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In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports, we introduce new co-host Charles Combs that will join current host Dana Auguster to continue to give listeners the best of sports from back in the day. Combs, a long time friend of Dana Auguster whose friendship has lasted for close to 30 years, will provide added content, sports passion and possibly debates on sports issues with a historical spin. Combs talks about his sports interests as well as current sports topics such as the recently completed NFL Draft, the NBA playoffs and the early stages of the 2025 MLB season. To contact the show, e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com and you could also follow us on various social media platforms for your daily dose of sports history.

Digits Dynasty is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.HIGHLIGHTED SHOW - DIGITS DYNASTY“Digits Dynasty” is an engaging podcast where we debate the greatest athletes to don each uniform number in sports history.Each episode focuses on a specific number, featuring passionate discussions, stats, and anecdotes across all of sports history, that highlight the legends who wore it. From iconic moments to personal stories, we break down the impact these athletes had on their teams and the game itself.Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.

***Special Bulletin***The Final Four is set and the four teams that are remaining the Duke Blue Devils in their 18th Final Four. they will face the Houston Cougars, in their seventh final four and is still looking for their first ever National Championship.That is second game of the semifinal double header. The first is between a pair of teams from the Southeastern Conference as the Auburn Tigers just in their second Final Four, their first since 2021 will take on the Florida Gators, thier first appearance since 2014 and is looking to win their first title since winning back-to-back titles since 2006 and 2007.

This is the first episode of a weekly episode of This Week in Sports History. In this episode among other great basketball championship games that took place week (March 30- April 5) we are going to highlight the 1991 Final Four that took place in Indianapolis. The Final four that year was highlighted by the national Semifinal between defending champion UNLV Runnin' Rebels coached by Jerry Tarkanian and the Duke Blue Devils which was a rematch of the National Championship game the year before. Along with several college basketball title games that took place that week, we will highlight a pair of heavyweight boxing matches including one that took place over a century ago. To contact the show, please e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

GP Soccer Podcast is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.HIGHLIGHTED SHOWGiovanni Pacini is a noted expert in the game with significant expertise in the areas of player and coach development.He is a United Soccer Coaches Master Coach, member of its National Staff, and National Goalkeeper Staff. He is a USYS East Region Staff Coach and is the GK Coach at Regis College (MA). Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.

On the calendar, the Month of march always represented the start of the NCAA tournament and the stretch run of the NBA season. Yet for this particular podcaster, the month of March is the birthday month of the host of this sports history program.In this all new episode of the Historically Speaking Sports podcast host Dana Auguster brings the listener on a stroll down memory lane as he highlights the most memorable events of every year of his 52 years of life. Some are some of the greatest moments in sports history while others are just footnotes in the wide ranging subject of sports history. Later in the program, Dana Auguster will give you the story of his oldest sports memory. It was one of the greatest and most miraculous finishes in college bowl game history and put a little known California-based bowl game on the map in only its third year of existence.To contact the show, please e-mail us at historically.speaking.sports @gmail.com.

Opening its doors in 1975, the Louisiana Superdome has become more than just the home of the New Orleans Saints and the yearly site of the Sugar Bowl. For the last 50 years the Superdome, the most recognizable stadium for sure in the western hemisphere, has been the location of some of the most memorable games and sports moments over the last half century. This week, the now Caesar's Superdome will be hosting the Super Bowl for a record 8th time, adding to its reputation as America's premiere locale for big games and championship matches. This is Part one of three episodes examining the illustrious history of the Louisiana Superdome, the site of many exciting memorable sports moments over the last 50 years. Joining us in this episode is a pair of colleagues here onthe Sports history network. The host of the Football is Family podcast, Jeremy McFarlinand the co host of the Hello Old Sports podcast Dan Neumann as they will talkabout the best moments of Super Bowls in the Super dome as well as share theirmemories of a building that has hosted more than its share of big games inNorth American Sports. Later in the Show, we will send a shout out to the Stadiumthat the Superdome replaced in the mid 1970s. A stadium known in the Big Easy as the "Old lady of Willow Street", Tulane stadium. A stadium that was the site of three super bowls in its own right as well as the long time home of the Sugar Bowl, the original home of the Saints and was also the site of one two of the greatest moments in Saints history. To contact the show, please feel free to e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com and you could follow us on social media by searching for Historically Speaking Sports.

