In a new ad for the 2012 campaign, Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith ”implores members of the African-American community to have ‘Obama’s back’.” One fan, however, thinks Smith might want to focus on football instead, especially given the state of Bears football at the moment, looking back on a disappointing season. At this point, for die-hard fans, Lovie [...]
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I couldn’t let the day pass without noting the shocking upset by Iowa State against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cyclones did it in dramatic fashion, in double overtime. Obviously it is a big news in Iowa and nationally too among college football fans. I was going to write about it last night, but became preoccupied with [...]
Yesterday, while visiting my grandmother in the hospital, I learned that my grandfather, Raymond Hill, was quite a softball player. Normally he played third base, but he would occasionally pitch as well. He preferred third base. Everyone called him Ray. I don’t recall anything about him. He died before I was born. Years ago, my [...]
My youngest nephew, at least so far, loves games, both indoor and outdoor. He is naturally talented at ball games, such as basketball and baseball. He has an excellent throwing arm, often having a perfect spiral on his football throws. I know this can sound a bit like a bragging uncle, but his father has [...]
ESPN has news on the NFL owners and players agreeing to mediation. I highly doubt there will be a strike or lockout. There’s just way too much money at stake for everyone involved, including the major networks. But it would be fun to see a scenario similar to the one in the film The Replacements. AJH
On Sunday I walked to a church on Market St. I’d never been there before, but a friend told me about a Super Bowl party there and that the community was invited. The game and events around it were mixed in with a sort of open house. I didn’t realize it at the time, but [...]
Clyde Drexler in London
Posted: February 2, 2011 in England, News, SportsTags: England, Europe, NBA
Clyde Drexler, one of my favorite basketball players ever, foresees a NBA franchise in London within the next decade. Drexler is in England to promote the first regular-season NBA games to be played in London in March. “If the demand continues, that could actually happen. We’re probably 10 years or so away, but that is not too [...]
On January 26, 1986, in New Orleans, the Chicago Bears score 46 points, a Super Bowl record, eviscerating the New England Patriots. Coach Mike Ditka was a tight end for the Bears during their last Super Bowl win in 1963. Among the players were William “The Refrigerator” Perry, Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, Jim McMahon, and Richard Dent, who [...]
At the Los Angeles Coliseum, on January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in the first-ever championship game of American football. (It wasn’t called the Super Bowl until 1969.) In the mid-1960s, the intense competition for players and fans between the National Football League (NFL) and the upstart American Football [...]
Beating Chicago at Soldier Field, no small task, is the first order of business. If this happens, then, with a Green Bay win against Atlanta, would put the NFC title game back in Seattle. I know there are a lot of fans, Seahawks and otherwise, out there dreaming. AJH
