Even the worst among us still occasionally do good things…just like Tommy Lasorda did for Hall-of-Famer Mike Piazza.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 144: “A Star Is Born”
If you’ll buy Betty Grable dating a cab driver, you’ll buy them becoming champion race horse owners.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 143: “The Day The Bookies Wept ”
A private detective, sausage being smuggled by gangsters, and baseball. What could be more American than that?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 142: “The Rockford Files – Heartaches of a Fool”
How one WWII movie (Anzio) morphed into another (The Dirty Dozen).… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 141: “Anzio”
Do you think Faye Dunaway is the kind of person who might kneecap somebody with a crowbar? Joan Crawford certainly was…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 140: “Mommie Dearest ”
What if George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin sold real estate rather than run the New York Yankees? Would “closer” Goose Gossage still get coffee?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 139: “Glengarry Glen Ross”
What does baseball’s first Mexican owner know about dealing with an evil empire? Plenty.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 138: “Battle of Britain”
Vito Corleone built an empire that started with olive oil. Louis Jacobs did the same with stadium popcorn, peanuts, and soda.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 137: “The Godfather”
This is the perfect movie for my return to film blogging, because it exemplifies the perspectives shared by fans of sports and movies..… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 136: “Walking to the Waterline”
You likely know of “Airplane!” and the Harlem Globetrotters, but today you can learn about “The Big Bus” and it;s connection to the “King” of fast-pitch softball.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 135: “The Big Bus”
Does “El Jefe” translate as “Buddy Ryan?” More importantly, how good are “Bounty” paper towels for cleaning up blood?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 134: “Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia”
Professional wrestling in the 1980s is the perfect example of what sports would look like if it were directed by Roger Corman. ..if only Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was a sculptor.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 133: “A Bucket of Blood “
Ben Whitledge was drafted into the Air Force, but he wanted to be traded to the Army. If only he could catch a knuckle-ball…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 132: “No Time For Sergeants”
What’s worse than being stuck in a hotel room with a stranger? How about if they and their spouse are an episode of “Jerry Sp ringer” waiting to happen?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 131: “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”
Van Heflin had a bomb. Marvin Barnes thought somebody had a time machine. In other words, this is another cautionary about nervous fliers.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 130: “Airport”
Whether it’s Lt. Col Robert Frederick or Coach Joe Williams. overcoming differences is essential to team-building.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 129: “The Devil’s Brigade”
Is Jeff Kent the “Doris Day” of Major League Baseball? Que sera sera…… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 128: “Do Not Disturb”
Whether it’s a 70s detective show or the tale of a now-defunct basketball league, the math will always be Sports + Television = MONEY. … Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 127: “The Rockford Files – Foul on the First Play”
Let’s talk about leaders of a “Wild Bunch.” Pike Bishop…meet John Madden.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 126: “The Wild Bunch”
A kooky old man and a “boy” king. Merlin and Arthur…or Al Davis and Lane Kiffin? You be the judge.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 125: “Excalibur”
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