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Month: November 2008

The Greatest Team You Never Heard Of*

(*unless your name is Teebz) That sweater’s a ting of beauty, eh? (Here’s the back, breezers and socks.) It belongs to one of the greatest teams ever to play hockey …

60 Minute Man

A 60 Minute Man went both ways. Known to many as “The Greatest Football Player Who Ever Lived,” Bronislau “Bronko” Nagurski is perhaps most famous for playing for the Chicago …

One Man’s Crappy Team Is Another Man’s T-Shirt Sale

Wanna know what devotion is? Devotion — in this case exemplified by longtime reader Doug Mooney — is attending your crummy team’s annual Thanksgiving loss, noting that several people in …

‘Stuffing’ vs. ‘Dressing’: Discuss

I’ll be busy cooking and eating today (not necessarily in that order), but I’ll leave the comments open for those who feel the need to point out that the Lions …

Chicks with Sticks

[Editor’s Note: Today’s entry marks the weekday-entry debut of bench coach Phil Hecken. Please join me in giving him a hand. I’ll rejoin you down at the Ticker. — PL] …

The National Pastime, as Captured by the National Magazine

Time to continue our look through the Life photo archives, this time focusing exclusively on baseball. Just like last time, I’m linking to smaller versions of the pics so you …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

I could be wrong about this, but I’m fairly certain I’ve never been the victim of a wedgie. I suppose there could possibly have been a summer camp incident so …

Farvä´l Annika

So long. Farewell. Bye-Bye. In case you missed it — and judging by the number of posts Uni Watch gets on women’s professional golf, you did — Annika Sorenstam concluded …

The Real Fumble

Thirty years ago, this past week, The Fumble happened. No, not Earnest Byner’s boo-boo in Denver, The Original Fumble. The “Miracle at the Meadowlands” may be the term used by …

And If They Ever Archive the Ads, My Productive Life Will Definitely Be Over

As many of you are already aware, there was a major development in online archiving the other day, as Google announced that they’ll be making Life magazine’s photo archive available …

School Closed

OK, so it’s not really snowing (at least not in Brooklyn), but I’m calling a snow day anyway. Site’s closed until tomorrow morning — no content, no comments, no fooling. …

In Which I Don’t Talk About Oregon for a Change (but someone else does) (oh, and I do too, eventually)

Editor’s Note: I’ve made it pretty clear what I think about Nike’s Oregon shenanigans. But what about fans who actually live in Oregon? Happily, our own Jeremy Brahm hails from …

History’s Most Memorialized Figure Gets Yet Another Shout-Out

Remember Matt Stover’s Gene Upshaw memorial sleeve band/patch thingie? It was pointed out in yesterday morning’s comments that Brian Dawkins was wearing an Upshaw armband (or maybe just a sleeve …

Monday Morning Uni Watch

The weather is getting colder, which means we’re once again seeing lots of helmet decal problems. The poster boy for this phenomenon yesterday was Lance Briggs, whose “C” was flapping …

You Always Remember Your First…

…uniform. This is mine. Got it in, oh…1972-ish. It’s a beauty, eh? Having been birthed a Mets fan, I got into baseball as soon as I could talk. Used to …