Living in NEPA as a kid, I was able to listen to basketball and hockey games from Boston. At the time, it seemed almost as cool as watching Apollo launches.
Things I miss (Sports Version)
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As an O's fan, I loved getting the Orioles away games broadcast on my radio at night. The great Chuck Thompson with the PxP.
Kalas and Ashburn were phenomenal, imo, even not being a Phillies fan.
Favorite story I recall about them is that they used to get pizzas delivered to the booth thanks to a local pizza shop. They would mention their craving for a pizza from that shop on air, and soon after... voila! Then one day they were told they couldn't do that anymore, as their paying advertisers weren't happy about the free advertising some local pizzeria was getting. (Let's call the pizza shop "Mario's", as I don't recall the actual name.)
So a few days later, during a game, Richie says on air 'We want to wish a happy birthday to the Mario twins.' Harry says, 'yes, happy birthday to the Mario twins. What are their names again?' Richie says 'Plain and Pepperoni'.
Sure enough, a couple of pizzas show up soon after!
What good is it to have influence and privileges if you can’t abuse them?
Anyone remember the Prudential scoreboard?
Didn't they always show the Slippery Rock score?
Didn't they always show the Slippery Rock score?
He moved to Baltimore for high school and graduated from Loyola Blakefield HS and Loyola College (now Loyola University).
I miss George on the radio broadcast interviewing Joe after the game…
“Joe, this is George….”
“Joe, this is George….”
All the way into this thread and no one mentioned the one show that I miss the most? Who could forget Fran Fisher as the host of "TV Quarterback" and Joe Paterno each week.
They showed a lot of small college scores from around the country.
It was at *ichigan where they would announce the Slippery Rock score in the 70s, I think. Maybe into the 80s. Anyway, they became their 'adopted' small college team, and invited them to play a game in the Big Outhouse. They ended up playing at least one game there, maybe more.
1. The old Sporting News issues that had extended box scores of every MLB game during the week.
2. The MLB All-Star games when Willie Mays would bat lead off.
3. The original Home Run Derby that featured 2 HOF guys going head-to-head in a neutral ball park.
4. Bill Russel vs Wilt Chamberlain
5. Roger Staubach coming from stint as a Naval officer to QB the Dallas Cowboys.
6. Mike Reid, Steve Smear, John Ebersole, Dennis Onkotz, Jim Kates, Neal Smith, Mike Smith, Lincoln Lippincott, Frank Spaziani, Gary Hull, George Landis, and Jack Ham stifling opposing offenses.
7. And, of course, the former English major, Italian, Homer-reading Head Coach who went from 5-5 in his first year to 409 wins ... with honor.
2. The MLB All-Star games when Willie Mays would bat lead off.
3. The original Home Run Derby that featured 2 HOF guys going head-to-head in a neutral ball park.
4. Bill Russel vs Wilt Chamberlain
5. Roger Staubach coming from stint as a Naval officer to QB the Dallas Cowboys.
6. Mike Reid, Steve Smear, John Ebersole, Dennis Onkotz, Jim Kates, Neal Smith, Mike Smith, Lincoln Lippincott, Frank Spaziani, Gary Hull, George Landis, and Jack Ham stifling opposing offenses.
7. And, of course, the former English major, Italian, Homer-reading Head Coach who went from 5-5 in his first year to 409 wins ... with honor.
1) Getting the Sports Illustrated magazine delivered to the house every week
2) ND highlights narrated by Lindsay Nelson on Sunday mornings.
3) Playing tackle football with my buddies in the churchyard on Sunday afternoons.
4) Coming home from school to watch October playoff baseball with the local teams announcers on the national broadcast.
5) Curt Gowdy
2) ND highlights narrated by Lindsay Nelson on Sunday mornings.
3) Playing tackle football with my buddies in the churchyard on Sunday afternoons.
4) Coming home from school to watch October playoff baseball with the local teams announcers on the national broadcast.
5) Curt Gowdy
Charlie Getty. Brad Benson
Brad Benson and Charlie Getty
Yeah, I’d run home to catch the Workd Series games.
