‘THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY’- ALI-FRAZIER I- MARCH 8TH, 1971
Forty-six years ago today- “The Fight of the Century”- the Boxing Heavyweight Championship of the World- Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier. In the fifty years I have been a sports […]
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“THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER’ BECOMES THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES- 1931- MARVIN GAYE PERFORMANCE!
On this day in 1931 the U.S. Senate passed the bill making the “Star-Spangled Banner” the National Anthem of the United States. The next day President Herbert Hoover signed it […]
WILT CHAMBERLAIN SCORES 100 POINTS IN A GAME- THIS DAY IN 1962
Fifty-five years ago today, March 2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knickerbockers. The game was played at Hershey […]
MARIO ANDRETTI- THE MASTER OF GOING FASTER- 77 TODAY
In a discussion of who is the greatest all around race car driver of all time-the name Mario Andretti would have to be high on the list. Andretti was born […]
WHAT HAPPENED TO LEICESTER CITY/ THE SACKING OF CLAUDIO RANIERI PART I
Last season the Leicester City Football Club, the Foxes were the feel good story of the year. Not the feel good story in sports for the year but for […]
LEICESTER CITY FIRE ‘MIRACLE WORKER’ CLAUDIO RANIERI
I have avidly followed sports for over 50 years. The two greatest stories that stick out to me and the 1980 US Olympic Hockey “Miracle On Ice” victory […]
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