Remembering Owen Canfield
Owen Canfield Owen Canfield died over Thanksgiving Day weekend, three months shy of his 86th birthday. I lost a dear friend. He and his ...
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Who cares about TV ratings?
So what if ratings for the World Series are in the toilet? Who cares if games are longer than a drive time radio show? I am looking forwar...
Baseball playoffs have me glued
I am riveted to the baseball playoffs. The Washington Nationals, having shocked the Los Angeles Dodgers, ousting them from the NLDS, have...
The Dodgers left 62 years ago
As I sit here pounding on my iPad and watching the LA Dodgers lead the Washington Nationals, 3-0, in the deciding game of the 2019 NLDS...
NFL ratings through the roof
There are websites that love to run down the NFL. One in particular takes a certain thrill out of linking to stories about empty seats i...
Sports heading down a slippery slope. Bet on it
Capital One Arena/YT grab Slowly, but surely, what we valued growing up is being torn asunder. Remember when we told how bad it was to ...
California and NCAA eyeball to eyeball
Gov. Newsom, James/YT grab The state of California and the NCAA are now eyeball to eyeball. Which side will blink first? Newsom signs...
Mack Brown goes for two
Mack Brown/YT grab North Carolina football coach Mack Brown showed guts going for the win against number one ranked Clemson on Saturd...
Mets should keep Mickey Callaway
Should Mickey Callaway stay as manager of the New York Mets? I say yes. Look at this way. If the Mets had fired Callaway, when they were...
So what if Don Mattingly took a pay cut
So what if Don Mattingly took a pay cut! Reading some of these stories about how Mattingly had to accept a reduced salary in order to rem...
Yankees honored Yogi Berra 60 years ago
Sixty-years ago, Sept. 19, 1959, it was Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees honored their 34-year-old catcher on a Saturday aft...
Rams from the Coliseum, the way it should be
The Los Angeles Rams played the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon at the LA Coliseum. It was the second game of the doubleheader on FOX...
Remember when Channel 3 carried the New York Giants?
Remember when Channel 3, now WFSB-TV, carried the New York Giants? Well I do. I even wrote about the days, when Giants home games were b...
There will never be another Denny McLain
There will never be another Denny McLain. I don’t mean a player with a swashbuckling approach to Denny McLain the game, who not only c...
Final game between Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants under reported
The manager remained in the clubhouse, regaling reporters with stories from a bygone era. On the field players from both sides mingled...
Lindsay Berra’s tweet has a story
Lindsay Berra tweeted a great picture this weekend of her granddad Yogi, batting in the 1963 World Series against Don Drysdale of the Dodger...
June 1, 1962 special date in New York baseball history
Polo Grounds June 1, 1962 was a special day for New York's two major league baseball clubs. On that date, the Giants returned to pl...
Ralph Houk named Yankees manager 53 years ago
Ralph Houk Ralph Houk was named manager of the New York Yankees on this date, May 7, 1966. What was so significant about this? Well th...
Paper heralds Babe Ruth’s first home run
It was the day after, Friday, May 7, 1915. The New York Times was heralding the New York Yankees comeback 4-3 win over the Boston Red S...
Happy Birthday, Willie Mays
Willie Mays/You Tube Willie Mays turns 88 today. He might have been the greatest baseball player to ever grace a diamond. I once saw ...
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