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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008In honor of the Caps making the playoffs for the first time since the Jagr disaster (‘Hip, Hip, Huet!’), let’s point and laugh at what may be the most ridiculously ridiculous looking player of all time: ‘90 Score Jaromir Jagr.
Joe Theismann Is Ready for Aerobics
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008It’s easy to have mixed feelings about Joe T. On one hand, he was a quality, Super Bowl-winning quarterback who suffered a gruesome, career-ending injury. Yet on the other hand, he’s an awful announcer who ruined Sunday (and then Monday) Night Football for the better part of two decades. So it’s a push, until looking […]
Bill Clinton Is Throwing Out the First Pitch
Monday, March 31st, 2008Say what you will about Dubya, and plenty of folks did, but, for however bad he may be at presidenting, he sure does throw a solid first pitch. The opposite could probably be said for ‘93 Triple Play Bubba (nice hat though).
Chris Webber Retires a Washington Bullet
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Mottram bros. friend and favorite interview subject C-Webb hangs ‘em up, and, while most remember him as a Wolverine or a King, I’ll always think of him as the last great Bullet. It was he who led the lowly franchise to the ‘97 Playoffs (to get slaughtered by MJ) and got caught high on the […]
Ledell Eackles Is Like Butter on a Roll
Monday, March 24th, 2008The Wiz have won six of seven to take over the five spot in the East, and the only way things could be finer is if ‘90-91 Fleer Ledell Eackles and his ill-fitting red, white & blues made an appearance at the Phone Booth. Well, that and if Gilbert stops wearing jackets and starts dropping […]
Derek Jeter Is Jumping On His Trampoline
Friday, March 14th, 2008With the news that the Yankee captain is trolling for college chicks in Blacksburg, let’s turn to ‘92 Score Select Derek Jeter and the picture of a younger, thinner man — just a boy, really – leaping gaily for the camera.
Larry Johnson Wears His Sunday Best
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The ‘89-90 and ‘90-91 UNLV Runnin’ Rebls were the greatest college hoops team I ever saw, and Grandmama was the leader of the pack. He was a man/elderly woman among boys, as evidenced by the stats on the back of this card. (Also on the back of this card? A shot at Charlotte’s nightlife, sure to be disputed by […]
Joey Belle Would Like You to Call Him Al
Monday, March 10th, 2008You probably remember Albert Belle as a terrible signing in Baltimore, a terrific slugger in Cleveland or an all-around menace to society wherever he roamed, but before all that he was just a kid. Via Wikipedia:
“While in the minor league system he was known as “Joey” (his childhood nickname) and was thought of as a top prospect, but […]