Love your channel. I just found out a bit ago that in the early 1960s there was a team bowling league with franchises in the usual cities. Are you guys familiar with it?

I really enjoy your channel. Have purchased a couple books because of it!

Chiefs raiders tiebreaker was actually 1968. They played again in 69 after both won first playoff game

Very interesting

Note that Richardson spells his name "Micheal".

I like how he complains about reporters not doing their homework before interviewing him, then shows up totally unprepared for this interview. "Gee, I can't tell you, I can't get my book to come up on the computer!"

Were he and Johnny Most related??? :D

I worked at the museum for 6 years, 2014 to 2020. Browning is definitely a forgotten player and really should be in the hall. That being said I have no respect for the slugger company anymore. They hurt a lot of employees during COVID (me included) so the hillerichs could penny pinch. Also, turn on any MLB game, won't see many slugger bats these days. The company is only in business today because of the museum and factory tours

Thank you for this, Jim is one of my biggest role models and inspired me to create my Arena Football 3 League.

Thanks for recognizing Dallas Texans.

I think you should do a story about The Hawaiians of the WFL. Their owner had a unique idea for 75 season. Thanks for the memories from the past.

Thanks for sharing the ABA info.

Pele

Awesome podcast. Keep the bio interviews coming.

RFK Stadium was renamed in 1969

great pod. I would like to hear more biographical pods of the players involved in forgotten leagues and teams

Vin was like a family member to many of us. Thanks for covering him.

Good Stuff. Ever do a shoe about the CHL 1963-1984?

Vin was good at football too. Loved him on the NBC game of the week. Back when that was the only baseball game we got. Well, ABC had Monday night baseball too. But there wasn’t much baseball on then.

Incredible journey...

I remember watching the cable trucks progress up our road every day. The point made about the improved clarity of local channels is a fact. It was my dad’s primary interest in cable. I think our provider when we finally got it in 1980 only offered espn, hbo and wtbs.

I always heard that Bouchard was an a**hole. Great to hear his side of the story, finally. The one's that labeled him that were the ones that he exposed. Great interview.

Miss the Rockies wish they were still playing and the jerseys they wore were easily head and shoulders above every thing else when they were playing and dare i say even now!

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My little league coach’s brother was Wes Stock. He pitched like 8-9 years in the MLB. Also was a pitching coach with the A’s WS run in the 70’s. Wes’ son Jeff was on the NASL iteration of the Seattle Sounders. This was interesting to listen to as I didn’t pay much attention outside of the Sounders. Though I still have a San Jose Earthquake pennant. Go figure. Oh, I remember the Cosmos were loaded with a lot of international talent like Pele.

I’ve been watching and listening to the SuperSonics since the mid 70s. My first game was at the SCC vs the NO Jazz with the Pistol. But to my chagrin I had forgotten about Dean Tolson. I even remember Jackie Robinson who only played on the then used ten day contracts. What an inspiring story. Thanks for sharing.

My childhood in the 70s on Saturday nights. Roller Derby then Portland Championship wrestling! Frank Bonema is a forgotten legend in wrestling announcing.

Brilliant shirts. Wish they'd bring them back, and not with watered down collars either!

Current Mexican wrestling is unbelievable, you have guys doing backflips off the top rope onto a wrestler outside the ring! A quadriplegic waiting to happen...

I loved wrestling in the 70's with the WWWF on TV and a young Vince McMahon conducting interviews with a disgusted look on his face as various bad guys and managers shredded him. I lost interest in the 80's when it started to get too slick and the wrestlers looking steroid-enhanced.

Steve Babineau is an amazing character. I always think back to spring of 1972 and 52 years ago Steve sent me several photo's he'd taken at Bruins games. Pictures of my heroes Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Derek Sanderson etc. Real game taken pictures and he sends them to me in Sweden. Really...Amazing and Awesome person. Thank you Steve. Pepe

nostalgia im getting old.

Look, give me a break. This league wouldn't exist. If it weren't subsidized by the NBA

If pro hockey can succeed in Tampa and other southern cities, it can certainly succeed in Atlanta, regardless of the racial makeup. The key is to locate the team where your fan base is, just like the Braves did. No one likes driving in rush hours traffic (yes, that’s plural. It goes from 3:00pm to 8:00pm), risk the high crime rate in downtown Atlanta (including vehicle break-ins), then fight the traffic when leaving the downtown area. Building a new arena in North Fulton, or better yet IMHO, Cobb County, is the key. As far as the racial issue, hockey is a very expensive game to have your kids play. All the equipment expenses, plus the costs for ice time, makes it prohibitive for many families, black or white. That’s not the case for baseball, basketball, or football. When the Thrashers left Atlanta, there were two teams that had lower attendance than Atlanta, Phoenix, and one of the New York teams. Winnipeg should’ve should’ve stole one of those teams. Then, Winnipeg had lower attendance than the Thrashers did for the first few years of their existence! With them playing better now, their attendance has gone up.

The Nets actually were the New Jersey Americans

When the ABA started the NBA did have a television contract with ABC.

Thanks for sharing the story of the 63 Chargers. The AFL is always a great listen. Those Chargers with Lincoln, Lowe, Alworth, and Ladd will always be special to me.

The fact that the New Jersey Devils don't acknowledge the Colorado Rockies as part of their history is not exactly true. In the past couple of yrs the team HAS mentioned the Rockies and there are stats about Scouts/Rockies players in their yearbooks. Also they have a third throwback jersey that came about in 2022 that has the Rockies Blue Red and Gold colors adorning the sweaters and needless to say it's sharp as a tack to look at!!

Miss the Rockies who EASILY had the sharpest jerseys in the entire NHL. Wish the were still in Colorado

Three cheers for the redskins. Pass the cake, ice cream and milk.

any have a link to the GA documentary by NFL films referenced?

Thanks for sharing. Listened to his father a ton. Nice Clipper song at the end. What about Continental Football League in sixties?

Thanks for sharing. The ABA is simply fascinating. That ring is priceless to him.

Thanks for sharing. The league had major stars. The concept was quite good. The fans were allowed to be fans. It just did not have the numbers to support it. The general public simply does not embrace tennis. It was a great idea that could not be supported without revenue. Today it could succeed because there is so many other media outlets. Unfortunately, there are not stars like that era.

Thanks for sharing. The ABL is an interesting topic. The league had some very notable names. The 3 point shot leaves a permanent legacy for the league along with players like Hawkins.

Thanks for sharing. He was quite interesting at 93 years of age. I will always have a fondness for those disbanded leagues.

Thanks for sharing. The WTT league was fascinating. It surely had major stars at the beginning.

Tim McCarver was.a long time catcher for The St. Louis Cardinals.

Thanks for sharing. The WHA is always a good listen.

It makes me happy Dan was at Boom Boom's funeral. Boom Boom was honored at a game between Toronto and Montreal in the last year of his life in Montreal. After the ceremony, Boom Boom began shuffling toward the Toronto bench and not many could figure out why. Leaning over the end of the Toronto bench was coach Pat Quinn who was Flames team captain when Boom Boom was coach. Boom Boom made it to the bench and hugged Pat.