Excerpted: Joe Namath, Sports Illustrated (1963)
These days, Joe Namath boldly predicts he will be first on line at the early-bird buffet. As the New York Jets prepare for a shot at only the second Super Bowl appearance in their tortured history, I...
View ArticleMiscellaneous Media: Carolina Cougars 1970 ABA Yearbook
Yearbook cost a buck back in 1970. I got my bent, bony fingers on a copy of the 1970 yearbook of the Carolina Cougars of the long-defunct American Basketball Association. Since no city in North...
View Article“I’ll Just Get On Up And Walk On Off”
In addition to nearly fighting Wilt Chamberlain, Muhammad Ali came close to boxing the ears of Joe Namath during a 1969 installment of the talk show hosted by the Jets quarterback. This was during the...
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Figure skater Peggy Fleming was rewarded for her gold medal at the 1968 Olympics by getting to visit Joe Namath’s short-lived talk show the following year, enduring the host’s fu manchu and...
View Article“Hippies Will Be Refused Tourist Cards To Enter Mexico Unless They Take A...
While Apollo 11 traveled to the moon and back in 1969, the astronauts were treated each day to a six-minute newscast from Mission Control about the happenings on Earth. Here’s one that was transcribed...
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