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Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Dolph Schayes


Schayes played his entire career with the Nationals and their successor, the Philadelphia 76ers, from 1948 to 1964. In his 16-year career, he led his team into the playoffs 15 times. After the Nationals moved to Philadelphia, Schayes became player-coach of the newly-minted 76ers. He retired after the 1963-64 season and stayed on as coach for two more seasons, earning NBA Coach ofContinue reading “Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday …Dolph Schayes”

Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday


  I apologize for not posting the answer to last week’s question so….   Welcome back,  how did you do with this week’s question? If you answered the Minnesota Vikings you are correct. The Vikings have never won a super bowl in their history and was the first to lose 4 super bowls. 1970 vsContinue reading “Smallthoughts: Trivia Thursday”

Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Ron Lyle vs George Foreman


Welcome to Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday.  We are going back in time Ron Lyle vs George Foreman. This fight was not for the weak at heart. It was billed as a slugfest and it definitely lived up to the billing. Howard Cosell and Ken Norton were the ringside announcers. So he we go back inContinue reading “Smallthoughts: Old School Tuesday…Ron Lyle vs George Foreman”