Hello Old Sports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

This week on Hello Old Sports we complete our look back at some of the sports figures who passed away in 2020. Join us as we discuss the lives and legacies of Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, Fred Dean, Herb Adderley, Travis Roy, Jim Nielson, Tom Heinsohn, Paul Hornung, Jake Scott, Diego Maradona, Rafer Johnson, Dick Allen, Ray Perkins, Kevin Greene, K.C. Jones, and Phil Niekro. 

Special thanks to Warren Rogan at  Sports' Forgotten Heroes for joining us to talk about Jim Nielson, and to our father, Glenn Neumann, for sharing his thoughts on Dick Allen! 

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi

Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage & Triumph

The Cooperstown Casebook: Who's In the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques

Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

Parcells: A Football Life

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Contact the show at [email protected] and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

This week on Hello Old Sports we continue our look back at some of the sports figures who passed away in 2020. Join us as we discuss the lives and legacies of Bob Watson, Jerry Sloan, Eddie Sutton, Wes Unseld, Ken Riley, Jim Kiick, John McNamara, Horace Clarke, Lute Olson, John Thompson, Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Gale Sayers, and Bob Gibson.  

Special thanks to our Sports History Network Colleagues: Sports' Forgotten Heroes and Pigskin Dispatch for helping us out with this week's episode. 

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

Birth of a Dynasty: Behind the Pinstripes With the 1967 Yankees

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sport's Guy

One Pitch Away: The Player's Stories of the 1968 LCS and World Series

October 1964

National Baseball Hall of Fame Almanac: 2017 Edition

Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Contact the show at [email protected] and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

This week on Hello Old Sports we look back at some of the sports figures who passed away in 2020. Join us as we discuss the lives and legacies of David Stern, Don Larsen, Kobe Bryant, Chris Doleman, Roger Kahn, Henri Richard, Del Shofner, Jimmy Wynn, Curly Neal, Tom Dempsey, Bobby Mitchell, Al Kaline, Willie Davis, Mike Curtis, and Don Shula. 

Special thanks to our Sports History Network Colleagues: Truly The Goats, Sports' Forgotten Heroes, and Football is Family for helping us out with this week's episode. 

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

The Last Season: A Team In Search of Its Soul

The Boys of Summer

Collision of Wills: Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the NFL

Distant Replay

The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants History

The 50 Greatest Player in Green Bay Packer History

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Contact the show at [email protected] and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

The Army-Navy Game is this week so we look back at the history of the game and its traditions, and some of the most memorable moments in the history of this storied rivalry.  

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

A Civil War: Army vs. Navy a Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry

A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation at War

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Contact the show at [email protected] and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

With the Army/Navy game coming up on December 12, we've decided to devote this week's episode to the history of the Army Black Knights football team! Among the stories we'll discuss: 

• The Colonel, Red Blaik, legendary head coach and close friend of General Douglas MacArthur. 
• Mr. Inside (Doc Blanchard) and Mr. Outside (Glenn Davis) and how they led Army to three consecutive undefeated seasons in the 1940's. 
• Pete Dawkins and his 1958 Heisman Trophy season, the last Heisman winner in Army history. 
• Current Head Coach Jeff Monken and his efforts to turn around the program after years of losing. 

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

Mr. Inside and Outside: World War II, Army's Undefeated Teams, and College Football's Greatest Backfield Duo

A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation

When Saturday Mattered Most: The Last Golden Season of Army Football

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Contact the show at [email protected] and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

This week on Hello Old Sports we continue our journey back to 1920 with a look at all of the big events in baseball from that monumental year. Rube Foster founded the Negro League. Babe Ruth came to the Yankees. Carl Mays killed Ray Chapman with a pitch. Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the Black Sox for life. We'll talk about it all this week.

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

The Selling of the Babe: The Deal That Changed Baseball and Created a Legend

Eddie Cicotte: The Life and Career of the Banned Black Sox Pitcher

Complete History of the Negro Leagues: 1884 to 1955

The Pitch That Killed: The Story of Carl Mays, Ray Chapman, and the Pennant Race of 1920

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Contact the show at [email protected] and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HelloOldSports

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

Join us this week on Hello Old Sports as we travel back in time 100 years to 1920, a watershed year in American sports. In Part One of this two-episode series, we cover topics such as the founding of the NFL, the 1920 Olympics, and a Stanley Cup final relocated because of melting ice. There are a lot of legends to talk about: Jack Dempsey. Knute Rockne. Bill Tilden. George Halas. Even a thoroughbred (racehorse Man O'War) and a strangler (wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis). Not to mention the oldest medalist in Olympic history and a college football star whose death has become a legend. 

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring 20s

The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football

The Games: A Global History of the Olympics

Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer

HELLO OLD SPORTS BACKGROUND

Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

First, we relive the title reign of Iron Mike Tyson, a ferocious heavyweight whose behavior both in and out of the ring helped increase the sport's popularity, but also put its reputation in crisis. We'll also look at some of the other top heavyweights of the last thirty years (Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, the Klitschko Brothers), and what their reigns have meant to the Sweet Science. Finally, we talk about the state of heavyweight boxing in the 21st Century. What is the real culprit for the sports unpopularity? Is it MMA? Cable television? A lack of American-born fighters? Tune into Hello Old Sports to hear our thoughts! 

 Also, be sure to stay tuned after the episode for bonus content as we reveal the winner of the All-Time New York World Series between the All-Time Yankees and the All-Time New York National League Team. 

Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring 20s

Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing

When the Heavyweight Title Mattered: Five Championship Fights That Captivated the World (1910 - 1971)

The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

The Last Great Fight

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Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

Join us this week on Hello Old Sports for the first of a two part episode series about the history of the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. In this episode we talk about the "Golden Age" of the heavyweight title, a time which lasted for most of the 20th Century. We talk about men like Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Jou Louis, and Muhammad Ali: Who were these men and why was the title they held so revered by their fellow Americans? And be sure to join us next week for Part II as we talk about the title's decline over the last thirty years. 

 Also, be sure to stay tuned after the episode for bonus content as we reveal the winner of the All-Time New York World Series between the All-Time Yankees and the All-Time New York National League Team. 

Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS EPISODE

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring 20s

Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing

When the Heavyweight Title Mattered: Five Championship Fights That Captivated the World (1910 - 1971)

The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

HELLO OLD SPORTS BACKGROUND

Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesterday.

To learn more about this episode and some more information, head to the page here.