When you want to hire someone for a job, who would you rather hire? Someone you don’t know, regardless of how well they interviewed for the position, or someone you’ve already had work experience with that you feel is capable of doing well? A great deal of coaching hires in football are based on two... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1969, Barbara Jo Rubin became the first female jockey to win a race in North America. It was the Hobby Horse Hall in Nassau, Bahamas. Rubin was the first female in history to be granted an American jockey license. It was from West Virginia. A few weeks after Rubin's first win... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1969, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a decision that would affect their franchise forever. They hired Charles "Chuck" Noll as their head coach. Noll coached the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1969 until 1991. In that time, Noll won an impressive 4 Super Bowl championships from 1974-1979 with the Steelers. Noll was 4-0 in... Continue Reading →
Sunday's NFC Championship came down the final minutes like most thought it would. Now I've time to let the dust settle I can think about it clearly. Down 31-23 with just over two minutes left in the game, the Packers needed eight yards for a touchdown. Then they would need a two-point conversion just for... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1992, the Buffalo Bills lost their second straight Super Bowl. It was to the at the time Washington Redskins (now Washington Football Team) by a score of 37-24. It was the second straight Super Bowl victory for the NFC East division. The New York Giants beat the Bills the year before... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games began in the French Alps of Chamonix. The first Winter Olympian to receive a gold medal was American Charles Jewtraw, who won first in the 500 meter speed skating event. He was the lone American to win a gold medal at those Olympic Games. 16... Continue Reading →
Well, I got it half right. Super Bowl 55 is set. Ya have to feel for a guy like Josh Allen but don't feel too bad, Buffalo will be back. More congrats to the Andy Reid and his Chiefs for getting back to the Super Bowl looking to rectify his glorious cluster***k that was Super... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1900, the world's oldest Badminton club formed in England, the Newcastle Badminton Club. For those unaware, Badminton was created in British India in the late 19th century (1800s). Before it was called Badminton, many referred to the popular game as Poona or Poonah. Although it was created in British India, the... Continue Reading →
Wow. Foul on me. Thankfully I'm extremely humble when my picks are wrong. There goes my preseason Super Bowl pick. Good job to the Buccaneers I guess. Some extremely questionable calls to say the least, but I'm not going to nitpick. Do I think Adam Lazard was being held like every other play earlier in... Continue Reading →
It's a matchup as old as time in America. It's Chief Mahomes and his tribe of warriors hailing from Arrowhead versus the wild roaming Buffalo led by gunslinger frontiersman Josh Allen. Much like the NFC Championship, it will also be a rematch from earlier this season. Kansas City caught the better end of that battle... Continue Reading →
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