In two weeks, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will play for footballs grandest prize, the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in three seasons. The Chiefs, the two-time defending Super Bowl champions will look to be the first team ever to win three consecutive Super Bowl Titles.Meanwhile the Philadelphia eagles will look to not only dethrone the champs but also win their second Super Bowl Championship in franchise history. In this short mini bulletin episode, we will take a quick dive into the upcoming big game with some historical perspective about the game and the two teams. To contact the show you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com

Heading into the 1994 season, the San Diego Chargers were coming off of an 8-8 season under second year head coach Bobby Ross. There was little to be expected from the team from southern California. After all, the Chargers did lose their top running back and receiver from the season before on offense and their best defensive back to retirement. Yet with a stunning rally against the rival Denver Broncos in the opening game of the regular season, the San Diego Chargers began the season 6-0 and eventually winning and AFC West title after sweeping the season series against the Kansas City Chiefs led by the great Joe Montana who experts predicted were going the win the division in 1994 In this episode of the podcast, we will go back 30 Years to not only celebrate one of the best seasons in Chargers' history, but one of the most unexpected postseason runs in NFL history. Later in the show, host Dana Auguster would explain his fandom of then San Diego Chargers despite the fact of growing up in south Louisiana. To contact the show, please send all emails to Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

Between 1966 and 1971, the Dallas Cowboys was one of the winningest teams in the NFL. Yet the team is best remembered for the games they lost then the games they won. During a five year period, the Cowboys won five consecutive division championships, played in two NFL title games and a Super Bowl but lost each of them in dramatic fashion, mostly on the last play of the game. In this edition of the Historically Speaking Podcast we will take a look back at those Cowboy teams that featured several Hall of Fame players and led by a all-time great coach but seemed unable to win that one big game. At least not until the 1971 season. Later in the episode we will send a shout out to the quarterback of those teams. Although not in the Hall of Fame as a player, Don Meredith was one of the most popular players in Cowboy history and used that popularity to become one of the most famous football color analysts in NFL History. To contact the show, you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com

In 1944, players from the Durham Based North Carolina College for Negro, now known as North Carolina Central, took on players from Duke University in a secret basketball game where it was more than just frowned upon by the so called establishment. It was also against the law in North Carolina. In this episode we will talk to Greg deDeugd about his new film, The Secret Game: A Fast Break to Freedom. That inciteful interview coming up and later, the architect of this game was a man by the name of John McClendon. One of the true pioneers of the game of basketball. This longtime trailblazing coach not only was a protégé of the man who invented basketball Dr. James Naismith, but the game that you see on the court today with up-tempo offense and press defense was all part of his vision for the game. His story is part of our shout out segment of this episode. To contact the show, you could email us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

Hello and welcome to the Week 12 edition of the Historical NFL Matchups episode here on the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast were we talk about the best of sports from back in the day. in this edition we will discuss four games that are on this weeks NFL schedule that are rematches of famous games from the NFL's past. One of the games that we are talking about is one from the1998 playoffs that established a new superstar wide receiver that was the heir apparent to the greatest receiver of all time and submitted a fitting sequel to one of the greatest moments in not only the history of his team but the entire league itself. Meanwhile with thanksgiving next week, it is appropriate to celebrate one of the most memorable games ever to take place on Turkey Day. On Thanksgiving Day 1974, a superstar quarterback goes down with a concussion and replacing him is a little known rookie signal caller that leads a miracle comeback against one of the NFL's elite teams at the time.Another game that we will highlight we'll have to go back to the early 1960s that most NFL analysts at the time considered a major upset. In this memorable game this franchise that would later become one of the most consistent winners in the National Football League, would accomplish something that wouldn't be done again in the NFL for another 41 years. And finally we go from the sublime to the ridiculous. In perhaps the strangest moment in the 1982 regular season that in itself was strange, a game came down to not a key play or player or a key play call or even a crucial penalty. In this game between two long time bitter divisional rivals, it came down to of all things, a convicted felon and a John Deere Tracker. To contact the show, you could email us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com and also you could follow us on Twitter, Blue Sky and Threads.

The NFL Season is moving along and so are we. In this episode of the NFL Historical Matchups for Week 11, we have four games that we are highlighting. The first one may be one of the most famous and the most important games in NFL History. It may not have been a classic as for as a close game or having a fantastic finish, but Super Bowl III between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Jets helped create the current NFL.It was more than the biggest upset in Super Bowl history, it added legitimacy to the upstart American Football League as the merger between the AFL and NFL was on the horizon. The second game was the 1981 AFC Championship game between the San Diego Chargers and the Cincinnati Bengals. The game played in conditions that were better suited for the Iditarod Sled dog race in Alaska, saw the Bengals advance to their first Super Bowl by winning the game known as the "Freezer Bowl".The third game we are remembering was referenced in a Sports Illustrated article that previewed the game at the time as Super Bowl 8 1/2 .But after it was over, the game had earned another name that has lived on to this day. The 1974 AFC Divisional playoff game between the Miami Dolphins and the Oakland Raiders is remembered as the "Sea of Hands Game". Rounding out our games that we are looking back on is the 1966 AFL Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. The Bills were looking to win their third consecutive AFL Championship game but more importantly play in the inaugural Super Bowl. But it would be the Chiefs that would advance to the first Super Bowl in a muddy, cold day at the stadium known as the Rockpile. To contact the show you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com or hit us up on Twitter @Historically Sp2.

