PoorRichardsExcuseThe Kansas City Chiefs run for a third straight Super Bowl title has many proclaiming Patrick Mahomes as the “greatest” player in NFL history. Suffice to say that as the ‘latest of the greatest’, the Chiefs’ Quarterback stands on par with the short list of the NFL’s best ever. The Greeks after all erected a […]
………. “Just because you are a Character doesn’t mean you have Character.” The Wolf (Harvey Keitel), in Pulp Fiction. Pete Rose certainly performed as a memorable character on the fields of Major League Baseball. He rose to the highest level of stardom; his descent after his playing career proved just as dramatic. […]
1964 World Champion Cardinals “The 1964 Cardinals never won a game that they could afford to lose; and never lost a game that they had to win.” Bob Broeg, the late Post-Dispatch sportswriter. Broeg’s quote serves as fitting epitaph for the 1964 world championship team that started that season as probable contenders, and ended the […]
Hello again, everybody. Jack Buck here along with Harry Caray up at his heavenly restaurant noshing on some angel food cake. We’re here to tell everyone that the reports of our death were not exaggerated, but the rumored death of the Redbirds earlier this season was indeed an exaggeration. That’s right Jack, for when […]
Hockey ices the fastest game in the world of sports. Players skate swifter than Olympic sprinters; shoot vulcanized pucks at goaltenders with the velocity of a howitzer; collide with each other with brute force; and finesse around defenders with balletic grace. The USA Olympic hockey team that defeated the Russians proved how compelling a high […]
Fate carries some aloft like seeds to the wind dropping them amidst a sea of trees and saplings to compete for the sunlight. Those same winds carried Whitey Herzog both near and far until he finally settled near his place of origin. Dorrel Norman Elvert “Whitey” Herzog was born on November 9, 1931, in New […]
The MLB network recently aired a biography of George Brett—a dynamic player of the first order whose exploits dim with the passing of time. On a baseball channel that oft repeats programs, there appears to be no re-run scheduled anytime soon of the star who performed in the Midwest hinterlands. Factoring in his ability to […]
Hell-o again, everybody ! Harry Caray here along with Jack Buck and several well-heeled Cardinal fans who have nothing better to do than spend 10 hours each way to watch a couple of ball games here in London. True that, Harry. These fanatics possess that rare combination of both money and time to burn […]
Some critics once called Mike Shannon “the world’s luckiest man since Ringo Starr” when he was hired to work in the broadcast booth as color commentator with the legendary Jack Buck. Detractors called him “mush mouth” as his early radio voice lacked the refined articulations heard from seasoned broadcasters. But the green rookie learned […]
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Now 75 years old, Bobby Orr secured legendary status for his dominance in the National Hockey League. However, his achievements remain a fact. Orr’s aura shone like a supernova that burned brighter than any star. His ‘Achilles’ knees ended his hockey career much too soon. Young Bobby. […]