Viejo Dinosaur
EOG Master
Alex Jones
2022 death pool
- Thread starter railbird
- Start date
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Pretty good player with a very weird career - Tommy Davis, 83. Two time batting champ and three time WS champ.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Gene Shue, former 76ers coach.
a legend who is in very poor health is Mike Bossy. A hell of a player.
a legend who is in very poor health is Mike Bossy. A hell of a player.
kane
EOG master
Sad to hear this, when I was a kid the Islanders were my team, Bossy was a sniper, they had some great teams and won the Cup four straight years
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Lung cancer. I think he’s in hospice now. There was a lot of chatter on Twitter that he died yesterday. Islanders ended the Habs dynasty. I’m with you Kane, loved Bossy.
kane
EOG master
And then Gretzky and Edmonton ended the Islanders dynasty
kane
EOG master
When I was a kid I played baseball and basketball, my number was 22, always sad when the old timers pass away, Bossy only 65, way too young to die
Ray Luca
EOG Master
He's gone...will be announced soon
kane
EOG master
He entered hospice, you're not exactly breaking news here
Crazy Pete
EOG Addicted
On the Mount Rushmore of music, there’s the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pavarotti...and C.W. McCall.
OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit, but here’s a link to one of a series of commercials he did before his classic Convoy.
Bill Fries (aka CW McCall) died yesterday at 93.
He’s going to crash St. Peter’s Gate doing 98.
Let them truckers roll ,10-4!
OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a little bit, but here’s a link to one of a series of commercials he did before his classic Convoy.
Bill Fries (aka CW McCall) died yesterday at 93.
He’s going to crash St. Peter’s Gate doing 98.
Let them truckers roll ,10-4!
Crazy Pete
EOG Addicted
Renee Pussaint, Washington DC tv news & 20/20 reporter, died at 77.
Here’s her infamous connection to the world of sports:
Back in 1980, I was a computer programmer in Washington DC.
I was following the US hockey team like everyone else in the country on the day of their famous semifinal game vs the USSR, but amazingly, the game was not shown live, it was tape delayed
.
So, I spent that afternoon avoiding any references to any live information on the radio or TV (pre-Internet for you millennials).
Watching the tape delayed game in the third quarter, with the score tied, there was a break in the action, & commercials were played. I didn’t bother turning the sound off because obviously they wouldn’t leak any hockey results...
After the commercials, Renee Poussaint comes on with a 5 second news tease...
“And in the news , the USA hockey team beat the Russians! Details after the game!”
I went absolutely livid, yelling and cussing at her to a degree that would cost me about 1000 years in politically incorrect jail nowadays
.
I mean , seriously, how can somebody be that stupid?!?
What on earth was she thinking?!?
Here’s her infamous connection to the world of sports:
Back in 1980, I was a computer programmer in Washington DC.
I was following the US hockey team like everyone else in the country on the day of their famous semifinal game vs the USSR, but amazingly, the game was not shown live, it was tape delayed
. So, I spent that afternoon avoiding any references to any live information on the radio or TV (pre-Internet for you millennials).
Watching the tape delayed game in the third quarter, with the score tied, there was a break in the action, & commercials were played. I didn’t bother turning the sound off because obviously they wouldn’t leak any hockey results...
After the commercials, Renee Poussaint comes on with a 5 second news tease...
“And in the news , the USA hockey team beat the Russians! Details after the game!”
I went absolutely livid, yelling and cussing at her to a degree that would cost me about 1000 years in politically incorrect jail nowadays
.I mean , seriously, how can somebody be that stupid?!?
What on earth was she thinking?!?
Viejo Dinosaur
EOG Master
Trump
Putin
Railbird
In that order…
Putin
Railbird
In that order…
Ray Luca
EOG Master
He already passed away.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
No he hasn’t. There was a report that he did, but it was false.
Ray Luca
EOG Master
I'm confirming that report is actually true
The last Dodger to win a batting title. Davis also still has the Dodger record of Rbi's in a season. 153.