Welcome back to the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast were we bring you the best of sports from back in the day. We are heading into week 9 of the NFL regular season and this week we will look back at three games that are rematches from famous games from the NFL's glorious past. The first game is the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Atlanta Falcons. In the 1980 divisional playoffs, the Falcons were playing Cowboys in their first ever home playoff game. this epic game became known as the "Duel in Dixie". the other two games were regular season games that defied both defenses and explanation as both were high scoring affairs. The first was in 1969 as a former Canadian Football League star quarterback became a member of the exclusive "seven touchdowns in a game" club, joining the likes of George Blanda and Sid Luckman. The second high scoring game that we are highlighting this episode took place three seasons earlier between long time rivals the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. Taking place at then DC Stadium, New York and Washington face off in the highest scoring game in NFL history. That is what is on tap here on this Historically Speaking Sports Historical NFL matchup episode here on the Sports History Network. To get more info and content about this podcast, join us on Twitter/X @Historically Sp2 of you could e-mail the show at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

Week 8 of the NFL season is upon us and it is time for us to revisit and relive some of the greatest and most memorable games in the history of the National Football LeagueDana Auguster, the host of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast is back once again for the Historically Speaking NFL Matchups, where he is back to highlight the best of Pro football from back in the day. In this mini-episode, we examine a few games that are on the NFL Schedule that are rematches of famous games from years past. This is our way of getting you ready for NFL action for the weekend.Now if there is a theme for the games this weekend, it would be rivalry week and these four games could be considered rivalry games in one form or fashion.Two of them are long standing rivalries that are part of the firmament of the History of the league. The first that were are going to talk about is the feud between the Cowboys and 49ers now everyone knows "The Catch" and the many instances in the 1990's they met for the NFC title. But the game that will be highlighted is a playoff game from the early 1970s that saw the Cowboys erase a 17-point deficit by a "back-up" quarterback to hand the Niners another postseason defeat. The second is a rivalry that started in the American Football League and it was appropriate that these two teams would meet in the very last AFL Championship game before the AFL and NFL would merge in 1970. About a week before the final AFL title game there was a NFL playoff game that started one of the great postseason rivalries that dominated the decade of the 1970's in the NFC. And finally, one of the oldest games that we will talk about, and it is still considered one of the biggest blow outs in NFL History.To contact the show, you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com

In the week six edition of the Historical Speaking Sports Historical Matchups episode we will take a look at three games that are on the docket for this weekends NFL action that are rematches of memorable games from years past. One of them is a playoff game from the early 1990's that featured possibly the most memorable touchdown run in this Hall of Fame running back's career and was his team's first postseason win in over 30 years. We will also talk about another playoff game, this one from the 1970's that saw this team, led by a popular head coach finally lead his team to a Super Bowl after several disappointing finishes. The third game is perhaps one of the most famous regular season games ever. To give you an idea how famous this game was, take this into account, the coach of the losing team stated afterwards, "What a nightmare, it was the worst experience of my coaching career. We're all ashamed for our people, for our fans and for our organization."The loss was so catastrophic for this Hall of Fame coach, he was fired the next week and never coached again. This is what is going on here on the Week Six edition of the Historically Speaking Historic Matchups here on the Sports History Network . To contact the show, you could e-mail us here at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com.

Here at the Historically Speaking Sports are getting you ready for Week 5 of the NFL by looking at three games that are rematches from great games from NFL History on this week's NFL schedule. In this weeks episode of our Historically Speaking NFL Matchups mini episode, we will take a look at a pair of AFC championship games that saw the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos each make their first of a combined 19 Super Bowl appearances (Patriots 11 and Broncos 8).Also this week, the Cowboys and Steelers meet up once again, evoking memories of one of the greatest Super Bowls ever. All of that coming up this week here on the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, a member of the Sports History Network.To contact the show, you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com

In this episode we are getting you ready for Week 4 of the NFL regular season by looking back at four games that are rematches from famous games from years past to evoke good memories for some while for others, not so much. This week we will begin with a game that a lot of people including myself, consider as the most important game in the history of the New Orleans Saints.Not only it was significant for the team, but after certain events that happened to the city of New Orleans, it was so important for that city.And of course against of all teams, the Atlanta Falcons. Speaking of important games, there was another game on another Monday night, that put another southern city on the map thanks to a Heisman trophy rookie running back that still remains as a lone star legend and also introduced a very colorful era for an NFL franchise. Finally a pair of frigid playoffs games. One of them features a famous play call that became the bane of that city's existence now for close to 50 years. Then another post season game, an NFC championship game that not only saw a traditional loser reach the promise land but also closed the door on one of the NFL's most infamous stadiums.

