Posts and episodes from Yesterday’s Sports podcast.
After posting an impressive 69–24–2 record over the last six seasons, including two NFC titles and one Super Bowl victory, the Dallas Cowboys entered the 1972 season with high hopes of winning another championship. LISTEN ON YOUR APP OF CHOICE Duane Thomas Distraction To Start Season But things didn’t start well. Discontented running back Duane … Read more
From 1969 to 2006, I was a big fan of NFL football. During those 38 years, I watched many great football games, most from the 1970s. But there was a game from 1991 that I would rank among the best I’ve seen. The SF 49ers finished the 1990 season with a 14–2 record and then … Read more
Billy Martin was born in Berkeley, California, in 1928. His parents split up shortly after his birth, which had a profound emotional impact on Billy. As a child, he frequently got into fights and engaged in amateur boxing for a time before shifting his focus to baseball. He wasn’t a natural, but through hard work … Read more
Every dedicated baseball fan knows that the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball from 1921 to 1964, winning 29 pennants and 20 World Series titles. However, that dominance abruptly ended from 1965 to 1969. During those five years, the Yankees had only one winning season, and even that was just barely, finishing with an … Read more
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began as an expansion team in the NFL in 1976. Although all expansion teams tend to struggle in their inaugural season, the Buccaneers did not merely struggle; they lost every game, finishing the season with zero wins and 14 losses. They then suffered twelve straight losses in 1977 before winning their … Read more