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As Forum members have undoubtedly assumed, I am a so-called "Boomer," a term I hate. I believe a higher percentage of the 1946-64 age group are "race realists" than the current generation. The period up to 1964 was not unlike the 50s, from 1965 things began to change. The number of leftist...

On Thursday, December 4, TCM is showing a series of Sports movies starting at 6 a,m, ET with The Bob Mathias Story (1954). It is followed by Crazylegs (1953), The Babe Ruth Story, The Jackie Robinson Story, Knute Rockne All-American, Jim Thorpe All American. The Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson...

Trump probably sees sports the same way as a typical DWF.

The Pro Football Journal has a good entry on Keith Lincoln by Jeffrey J. Miller.

When Trump announced in 2015, some people on this Forum said, "I hope Trump gets tough with Israel," or "comes down on the Jews." The fact is Trump has more business and family connections with Jews than any President in history.

According to the reviews, it deals with an American psychiatrist and highest ranking defendant Herman Goring. a lot of footage of the death camps is shown. Goring (portrayed by Russell Crowe) made the prosecutors look bad at times. This is the third major film about the Nuremberg trials.

The media didn't pay any attention to the scrimmage yards record with McCaffrey. FWIW Marshall Faulk, counting playoffs had the most yards from scrimmage counting playoffs after the 1999 season. But the playoff yards weren't counted with Faulk either. Source: Pro Football Reference

A 100-yard game in the playoffs has never been counted with those in the regular season. Nor are other statistics. Playoff statistics are separate. Or have been. Last year Saquon Barkley's regular season and playoff rushing and receiving yards were added together for a new yardage from...

Manny Fernandez was one of the Dolphins on the NFL Network's 1972 America's Game episode. He said the Dolphins were interested in him because of Miami's Cuban population, but said, "I don't speak a word of Spanish." Fernandez is very articulate. When the 1972 Dolphins were invited to the White...

When Walter Payton contracted his fatal illness, Matt Suhey helped him. Payton said, "We're doing Brian's Song over again. This time the brother dies." On the ESPN channels, the 30-30 series is on usually early in the day to fill time. They often have the one on the 1985 Bears.

Something like this happened in a Patriots-Chargers game (a playoff game I think) several years ago. The Patriots were fourth and long late in the game and a pass went right to a Chargers DB. All he had to do was knock the pass down and the ball would be turned over. Instead, he intercepted it...

We can do without a derogatory term which has been used for over a century to mean a hapless loser.

Funny thing. Shoeless Joe Jackson is more remembered and talked about today due to the Black Sox gambling scandal than he would have been if they had won the 1919 World Series honestly.

The enormous goodwill shown to blacks is not returned one iota. A grand slam and a spectacular Touchdown by Donald Jeffries. There may be a plea bargain in which the killer will probably get eight years or so, 10 at most.

Trump has also been raving about a third term while claiming he hadn't thought much about it! A friend of mine says Trump acts like a big baby. Instead of doing popular things, which got him elected again, he may trigger a world-wide depression. Phrases like "patience" and "give it time" are...