In this week's brief NFL episode, we have three games from back in the day that are rematches in this weeks slate of games in the National Football League. Moving chronologically, we have a game from the sixties that features a team that is off to a quick start here in the 2024 season. The game we will highlight was this teams first ever win in franchise history that took place in one of football's most famous stadiums. The game from the 70s features a pair of teams that have started 2-0 on this young season. Yet back in 1973 when these two teams faced each other, both teams were going in total opposite directions. This game, which was a total blowout marked the end of a career for one Hall of Fame quarterback who was replaced by another signal caller that would end up in Canton who sparked a comeback that fell short. And finally in the game from the 1980's, we have two long time NFC rivals meeting in the playoffs for the first time ever and in a conference championship game no less. To contact the show, e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports.com.

Welcome back to another episode of the Historical NFL Matchup for Week 2 of the 2025 NFL seasons. In this short podcast episode, we will take a look at three memorable postseason games from NFL history that are part of the NFL schedule for week two.One of the games that we will focus on is a recent super bowl that is considered one of the greatest games in Super Bowl history that featured a controversial coaching decision and one of the biggest defensive plays ever. Also we will look at one of biggest post season upsets during the decade of the 1980s and rounding out the show will be the first ever post season game for a team that over the years would make a lot post season appearances and made a star of a little known linebacker from Louisville. All of that on the week two edition of the Historical NFL Matchups here on the Sports History Network. For more information on the show please e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com

Here on the podcast we are starting a new series. Every week during the NFL season we will take a few games off the schedule that are rematches of famous games in NFL History. Some will be memorable post season games while others are memorable in other ways. Here in week one we will talk about three games that are on the week one schedule of games that are rematches of great games of the past. The first, Packers and Eagles which is a rematch of the 1960 NFL Championship game in Philadelphia's historic Franklin Field. The second a little over 20 years after, the 1980 AFC Championship game between the Raiders and the Chargers and finally the 1999 AFC Divisional Playoff between the Dolphins and Jaguars. To contact the show, hit us up on Twitter at Historically Sp2 or email at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com

Another eagerly awaited NFL season is upon us and it seems like everyone has an opinion on who will end up in New Orleans in February competing for the Lombardi Trophy. Professional pro football analysts all the way down to your neighbor has an opinion on who will be this years Super Bowl Champion.This practice has gone on seemingly since the beginning of the modern NFL. Everyone has an opinion including myself. In this episode, we will take a look back at some predictions that were made by analysts on who would end up in the Super Bowl going back some 40 years.We will go through some magazines and online articles on who were teams that were supposed to be in a particular Super Bowl and fell short while others surprised the so called experts in one way or another. Later in the show, I will reveal my predictions for the upcoming NFL season. Who knows, maybe my own predictions will be featured on someone's future podcast.To contact the show via e-mail: Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail .com or via Twitter @Historically Sp2. Thanks for Listening.

On June 24, 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians high in the Cascade Mountains in Washington, crashed to the bottom of a ravine, killing nine of its players. In this episode of the podcast, host Dana Auguster talks with Eric Vickrey about his book "Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians and A Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything." He discusses what inspired him to write this book, the events leading up to the tragic events of that day nearly one year after the end of World War II and the days and months after the accident and how the city of Spokane Washington dealt with the tragedy. Later in the show, Dana will send a shout out to the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates who is marking its 45th anniversary of winning the World Series. The Pirates were led by Hall of Fame first baseman Willie Stargell outfielder Dave Parker, known as "The Cobra" and reliever Kent Tekulve. That season the Bucs were not only powered by those key contributors but by a disco classic that made the Pirates into a pop culture phenomenon. To contact the show, please e-mail the show at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com and you could follow us on Twitter at HistoricallySP2.

