Showing Your Teammate Support…
SPORTS LEGEND: Ferguson Jenkins lost five games 1-0 in 1968.
Archive for April, 2009
A Misnomer Grows in Spanish Harlem…
SPORTS LEGEND: The Harlem Globetrotters began in Chicago.
Not Quite Dewey Defeating Truman…
SPORTS LEGEND: The New York Post had an editorial up the day after the Yankees defeated the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS bemoaning a Yankee loss.
And Throw in a Cartoon to be Named Later…
SPORTS LEGEND: Al Michaels was traded from ABC to NBC in exchange for, among other things, the rights to a cartoon character.
Now That’s Quite the Crackerjack Prize!
SPORTS LEGEND: The baseball that Barry Bonds hit to pass Babe Ruth’s career home run total ended up in the hands of a fan who was at the concession stand at the time!
The Golfers Are Real, Though, Right?
SPORTS LEGEND: CBS aired fake bird noises during their golf tournaments.
I Guess Patty-Cake Would Have Been Worse…
SPORTS LEGEND: Olympic skiier Picabo Street was named after the game “Peek-a-boo.”
A Rhymin’ Fool
SPORTS LEGEND: Joe Theismann changed the way his name was pronounced so that it would rhyme with Heisman.
Icing the Deal
SPORTS LEGEND: The Celtics swapped the Ice Capades for future Celtic legend, Bill Russell.
Choosing Your Priorities
SPORTS LEGEND: The Celtics were once forced to play a game at midnight due to the Ice Capades!
