TBT- OLD CHICKEN- NO SALMONELLA !

Some "Fowl Play"

in the Prime Ticket "Press Box"

 with Ted Giannoulas, 

the San Diego Chicken!

1990's

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DAVE???? DAVE'S NOT HERE!!

COMMEMORATING 33 YEARS OF DAVE

 AND HIS "LATE NIGHT" / "LATE SHOW"

SHENANIGANS 

AND HIJINX

 IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT PERSISTENCE, CREATIVITY, AND A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR 

CAN GO A LONG WAY!!

 YOU WILL BE MISSED, DAVE!

AND THE #1 THING THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED FROM LETTERMAN'S 

"LATE NIGHT"/ "LATE SHOW" CAREER??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVD-X8pxyd0

"GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY. 

DRIVE SAFELY!"

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CLIPS "TRIP AND DIP" AGAIN!

The L.A. Clippers are better than they used to be, 

but not as good as they

1. think they are

2. expect to be

3. should be

They no longer celebrate just getting to the playoffs. Anything short of the conference finals or the NBA Finals is unacceptable, but they are still the Clippers. Haunted by their past and humbled by their present.

The team's core players are solid.

Blake Griffin has turned into one of the best all-around players in the NBA

Chris Paul led the league in assists. He is extremely talented, but he is not a "take charge" point guard, especially in the clutch.

DeAndre Jordan is a monster on defense, but equally scary at the free throw line.

J.J. Redick has become much more than a shooter, but he was non-existent in game 7 v Houston

Matt Barnes give the Clippers attitude and physicality during the season, but gave them zero points against the Rockets

The bench is short and filled with question marks.

What happened to Jamal Crawford in the playoffs?

Does the coach's kid have a future in L.A.? Austin Rivers was a force in the playoffs, but a farce during most of the season.

Big Baby?
Spencer Ha-Hawes?
Hedo?

The teams that are still alive in the NBA Playoffs are excelling through defense and depth. The Clippers have little of one and less of the other.

Then there is the head coach/ 

president of basketball operations. 

Doc is a better head coach than a personnel man. His moves have been questionable and the team has very little cap space, right now. Signing Jordan is a "must" and it will probably take a max contract to do it.

Keep this in mind too. There have only been 9 NBA teams that have been eliminated after leading a best of seven series (3-1). Doc Rivers was the head coach for #7 and #9. His Orlando Magic flopped against Detroit back in 2003 and his Clippers collapsed this year against the Rockets.

It is "wait until next year", Clipper fans.  

You had a chance to chip into the Lakers' lock on Los Angeles, but there is still hope and things are changing in the city. This year, it is the Lakers keeping their fingers crossed at the NBA Draft Lottery, but you still
 cannot spell "COLLAPSE " without "C-L-P-S". 

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY - ORIOLES' ROYALTY- MAY 15, 2015

FLASHBACK WITH ME AND THE 

GREATEST THIRD BASEMAN OF ALL TIME 

AT FOX SPORTS.

BROOKS ROBINSON

"THE HUMAN VACUUM CLEANER"

16X - GOLD GLOVE WINNER

1964 - MLB MVP

1983 - HALL OF FAME

(Brooks will turn 78 years old on May 18)

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY- "SLAP SHOT" STYLE!

In honor of the NHL Playoffs, 

here is a flashback to my Prime Ticket days

 in Los Angeles 

with the Hanson Brothers 

of "SLAP SHOT" move fame. 

Do you remember the star of "SLAP SHOT"

Do you remember the famous 

pre-game brawl between the 

Charlestown Chiefs and the Peterboro Patriots??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHMi-j7W2gM

Here is some more info on the brothers and

"SLAP SHOT" 

which smashed into theaters in April of 1977. 

http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2007/02/hanson-brothers.html

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TBT- 1952 - " BROADWAY" PAY PER VIEW

Throwback to September, 1952 

when a "pay per view" fight didn't cost you $100.00

 and you were almost guaranteed to see more action in one round than we saw in the entire Mayweather v Pacquiao bout.

The Rocky Marciano v Jersey Joe Walcott fight 

was a heavyweight championship bout held in

 Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia. The fight was also shown on closed circuit in 50 theaters in 31 cities across the country.

 The bout was Walcott's second title defense and he knocked down Marciano in the first round. (the first time in 43 pro fights that Rocky had been put on the canvas)

 Walcott was leading on all three judges card, at the start of the 13th round, but Marciano's right hand to JJW's jaw ended the fight with 43 seconds remaining in the round.

One year later, Marciano KO'd Walcott 

in the first round of their rematch. 

Rocky retired at age 32

 and finished his fight career with a 

49-0 record.

That is the record that Floyd Mayweather 

will be trying to equal in his next ring appearance.

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MONDAY MEMORY BANK WITH SIR CHARLES

1990 with CHARLES BARKLEY

ESPN's GUEST ANALYST 

FOR THE NBA PLAYOFFS

M.V.P. ISIAH THOMAS 

+ THE PISTONS

 DEFEATED PORTLAND 4-1

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