Paris. The City of Light. Paris. The City of Love and the capital of fashion. Also Paris is the city of Olympic dreams this summer. Over the last two weeks the eyes of the sporting world have been fixated on the city along the river Seine and everyone for the most part have been entranced with the competition and the spectacle that we know as the summer Olympics. In this edition of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast host Dana Auguster looks back at the two previous Olympics to take place in Paris. The second summer Olympics in 1900 and the Eighth Summer Olympiad in the summer of 1924. Over the years, along with fierce competition and brotherhood through athletics, the Olympics have also been known for controversy - both on and off the field of play. Later in the episode we take a dive into some of the more controversial moments in the games that include, the Ben Johnson doping scandal during the 1988 games in Seoul, the Black Power salute during the 1968 games and one of the earliest Olympic scandals which took place during the games of 1912. Finally we will send a shout out to British runner Derek Redmond who was ultimately disqualified in his semifinal 400 meter race made him just as famous and as identifiable as the US dream team in those Olympics. To contact the show you could visit us on twitter @Historically SP2 or send us an e-mail at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

In a couple of weeks, the eyes of the sporting public around the world will look upon the city of Paris for the 33rd Summer Olympics. this much anticipated event will take place for the third time in the "City of Light". Four years from now, in 2028, the City of Los Angeles will host it for a third time. In this episode of the podcast, in anticipation of the Olympics, we will take a look at the games that have taken place here in the United States. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Olympic games of 1984 held in Los Angeles. In our main event segment, host Dana Auguster will highlight why the game of Los Angeles were so special for not only the "City of Angels", but also for the entire Olympic movement. Next we highlight the other games that was held here in the states. There was the 1904 summer games in St. Louis, the game in Los Angeles in 1932 and the the most recent games taking place here on American soil, the 1996 games in Atlanta. The centerpiece of the two games in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, wil also be a focal point of the games four year from now. Also in this episode, we will take a look that one of the most famous stadiums in America. The only stadium to host, the Olympics, the Super Bowl and the World Series. To conclude this Olympic episode, we will send a shout out to the opening ceremonies of the 1996 games when former Olympic boxing champion Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic cauldron in one of the most remarkable moments in Olympic History. To contact the show, please send an e-mail to Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmaiil.com

The month of June is what I call the "Month of Champions".We have the College baseball and softball tournaments happening this month but also the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup finals talking place simultaneously. This year the Boston Celtics and the Edmonton Oilers both played for their league championship in the month where summer begins Alot like 1984 when both teams reached the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup respectively. In this edition of the Historically Speaking Sports, host Dana Auguster will revisit the summer of 1984. That year the Boston Celtics, led by Larry Bird took on the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA finals and for the first time Bird and Magic would duel for the Larry o'Brien Trophy. meanwhile the Edmonton Oilers, led by the Great One Wayne Gretzky was in the Stanley Cup Finals facing the New York Islanders who were looking to maintain their stranglehold on the Cup. That year the Celtics defeated the Lakers for the eighth time in the NBA Finals while the Oilers beat the Islanders to begin their own dynasty, winning the Cup five times in the next seven years. Later in the episoide, we will send a shout out to the 1974 NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics, in thier first NBA Finals since the retirement of Bill Russell, faced off against the Milwaukee Bucks, led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson. That series is remembered for its intensity and an all time great NBA finals game where an iconic player connected on a iconic shot for a game-winner for just force a game seven.That and more on this edition of the Historically Speaking Sports. You could e-mail the show at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.HIGHLIGHTED SHOW: THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORYRelive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact. HOST: STEVE WHITESteve White has spent most of his life behind a microphone. As a kid, he realized the power of the spoken word, hanging out with his dad while the pair talked to people around the world via ham radio.Later, Steve put that penchant for communication into practice and ventured into radio and TV. He worked for a few television stations in North Carolina doing sports reporting and anchoring before transitioning to voiceover in 2015. He's voiced more than 80 audiobooks in a variety of genres.He's never been much for awards, probably due to the fact he's never won any but he loves the challenge of diving into new projects. His ‘This Day in Sports History' evolved from a lifetime of watching, listening to, and going to ballgames, reading books, magazines, and newspaper articles about his favorite teams and sports heroes. It's not only a labor of love but a voyage of discovery, finding those forgotten tidbits or fascinating things he never knew.Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.

