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Late Night Dawg Bites: Random Thoughts Unrelated to Urban Meyer
This is a busy time of year, personally and professionally as well as athletically, and that set of circumstances lends itself to random half-formed thoughts. Sometimes, this causes me to make dated references and mathematical errors in the midst of instantaneous reactions; other times, it leads me...
September 14, 1980 - Simpson First To Join Bills Wall Of Fame
The Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame currently contains 25 names, but the very first name to go up was O.J. Simpson, who joined the Wall on this date in 1980. 1980 was a year full of accolades for the retired Simpson. In July, Simpson and former teammate Joe DeLamielleure were recognized as members of...
Today in Sports History: October 3rd
(Ankiel's throw goes to the backstop) 10/03/1920 - First NFL gameOn this day in 1920, the first ever NFL game took place, as the Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles, 14-0. Louis Partlow scores the league's first touchdown and George "Hobby" Kinderine connects on the first extra...
Today in Sports History: September 27th
(Happy birthday yellow first down line!) 9/27/1914 - Lajoie joins 3,000 clubCleveland third baseman Nap Lajoie, the first player in baseball to ever be intentionally walked with the bases loaded, gets the 3,000th hit of his career against the New York Yankees. Lajoie would finish with 3,242 hits...
Today in Sports History: June 17th
(The chase. Photo by Larry Ho, L.A. Times) 6/17/1960 - The Splendid Splinter drops 500th bombAt 41 years and 291 days old, Ted Williams hits the 500th home run of his illustrious career. Considered by many to be the greatest hitter of all time, Williams lost three full seasons when he fought...
Feel Bad For Sage Rosenfels?
Call me nostalgic, but the second thing I thought about after hearing the totally predictable news that Brett Favre had unretired yet again was how Sage Rosenfels was getting the short end of the stick. The first thought that struck me was that no football player since O.J. Simpson has done a more...
Ways that Patrick Kane could have spent that $1.20
You may have heard by now that 20 year old Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane was arrested early this morning along with his cousin after allegedly assaulting a cab driver in his hometown of Buffalo. The pair allegedly punched and choked the cab driver and stole money from the man. According...
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