Posts and episodes from Yesterday’s Sports podcast.
The Vikings began the 1970 season by getting a small measure of revenge for their Superbowl loss to the KC Chiefs eight months earlier, beating them 27–10 in the home opener. In a week five game against the Cowboys, the Vikings showed the world that they were every bit as good as they were in … Read more
The 1970 Rams were 8–3–1 going into week thirteen, but they needed to win their last two games to make the playoffs. A 28–23 loss to the Lions in the next-to-last game of the season did them in, as they finished the season at 9–4–1 and missed the playoffs. Offensive tackles Charlie Cowan and Bob … Read more
Right around this time last year, I wrote an article on the top eight NFL teams of the 1970s, but I didn’t go into a lot of detail, so this year, I decided to take a closer look at these teams and give a little rundown of how they did season by season. I have … Read more
If you’re a regular reader of my articles or a listener of my podcasts, you know that I’ve covered some of the great MLB dynasties. The New York Yankees, the St. Louis Cardinals, the 1970s Cincinnati Reds, and the early 1970s Oakland A’s, to name a few. Today I’d like to talk about the Pittsburgh … Read more
Although a player’s strike caused the 1972 season to start a week and a half late, the defending champion Pittsburgh Pirates had another great season, finishing with the best record in the Major Leagues. On Sept 30th, Roberto Clemente reached his goal of getting 3,000 hits in his career. The Pirates would face the Cincinnati … Read more