In the fall of 1967, the National Hockey League underwent major expansion, doubling the size of the league from its original six to 12 teams which included teams on the west coast of the United States. One of the teams that brought the NHL to the Pacific coast was the California Golden Seals along with the Los Angeles Kings. The Seals were hockey's representative in the San Francisco Bay area although they played mostly in the East Bay in Oakland. In this episode of the podcast, host Dana Auguster highlights the Seals short stay in both the bay area and the NHL itself as they became the last team in a major sports league here in North America to fold. Later in the show, we will examine MLB's decision to add the statistics from players from the Negro Leagues into the official record books of professional baseball. With the edition of players such as Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston and Satchel Paige, many of the record holders of certain statistics have now changed. To wrap up the show, we will send a heartfelt and solemn shout out two two hall of fame athletes that we had lost leading up to this episode. The first is Hall of Fame center for the Oakland Raiders Jim Otto and the second, another all-time center, this time in basketball, Bill Walton. To contact the show you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com or you could follow us on Twitter at Historically Sp2.

In the late 1980s, NBA Commissioner David Stern looked to take full advantage of the growing popularity of his league. So on April 5, !987, the NBA announced the addition of four new teams to the NBA. Beginning in the fall of 1988, the Charlotte Hornets and the Miami Heat took the floor for the first time as NBA franchises. One season later, in 1989 two more teams, the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves joined the league. In this episode, host Dana Auguster brings us back to the late 1980s when these four franchises were formed and takes a look at their inaugural seasons where struggles were expected - some more than others. Later in the show, in keeping with the hoops theme, we will take a look at the best rivalry in the 1990s in the NBA, Pacers and Knicks. The Knicks and the Pacers are embroiled in a exciting seven game series currently in this years postseason. Yet the matchups between these teams in the 1990s were simply epic and incredible. Also we will examine pro sports' new loveable losers, the Toronto Maple Leafs. It is hard to believe that a team that has as much history as the Maple Leafs haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1967. This episode takes a look at English-Speaking Canada's favorite team and how it compares to other teams in the mist of championship droughts in other leagues. To conclude the show, we will send a shout out to the first round of the 1999 Western Conference playoffs between the Utah Jazz and the Sacramento Kings. Back then the first round of the NBA playoffs was best three-out-of-five series and it was between an established NBA power and a team that came out of nowhere and became in subsequent years, one of the most popular and exciting teams in the league. The series itself was an absolute classic, one of the best over the last 30 years. And it was in the first round. To contact the show, you could send an e-mail to Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com and you could follow us on Twitter at Historically Sp2.

When you think of classic ballparks throughout the history of Major League Baseball, Ebbets Field or Yankee Stadium or Shibe Park in Philadelphia comes to mind. Yet Comiskey Park, located on the corner of 35th and Shields on Chicago's southside, is just as charming and as famous as all of the others. It was the home park for the Chicago White Sox from 1910 through 1990 and has been the site of so many different sporting events and special moments. In this episode we talk with author Ken Smoller about his latest book "Last Comiskey" as he chronicled the final White Sox season at the old ballpark. With podcast host Dana Auguster they talk about how that final season became a rallying cry for the team that made a surprising run toward winning a division title. Later in the show, in keeping with the Chicago baseball theme, I will send a shout out to the first time I had attended a Major League Baseball game. In the summer of 1989 I was 16 years old, my Godfather and Dad took me to the baseball shrine Wrigley Field and two seasons later, attended a game at the new Comiskey Park. I will talk about those two wonderful days and those games in this edition of the show. To contact the show you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports.com and you could follow us on Twitter @Historically Sp2.

Through the duration of the American Basketball season which spaned nine years, only two teams played every season of that league. One was the Indiana Pacers who is one of the four teams that merged with the NBA in 1976. The other was the Kentucky Colonels. In their nine seasons as a member of the ABA, the Colonels won more games, had the highest winning percentage in league history and featured three future basketball hall of famers. One of them is the ABA's all-time leader in points and assists. Host Dana Auguster will highlight the great moments of this once great pro basketball franchise. Later in the show, we will send a shout out to the coach that led the Colonels to their only ABA title in 1975. But he is best known for his time as a coach and television analyst for the NBA. As a long time coach in the NBA with several stops including the Atlanta Hawks, the New York Knicks and Memphis Grizzlies, Hubie Brown could be considered a basketball lifer. His two coach of the year honors occurred 26 years apart and knowledge of the game of basketball is unmatched and is still showcased on television even at the age of 90.;To contact the show, please e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com or you could hit us up on Twitter/X @Historically SP2

University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark may be the best college basketball player this season. This season she is without a doubt the most well known. She is one the verge of surpassing a record that most basketball historians felt would never be broken. Clark is set to surpass Pete Maravich as college basketball's all-time leading scorer, a record set back in 1970. In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports, we will take a look back at the college career of the man they called "Pistol Pete". A player that averaged more than 40 points per game in a time in college basketball that freshmen were not allowed to play varsity, no shot clock and no three pointers. Later in the show we will send a shout out to the very first NBA Dunk Contest that took place 40 years ago in McNicholls Arena in Denver. The contest featured some of the most iconic dunkers in basketball history including Julius Erving, Dominque Wilkins, Clyde Drexler and Darrell Griffith. Yet the competition was won by a little known forward of the Phoenix Suns at the time that was known as the "Flying Sun" or "The Slambassador" or "The High-Attolla of Slamola" But is is best remembered for being the backbone of the one of the most snake-bit teams in the late 1980's. To contact the show, you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com or on Twitter at @Historically Sp2.

