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Top 10 things in Sports you wish were still around.

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by DanOregon, Jan 30, 2009.

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  1. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    1. No more corporate names on stadiums, bowls, etc.
    2. The USFL
    3. Shorter baseball games, with playoffs played in the daytime
    4. MLB Game of the Week on NBC with Vin Scully doing the play-by-play.
    5. NBC's Sports Fantasies (kind of an early version of Pros vs. Joes).
    6. The Oakland A's green uniforms
    7. Kickers doubling as a punter
    8. The Baseball Hall of Fame Game
    9. NFL games played on baseball fields, with the muddy uniforms
    10. Al Davis owning the Raiders (oh wait ...)
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jan 30, 2009
    #61
  2. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    7a. Danny White throwing three straight incompletions and staying on to punt.
     
    Small Town Guy, Jan 30, 2009
    #62
  3. I Digress

    I Digress Guest

    7c. Pat McInally receiver AND punter!
     
    I Digress, Jan 30, 2009
    #63
  4. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    EDIT: sorry, more than ten...

    NFL at the Cotton Bowl
    on that note, the Cotton Bowl having any significance whatsoever
    Cotton, Rose, Sugar, Orange on New Year's- end of season.
    Chicago Stadium and Boston Garden
    Pacific Coast League baseball
    Blackie Sherrod
    The National sports daily
    Cosell and Meredith
    Mel Allen
    Jack Buck
    Buck O'Neill
    1960s NHL, 1970s NFL and MLB, 1980s NBA
    Super Bowl in January ::)
    Ali vs. anybody
    Borg vs. anybody
    Eddie Robinson
    BC-Holy Cross football
    Ole Miss-Miss State at Memorial Stadium in Jackson
    Ole Miss-Tulane at Memorial Stadium in Jackson
    Southwest Conference

    and on and on...
     
    writing irish, Jan 30, 2009
    #64
  5. Sleeper

    Sleeper Member

    1. John Facenda
    2. Stadiums with names like Municipal and Memorial
    3. The Wishbone
    4. The Capital Centre
    5. Hartford Whalers
    6. NFL games not brought to a screeching halt by instant replay
    7. Red Sox ineptness
    8. Villain NFL coaches like Buddy Ryan and Jerry Glanville
    9. Big John Thompson coaching basketball, not doing awful radio
    10. Sean Taylor
     
    Sleeper, Jan 30, 2009
    #65
  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Barefoot kickers
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 30, 2009
    #66
  7. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Another add: TV sportscasters who all wore the same blazer with network or station logo.
     
    DanOregon, Jan 30, 2009
    #67
  8. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    Indeed, major title fights (Ali, Holmes, Duran, Leonard etc.) live on prime-time network TV.
     
    Huggy, Jan 30, 2009
    #68
  9. The Granny

    The Granny Guest

    Being able to fart on a quarterback and not get flagged for it.
     
    The Granny, Jan 30, 2009
    #69
  10. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Yeah, but when you eat stuffed cabbage- shew-wee. :-X
     
    writing irish, Jan 30, 2009
    #70
  11. writing irish

    writing irish Active Member

    Just curious...why the Cap Centre love?
     
    writing irish, Jan 30, 2009
    #71
  12. TheHacker

    TheHacker Member

    1. Mel Allen narrating This Week in Baseball
    2. NBC's Baseball Game of the Week being an event because you never got to see most teams, and because of Vin Scully
    3. World Series games that didn't go on for four hours and end at midnight or later
    4. The Pittsburgh Pirates as a competitive entity
    5. Myron Cope
    6. Dick Schaap on the Sports Reporters
    7. NBA on CBS and Tommy Heinsohn unabashedly rooting for the Celtics ... Yabba, dabba, do, Dick!
    8. NBC's NFL pre-game show opening, circa 1985 or so: "Great games, great moments, on NBC."
    9. Hank Aaron, 755
    10. The MISL
     
    TheHacker, Jan 30, 2009
    #72
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