After watching that video, tell me old CW didn't get at least a blow job in the back room. Maybe even more.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Oh ok, lol. My Red Bull hasn’t kicked in yet.
mrbowling300
EOG Dedicated
Bobby Rydell, 'Wild One' singer, dead at 79
Bobby Rydell, 'Wild One' singer, dead at 79 | CNN
Bobby Rydell, a teen idol from the '60s known for songs like "Wild One" and his role as Hugo Peabody in the 1963 film "Bye Bye Birdie," has died, according to a statement released by his representatives. He was 79.
www.cnn.com
Crazy Pete
EOG Addicted
Rayfield Wright
NFL Hall of Famer
5 Super Bowls, 2 rings.
There’s always a lot of sappy tributes when anyone dies, but the tributes I read for him sounded extremely sincere & compelling.
He sounds like a Hall of Famer on the field AND off the field
NFL Hall of Famer
5 Super Bowls, 2 rings.
There’s always a lot of sappy tributes when anyone dies, but the tributes I read for him sounded extremely sincere & compelling.
He sounds like a Hall of Famer on the field AND off the field
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
A sad one - Former Ohio St QB Dwayne Haskins, 24 - hit by a car
Neveragain
EOG Dedicated
RIP NHL 1970’s superstar Mike Bossy, just 65, from lung cancer.
Best shooter of his era (closely followed by Steve Shutt)
Fun fact.
Never thought about it or expected it at the time, but Bossy, from Montreal, was fluently bilingual.
Best shooter of his era (closely followed by Steve Shutt)
Fun fact.
Never thought about it or expected it at the time, but Bossy, from Montreal, was fluently bilingual.
Crazy Pete
EOG Addicted
Darryl Lamonica was a HUGE name in the late 60’s.
2-time MVP
Very few Super Bowl starting quarterbacks have died, almost all have been from the 1960’s, from old age,
Add Daryle to that list.
Non 1960’s- Kenny Stabler from 1976, Miami dolphin quarterback from 1982 (forget his name), Steve McNair from 1999 (murdered). Maybe one or two I forgot.
The Mad Bomber
Daryle Lamonica was a star quarterback for Notre Dame who was drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in 1963. He was mostly a back-up with the Bills behind starter Jack Kemp. He was traded to the Oakland Raiders before the 1967 season and became a star quarterback. He was the AFL MVP in 1967 and 1969 and led the team to the AFL championship title in 1967 which earned them a spot in Super Bowl II against the Packers. The Packers behind Bart Starr beat the Raiders 33-14. Lamonica had a strong arm and liked to throw long passes which led iconic announcer Howard Cosell to nickname him “The Mad Bomber.” He retired from the NFL afte
2-time MVP
Very few Super Bowl starting quarterbacks have died, almost all have been from the 1960’s, from old age,
Add Daryle to that list.
Non 1960’s- Kenny Stabler from 1976, Miami dolphin quarterback from 1982 (forget his name), Steve McNair from 1999 (murdered). Maybe one or two I forgot.
The Mad Bomber
Daryle Lamonica was a star quarterback for Notre Dame who was drafted by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in 1963. He was mostly a back-up with the Bills behind starter Jack Kemp. He was traded to the Oakland Raiders before the 1967 season and became a star quarterback. He was the AFL MVP in 1967 and 1969 and led the team to the AFL championship title in 1967 which earned them a spot in Super Bowl II against the Packers. The Packers behind Bart Starr beat the Raiders 33-14. Lamonica had a strong arm and liked to throw long passes which led iconic announcer Howard Cosell to nickname him “The Mad Bomber.” He retired from the NFL afte
Neveragain
EOG Dedicated
Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Guy Lafleur dies at 70 from lung cancer.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
He worked on the TVA channel in Montreal on Canadiens games (French channel). Sucks that Guy Lafleur passed also from smoking. The two best scorers in the 70’s not named Esposito.
Man o Man. You got no respect for Neveragain. He evened capitalized The G and the L in the name.