One of the many storylines heading into Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas is the opportunity of the Kansas City Chiefs to become one of the handful of NFL franchises to win consecutive Super Bowls. One of the teams that accomplished this was the Denver Broncos in 1997 and 1998 led by Hall of fame quarterback John Elway. Yet from a historical standpoint, the Denver Broncos are far more than just John Elway. In this latest edition of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, host Dana Auguster sits down with Broncos historian and podcaster Thomas Hall discussing the history of the Denver Broncos and the great players and great moments that made the Broncos one of the more consistent winners in the National Football League. Later in the show we will send a "Shout out" to great team nicknames in the history of the NFL. Over the years the imaginations of fans were captured by the likes of the "No-Name Defense", and the" Dome Patrol", the "Fearsome Foursome" and the "New York Sack Exchange". Don't forget to like and subscribe to the podcast and you could contact the show at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com

During the 1990's, a sports phenomenon took hold in South Louisiana that was impressive yet unexpected. In the part of the country where football is king and the other sports are fighting for relevance, the sport of hockey fired the imaginations of passionate sports fans in the heart of Cajun Country. Host and native of South Louisiana Dana Auguster is joined in this episode by longtime friend and six year ticket holder of the Louisiana Ice Gators Shane DeRouen. They will remember and reminisce about time hockey and not football, was the most popular sport in an area that was not known for pucks. Later in the show we will send a shout out to former hall of fame head coach of the then San Diego Chargers, Don Coryell. The very day that he was hired, Sept 25, 1978 was both the best day in the sports history of San Diego California but also the darkest day that city's history. That and more on this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, a member of the Sports History Network. Please don't forget to like and subscribe to the show. You could follow us on twitter at Historically Sp2 or you could send us an e-mail at Historically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com.

This upcoming weekend the Baltimore Ravens will host the AFC Championship game for the first time in franchise history. In fact it will be the first time since 1971 that a conference title game will take place in Baltimore. In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, host Dana Auguster will highlight the glory years of sports in Baltimore. Between 1966 and 1971, the teams that called Baltimore home, the Orioles, Colts and Bullets were championship contenders. In 1971, all three teams reached the championship round of their respective leagues during that calender year. Later in the show, we will send a shout out to the epicenter of Baltimore sports which was Baltimore Memorial Stadium. It was the long time home of the Colts and the Orioles and the site of a 1976 plane crash which occured after the final whistle of a Colts playoff game. That and so much more on this edition of the Historically Speaking Sports podcast. To contact the show, you could e-mail us at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com or on Twitter @Historically Sp2.

In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast we will take a look back at perhaps the most hectic week we have in sports in the last few years. Just two days after Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Washington Huskies in the National championship game, two coaching giants Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide and Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots each announced they stepping away from coaching. Saban with seven college football National Championships announced to his team that he was retiring from coaching. Belichick and the Patriots mutually agreed to part ways after winning six Super Bowls in New England. Podcast host Dana Auguster will discuss their legacies and how each of them will be viewed through the eyes of sports history. To contact the show, you could e-mail the show at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com.

On January 2, 1984, top ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers entered the 50th Orange Bowl classic coached by Tom Osborne. The undefeated Huskers was looking for its first national championship since winning back-to-back titles in 1970 and 71. Standing in the way was the Miami Hurricanes coached by Howard Schnellenberger. The Canes was ranked #5 in the AP Poll and with the results of the Cotton, Rose and Sugar Bowls, Miami was in position to not only spoil the Huskers perfect season, but claim its first ever National Championship. In one of the greatest games in the history of College Football, it came down to one play and one coaching decision that ultimately changed the course of college football. Host Dana Auguster take you back to that early January night of 1984 to relive that game and the ramifications of that coaching decision that is still talked about and debated four decades later.Later in the show, Dana will send a shout out to the lone championship ever one by the then San Diego Chargers following the 1963 American Football League season. With their dominating performance over the Boston Patriots, we will examine the question could the Chargers have defeated the Bears in a winner take all championship game between the champions of the NFL and the AFL.

