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October 2008
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Recently in Sports History CategoryFormer NFL referee Red Cashion is prowling around the field at Texas Stadium. The man known for his enthusiastic and forceful first down call has been taking pictures with friends. He was an NFL official for 25 years before retiring in 1997. He worked the Cowboys Super Bowl XXX win over the Steelers, and Super Bowl XX a decade before. For the record, Red's first name is Mason. ...Here's my back in the old days lecture. In the fall of 1997, my senior year at Plano East, there was nothing bigger in the City of Plano, maybe save for the Balloon Festival, than the annual football game between Plano and Plano East Senior High Schools. The city virtually shutdown and more than 17,000 people filled Clark Stadium, with many high school students sprawled out on grass that lines parts of the area above the south... The Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors have overlooked former Dallas Cowboys receiver Bob Hayes for too long. This year, they again have the chance to include the Bullet. Simply put, Bob Hayes changed the game. He was a dominant player of his era and he forced defense to go away from just using man coverage. As world-class sprinter and two-time gold medalist, he burned defenses with speed, while still having the toughness of... Before he became the NFL MVP, LaDainian Tomlinson was a backup running back and kick returner for the TCU Horned Frogs as a sophomore in 1998. Now the San Diego Chargers star running back has been named to the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team. TCU beat USC 28-19 in the 1998 Sun Bowl. It was the Horned Frogs' first bowl win in 41 years, dating back to a 28-27 victory over Jim Brown and Syracuse in the 1957 Cotton Bowl. ...It's probably the best story leading up to the Summer Olympics in Beijing. At 41-years-old, swimmer Dara Torres will be the first American to compete in five Olympics. Her first was in 1984, before 2004 gold winner Michael Phelps was even born. She won gold in L.A. in '84 and has nine total medals. Now she says she won't compete in the 100-meter freestyle in Beijing. The 50 free will be her only individual ev... Here we go again. Brett Favre just can't make up his mind. The legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback is considering unretiring, according to an ESPN report. It was just March when he said he's gone, now he wants to come back. When he retired, a teary Favre said, "I've given everything I possibly could give to this organization, the game of football, and I don't think I've got anything left to give And that's it. I know I can ... Mother Nature has cost a Negro League star from the 1940s nearly every piece of evidence that he was just as good as any other baseball player. Art Pennington, 85, lost nearly everything in the massive flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Memorabilia, pictures, you name it. His dog too. Pennington dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues, but he was simply ahead of his time. The story is worth the read. >> Continue reading: Negro League star loses relics in flood For the first time since the then Washington Senators left for Arlington in 1971, the Texas Rangers are going to the nation's capitol. The Rangers begin a three-game series against the Washington Nationals tonight. Of course the Rangers aren't the only former Senators who still play in MLB. The now Minnesota Twins left Washington a decade before the new Senators made the move the Texas. And the current team in Washin... I never knew Charlie Jones, the Sportscaster who died this past week in Southern California, but former Channel 8 sportscaster Verne Lundquist did. Jones had a connection here at WFAA TV that few remember. He was the sports director at WFAA TV from 1960 until 1965. During that time he also contributed to ABC's "Wide World of Sports" before switching to NBC in 1965 when they picked up the AFL contract. Jones had experience with the ol... Thanks for all the great e-mail on the Marques Haynes Story that ran a week ago Sunday on Dale Hansen Sports Special. There have been a few of you that heard about it, but didn't see it. Got you covered. Click here to watch Marques Haynes story. Marques is 81 and lives in Plano. He's forgotten more about the game of basketball than most of us will know. And talk... |
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