https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/A rememberance of growing up a sports fanatic in the 1970's and 80'shourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/302186I have stated here before that I don't believe in curses. The "Curse of the Bambino" was a nice story, but the Red Sox were going to win it all sooner or later. I knew that once the Maryland Terrapins, who are my cross to bear, won the basketball title on '02. And I think that the Cubs and White...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/289602Just got a copy of the Peter Gent novel about a fictitious pro football team at a used book store for a quarter. Had been looking everywhere for it. I first read the book when I was 12. It was 1979. If my mother knew what it was really about, I would have never been able to bring it in the house....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/279361These were the two arenas where I saw my first sporting events. Believe it or not, the first sporting event that I ever went to was a Washington Capitals hockey game in 1979. We got there late, because my best friend whom I had given the tickets to, lost them and had to search the house to find...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/276205This was the year that I really began to watch all sports, not just football. I was all of six years old. Here's what I remember from that year: The NFL had only 26 teams. There were no teams in Tennessee, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Arizona, Seattle, and Tampa. The Colts played in Baltimore, the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/274895I'm sick of ESPN. Have been for some time. My main problem is that they have too many stations. Because of this, they don't have enough programming to fill the time slots. So we get poker, billiards, and spelling bees. WHAT? ESPNNews is good for up to the minute sports. ESPN is what it is. A...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/266994Alright guys(and gals). We watch sports for many reasons, one of which is the female(or male, ladies) sideline reporters and sports anchors. I go back to the days of Phyllis George and Jayne Kennedy on the NFL Today. Back then, they were all we had to choose from. Not anymore. There's Mellisa...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/264416Remember those? Not those rainout specials that we have today or the day night version. A real, live scheduled two for one special, usually held on Sundays. Now major league baseball gives us 162 scheduled dates. If one of those dates happens to get rained out, then we might get a doubleheader....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/261554I played football as a kid for the Upper Marlboro, MD. boys and girls club Mustangs. I started out with the 80 pound team and moved up in weight until high school. We were located in the county seat of Prince Georges County so we had a lot more money than the other teams in our league from Palmer...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/258125What happened to them? Mine was Buck growing up and my brother's were Bullet and Hickey(not what you're thinking). My sister's had names like Pigpen, Buckethead and Snowball. My father is Ham. And my relatives had names like Mack, Folly, Nibbs, Winks, T.T., Wally Gator, Sandman(for Sandra), Ant,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/growler3759/254144The United States Football League came to Washington DC in February 1983. The name of the local team was the Washington Federals. Don't let anyone tell you that the 0-14 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the worst team of all time. No, the Feds were worse. Much worse. They couldn't run, throw,...