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Corporate Competition
I hate corporate names on sports venues. The only one I've ever liked was the one that was on the ballpark of the minor-league Trenton Thunder from 2012 to 2021: Arm & Hammer Park. If you're going...
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Old-Time Avengers
Gary Merrill and Chuck Connors in Ride Beyond Vengeance, 1966.This was the closest picture I could find to any of these actorsactually looking like the parts in question.THE AVENGERS, 1951:Iron Man:...
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Bob Knight, 1940-2023
Bobby Knight was like a box of chocolates. You never knew what you were going to get. You could get something very sweet. You could also get something messy, and nuts. A teacher and bully. A hero one...
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Cities Winning All the Titles
Congratulations to the Texas Rangers, winners of the 2023 World Series, winning the Dallas-Fort Worth "Metroplex" its 1st World Championship of baseball, in their 52nd season.This leaves only 5 current...
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November 2, 1948: "Dewey Defeats Truman"
November 2, 1948, 75 years ago: The most famous newspaper headline of all time? It might be the New York Daily News of October 30, 1975: "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD." Or it might be the one the Chicago...
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November 3, 1953: No More Gloves On the Field
November 3, 1953, 70 years ago: Baseball's rules committee restores the pre-1939 rule which says that a sacrifice fly is not charged as a time at bat.Also‚ the committee votes for the "no gloves on the...
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November 5, 1943: The Bombing of the Vatican
November 5, 1943, 80 years ago: Vatican City, the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and neutral in World War II despite having been completely surrounded by the City of Rome, the capital of (until a...
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November 7, 1933: Pennsylvania Legalizes Sunday Sports
November 7, 1933, 90 years ago: The Pennsylvania legislature votes to repeal the law banning the playing of professional sports on Sunday. Governor Gifford Pinchot signs the bill into law.Pinchot was a...
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November 7, 1983: Able Archer 83, a Close Call
A Welsh tank unit (note the Union Jack and the daffodil logo)taking part in Able Archer 83November 7, 1983, 40 years ago: Able Archer 83 begins. It is the codename for wargames by the North Atlantic...
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"Die Hard" Is NOT a Christmas Movie!
This actually exists.Someone actually thought he couldmake a profit by making and selling this.Maybe he did. It's November. You know what that means. We prepare for the big family holidays of...
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Top 10 Things About M*A*S*H That Don't Make Sense
I love M*A*S*H. The show, part comedy, or drama, set in a U.S. Army hospital during the Korean War in the early 1950s, might be the greatest TV show of all time. But there are some things about it that...
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November 19, 1983: The New Jersey Devils'"Mickey Mouse Game"
This was the only photograph of the game that I could find.Every other photo I saw purporting to be of this oneshowed the Devils in white and the Oilers in blue,meaning it would have been at the...
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November 20, 1983: "The Day After" Airs On ABC
November 20, 1983, 40 years ago: The Day After airs on ABC. With over 100 million people watching, a 46 rating and a 62 share, it remains the most-watched made-for-television movie in American...
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November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy Is Assassinated
November 22, 1963, 60 years ago: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President.With the 1964 Presidential election coming up, and the 1960...
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What If JFK Had Lived?
The following is based on my interpretations of history, and my somewhat educated guesses as to what might have happened. Although I am not convinced that this is true, just to make it all simpler,...
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November 24, 1973: The Ohio State-Michigan Tie
Glenn Edward Schembechler Jr. (left) and Wayne Woodrow HayesNovember 24, 1973, 50 years ago: The football teams of Ohio State University and the University of Michigan play each other at Michigan...
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November 24, 1983: "Sesame Street" Says Goodbye to Mr. Hooper
November 24, 1983, 40 years ago: Sesame Street airs its best-remembered episode, perhaps its most important, and certainly its saddest.William Lee (no middle name) was born on August 6, 1908 in...
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November 25, 1993: The Leon Lett Game
November 25, 1993, 30 years ago: Texas Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas is hosting its annual Thanksgiving Day game. The Dallas Cowboys are hosting the Miami Dolphins. These are 2 teams...
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Top 10 TV Characters You Wouldn't Want to Invite to a Holiday Dinner (Even...
I'm not counting guys who think they're good guys, but really aren't, like Archie Bunker or Ray Barone's parents.Honorable Mention: The Squad from Barney Miller. Never mind that they're law-enforcement...
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December 5, 1933: Prohibition Ends
December 5, 1933, 90 years ago: The 21st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment, which had prohibited the production, sale, purchase, transport,...
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