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Although I was never a big hockey fan, I would consider myself a NY Rangers fan, and I watched them on TV in the early to mid-1970s. I made a point to watch whenever the Rangers played the Boston Bruins. Why? Because I was mesmerized by Bobby Orr. His level of play seemed so far … Read more
The first sports trading cards I remember collecting were the 1968 and 1969 Topps Football cards. I don’t remember who, but someone must have given me some because I wasn’t old enough to have money to buy them. I loved the colorful uniforms and team logos. I also loved reading the backs of the cards, … Read more
Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/yellow-and-white-trophy-_XTY6lD8jgM Some title games do more than decide who wins. They alter how the league perceives itself. They transfer money, media focus, fan confidence, athlete power, and even the rules of the sport. While an ordinary final will end a season, an historic final will change the future seasons. The score becomes less important, … Read more
Sports history is usually told through championships, box scores, coaches and athletes. Yet another figure often carries a team’s memory from one generation to the next: the mascot. Whether it is a live animal on an old college sideline, a fuzzy creature sprinting across a baseball diamond, or a student performer leading chants in a … Read more
Every contest rests on a single fragile assumption: that the result was honest. From the moment humans started competing for glory, they ran into the same problem — how do you prove the outcome wasn’t fixed, miscounted, or quietly rigged? The history of sport is, in large part, the history of answering that question. Here’s … Read more