A week or so ago, I wrote about the RBs of the Dan Marino era and was just a total blast. It was a 17 year journey through a sea of mediocre running backs. While talking to Alex the other night, we came up with the idea for this post. The stiff’s that patrolled the [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Bulls Centers: Jordan Era
Posted in NBA, White Basketball Players, tagged NBA on June 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Vinny Testaverde
Posted in NFL on June 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Sing, O goddess, the mediocrity of Testaverde, son of Al, that brought boundless heartbreak and turnovers to the Buccaneers, Browns, Ravens, Jets, Cowboys, Patriots and Panthers. Many a brave soul did the NFL send hurrying down to Canton, yet great Vinny, thrower of picks, would never be called upon to kneel at the feet of [...]
Dolphins RBs: Dan Marino Era
Posted in NFL, tagged NFL on June 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dan Marino is, without question, one of the biggest dogs to ever suit up in NFL history. He was blessed with an absolute canon of an arm and a smile that could melt your heart. He also played opposite a young Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: PEt Detective. Dan Marino is a legend. However, if [...]
Earnest Byner
Posted in NFL on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I honestly had never heard of Earnest Byner until a week ago when doing research for another post. Earnest Byner was one of those players who flew under the radar his entire NFL career and never really had the stats or the prestige to be remembered. Earnest Byner can be credited as the one player [...]
Clarence Weatherspoon
Posted in NBA, tagged NBA on June 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Clarence Weatherpsoon came into the league with about as much buzz as a ninth overall pick can. He came into the league with the nickname “Baby Barkley”. Like Hall of Famer, Charles Barkley, Weatherspoon was a short and stout power forward. Like Barkley he came from the south. Clarence and Charles were also both selected [...]
Rob Deer
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on June 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Just in case I haven’t mentioned this here before, I am huge Detroit Tigers fan. My favorite Tigers team in my lifetime is the 2006 club that went to the World Series. A close second is the 1991 team. That team really didn’t threaten for a playoff spot, but they brought some serious thunder at [...]
Mike Golic
Posted in NFL on June 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
For a long time I had very little love for Mike Golic. It all started when I heard him debate the proper etiquette when ordering a pizza for delivery. He made the argument that pizza joints have a database of its customers and know who tips well and who doesn’t and even went so far [...]
Dan Cortese
Posted in Extreme on June 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Dan Cortese is extreme. And that’s pretty much all you need to know. Growing up in the early to mid 90′s I idolized Dan Cortese. I honestly thought he was the coolest guy on the planet because he got to travel around the world doing really really extreme and radical sports. He would base-jump, jet-ski, [...]
Gary Gaetti
Posted in MLB, tagged MLB on June 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Like a couple of my other posts, this one was suggested to me by a student. When this student suggested doing a piece on Gary Gaetti my first reaction was to say, no way. I remember Gaetti being a power-hitting third baseman who could pick it at the hot corner. However, when this student cited [...]
