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ABC Wild World of Sports: Howard Cosell-Muhammad Ali Interview

Source:ABC Sports– announcer Howard Cosell, interviewing The Greatest of All Time, Muhammad Ali. Perhaps you can tell for yourself which one is which. But I don’t believe Muhammad Ali was Jewish. Source:The Daily Times “Muhammad Ali And Howard Cossel Interview” … Continue reading

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ESPN: AWA 1985: Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel

Source:The Daily Times Curt Hennig and Nick Bockwinkel, two of the best pound for pound pro wrestlers of all-time. I first got into AWA pro wrestling around 1987 or 88 when my parents finally got cable TV in the house. … Continue reading

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ESPN Films: 30 For 30- Elway To Marino: The Story of the 1983 NFL Draft

Source:After Buzz TV– John Elway and Dan Marino. Source:The New Democrat “30 for 30’s “Elway to Marino” Episode Review & After Show” From After Buzz TV “WHAT IF I TOLD YOU…? that one Draft would change the NFL forever! This is … Continue reading

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ESPN 30 For 30: The Band That Wouldn’t Die

Source:The Daily Journal If you look back at the Baltimore Colts, their last few seasons, especially in the early 1980s, up until 1984, when they relocated to Indianapolis, it was very dark very gloomy. The team was bad and they … Continue reading

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ESPN: SportsCentury: Greatest Head Coaches, Vince Lombardi

Source:The Daily Press On this Thanksgiving and by the way Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there, I thought it would be a great time to blog about Vince Lombardi, the greatest head coach of all-time, not just in football, but … Continue reading

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ESPN Films: Small Potatoes- Who Killed The USFL

Source:The New Democrat I could just write that Donald Trump by himself killed the old United States Football League that only lasted for three seasons from 1983-85 and I’m actually old enough to remember games from all three seasons. I … Continue reading

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USFL Forever: USFL 1984- Jim Simpson Interviews Carl Peterson

Source:The New Democrat  The USFL was already in trouble by 1984 financially with most if not all of their clubs losing money. And this really didn’t have anything to do with fan support. The fans were there for this league … Continue reading

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Hal 15 Greer: 1965-66 Baltimore Bullets: The Tall Men of Baltimore

Source:The New Democrat  The reason the Bullets left Baltimore in 1973, I believe, for Washington is the same reason Baltimore doesn’t have an NBA franchise now of their own:  their arena. They didn’t have a modern major league sports arena … Continue reading

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Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones vs. Jimmy Johnson: The Story of Jerry’s Cowboys

Source:The New Democrat  As good as the Dallas Cowboys were in the 1990s with their three Super Bowl championships, three NFL championships, four conference finals appearances, and five NFC East titles and a lot of playoff victories, they could’ve been … Continue reading

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NFL Films: NFL 1972-This Week in Pro Football-Week 10

Source:The New Democrat  How good would the New England Patriots have been in the 1970s had they just been able to protect the great talented quarterback Jim Plunkett, who had all the tools in the world to be a great … Continue reading

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