NO NONSENSE, OLD SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING HISTORY is presented by the Sports History Network, the headquarters for sports yesteryear.ABOUT SHOW:My name is Mark Morthier, and I host yesterday's Sports on the Sports History Network. As many of you know from reading my articles and listening to my podcasts, I am not only an avid weightlifter but a fan of the sport as well. I'm excited to share my newest adventure, a show dedicated to promoting weightlifting, while also looking back at some weightlifting history. I'll share some of my own stories and interview weightlifters from both past and present.I competed in Olympic Weightlifting from 1981 to 1989 and powerlifting from 2011 to 2019. Although I wasn't what one might call “a naturally gifted lifter,” I managed to clean & jerk 140 kilos/308 lbs at 179 lbs body weight. In my later years, I achieved a 600-pound deadlift and a 431-pound front squat in my mid-fifties. Although I was more successful in powerlifting, setting New Jersey and New York State records in Masters Competitions, I'll always consider myself an Olympic Weightlifter. I've also written a book on weight training titled No Nonsense, Old School Weight Training, which is available on Amazon.NO NONSENSE, OLD SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING (Amazon affiliate link)I hope that you will enjoy the show, and please leave a comment or offer a suggestion. And if you're an Olympic lifter, past or present, let me know if you'd like to set up an interview, and I'll do my best to have you on the show. Stay strong and God bless!

It seems like every year, when the four teams are announced that will faceoff for the biggest prize in college football, there is always one or team teams that feel left out. This is was no execption as undefeated Florida State and defending National Champion Georgia appeared to be all dressed up with no where to go. This year the four teams Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama are ready to battle it out for all of the marble in the world of college football. In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports we will go back 32 years to highlight the last time the University of Washington was deemed National Champions dispite the fact they had to split the title with the Miami Hurricanes. Also this weekend also saw Southern Methodist University claim their first conference title since 1984. Which was just a couple of years before the NCAA imposed the "Death Penalty" on the Mustangs. To close out the show, we will send a shout out to a little known quarterback that just played five seasons in the NFL because of lingering shoulder injuries. However Hall of Fame Coach Bill Walsh considered him the most naturally gifted passer he had ever seen. We will tell the story of the short and star-crossed career of the NFL's greatest one shot wonder, former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Greg Cook, the league's greatest "what if".

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.NETWORK SPONSORSRow One - the vintage shop for sports history fans!HIGHLIGHTED SHOWI am Chad Cain your host of One Guy with a Mic Presents: History of Dingers and Dunks. I am going to be bringing the history of baseball and basketball to life. For every one of you that doesn't know anything about the history of baseball or basketball, this is your place to learn.If you know some knowledge about baseball and basketball this is your place to know more. If you have more knowledge than others around you this is your safe space. I can always learn from each and every one of you as well.Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.

Heading into this NFL season, a number of so-called football experts were predicting that the once lowly Detroit Lions were poised to be a legitimate power in the NFC. After all, they had been "Rebuilding since 1957" as so the slogan goes. But this year feels different for Lions' fans in and around Motown. In this episide of Historically Speaking Sports, host Dana Auguster welcomes the co-host of the Podcast "This Week in the World of Pro Football" and longtime Lions fan and Michigan native Randy Snow to talk about both the "reserved hope" of the Lions fans and his recollection of his favorite and not -so-favorite memories of his Lions. Later in the show, we will send a shout out the 1983 World Series, dubbed the I-95 Series and the new segment the Historically Speaking Matchups for Week 5 which incudes the rematch of the very first postseason meeting between the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. If you wish to contact the show, you could send an e-mail to HIstorically.Speaking.Sports@gmail.com for any questions or show ideas. Also please follow us on twitter @!Historically Sp2 and dont forget to like and subscribe.

Every NFL team from time to time has to deal with the starting quarterback going down to injury or the coach is faced with replacing the high-priced starting quarterback with the most popular player in town -- the Back-up. In this episode we will highlight some of the most famous quarterbacks to come off the bench and became stars in their own right. Some for one game, others for a season and still a few became Super Bowl heroes. Later in the show, in a double "Shout out" we will highlight one of the most famous and by some the greatest sports documentary ever created. One of the players highlighted in this long and detailed series, passed away earlier this week. Also in this episode, since this Week 4 in the NFL season, we feature five games that are on the schedule that are rematches of famous and exciting games from years past. A couple were epic playoff games, while one ended the longest losing streak in NFL History. To contact the show you could email us here at Historically.Speaking.Sports@Gmail.com or also on Twitter @HistoricallySp2.