseball and football […]
Happy birthday! Two of my childhood favorites are celebrating their birth today. Hank Aaron was born in 1934, while Roger Staubach came into the world in 1942. Neither one of these icons played for my favorite teams, but growing up in the 1970s, it was pretty hard to not be a fan of the two […]
In his third season, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff is leading his team into Super Bowl LIII against the New England Patriots with more experience than the other signal callers in his team’s history, who helped the team win National Football League titles. Goff is in his second year as a starter, but when […]
As the National Football League season gets underway this week, the fall always brings hope and optimism to every team and fans. Flashback to 1960 and the beginnings of the American Football League. The opening weekend featured four games from the upstart league that in 10 years would merge into the NFL we know today. […]
The American Football League was around for 10 seasons before it merged with the National Football League in 1970. As the leagues came together, so did the all-time records. One of the marks established in the final year of the AFL was touchdown passes in a half. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers tied […]
Speculation always seems to be a theme for the National Football League draft for the organizations and their fans. It’s amazing how the pundits analyze each pick and decide who is going to make it or who is going to be a bust. The reality is that no one really knows. Only the perspective of […]