Bob Morse shooting baseline from the corner. No 3 point shot then.
The 500 on the radio with the barbecue going, andmy aunts and uncles drinking manhattans.
A truly great shooter. I modeled my own shot after his. (I could shoot the lights out but was a one-trick pony.)
1970’s & early 80’s boxing: Ali, Frazier, Norton, Foreman, Leonard, Duran, Hagler, Hearns. And even a little Cosell.
Forbes Field
Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell
The Steel Curtain
The Civic Arena
Mario Lemieux
Pitt vs Penn State football rivalry 70’s-80’s
Myron Cope, Bob Prince
Chiller Theatre
West View Park
Winkey’s, Islay’s
Rathskeller, Highway Pizza
The Grand Experiment - JVP
Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell
The Steel Curtain
The Civic Arena
Mario Lemieux
Pitt vs Penn State football rivalry 70’s-80’s
Myron Cope, Bob Prince
Chiller Theatre
West View Park
Winkey’s, Islay’s
Rathskeller, Highway Pizza
The Grand Experiment - JVP
Remember how Wohl and Bilsky would flop like crazy? What BS. It took the refs a while to catch up to it but Harter took advantage of that for a long time.
I’ve mentioned this many times but worth a repeat: my dad worked at General Electric on Chestnut Street, a three minute walk to the Palestra.
It’s cool how you always brag about your boys.
I LOVED cincy. One summer he house boarded with 4 u of cincy engineers, they were ANIMALS, house was full guns, he had a blast.
Mike Reid
It is difficult to explain to people born after 1990 just how important the man was to Penn State football. He was the best player on two undefeated teams that set the stage for Paternos career.
He was dominant at DT. On teams with guys like Onkotz, Smear ( still best football name ever), Franco, Mitchell and Ham he was unquestionably the best player on the field. That defense he led did not just stop scoring, they prevented other teams from crossing the 50 yard line until it no longer mattered.
He personified the “great experiment”. His artistry on the piano extended into a Grammy winning music career when his NFL days were ended.
To this day if I was asked to pick an all-time PSU team he would be the first player I would pick.
It is difficult to explain to people born after 1990 just how important the man was to Penn State football. He was the best player on two undefeated teams that set the stage for Paternos career.
He was dominant at DT. On teams with guys like Onkotz, Smear ( still best football name ever), Franco, Mitchell and Ham he was unquestionably the best player on the field. That defense he led did not just stop scoring, they prevented other teams from crossing the 50 yard line until it no longer mattered.
He personified the “great experiment”. His artistry on the piano extended into a Grammy winning music career when his NFL days were ended.
To this day if I was asked to pick an all-time PSU team he would be the first player I would pick.
High school basketball state championship games at the Palestra in the 1950's -- Chester lost several times and Farrell was a powerhouse.
U of P (Penn) football games at Franklin Field - the mighty Ivy League.
1960 Eagles NFL Championship games - Bednarik and Chuck Weber against the NY Giants (Frank Giff) and the Green Bay Packers.
U of P (Penn) football games at Franklin Field - the mighty Ivy League.
1960 Eagles NFL Championship games - Bednarik and Chuck Weber against the NY Giants (Frank Giff) and the Green Bay Packers.
Harry Carey - (iconic - their words) Chicago Cubs broadcaster singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame in the bottom of the 7th while telegraphing during the entire game where he would be drinking after the game - and slightly drunk in the late innings of home games. If you ever heard him - it was unreal.
Dizzy Dean - St. Louis
Mel Allen - NYY
Phil Rizzuto - NYY
Howard Cosell
Don Meredith
Bill Campbell - WCAU radio
Dizzy Dean - St. Louis
Mel Allen - NYY
Phil Rizzuto - NYY
Howard Cosell
Don Meredith
Bill Campbell - WCAU radio
I loved Rizzuto! It was great to hear him asking Bill White the next day, “What happened on that play in the 7th, White? I was on the George Washington Bridge and it sounded like a great play.”
He would do color for innings 1-6, talk about Italian food, then head back home while the game was still going on.
