Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:20 pm

Johnnie wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 2:49 pm Former Obama SecDef Ash Carter

Of a heart attack, suddenly.

Oh shit. He was on my company's board. He gave a great speech at one of our all-hands meetings earlier this year. Interesting guy.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:40 am

Jules Bass of Rankin/Bass

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 7:55 am

I am not big into Migos, but recognized the name Takeoff. Shot in Houston.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 234622061/

Post by **brian** » Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:51 pm

TIL Migos is a group and not a guy.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:54 am

Just heard a guy on the radio say that Jaylen Brown must have hated Ime Udoka because he tweeted RIP Takeoff yesterday

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:49 am

Dave Butz
2× Super Bowl champion (XVII, XXII)
First-team All-Pro (1983)
Second-team All-Pro (1984)
Pro Bowl (1983)
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
80 Greatest Redskins
Washington Commanders Ring of Fame

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:19 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:49 am Dave Butz
2× Super Bowl champion (XVII, XXII)
First-team All-Pro (1983)
Second-team All-Pro (1984)
Pro Bowl (1983)
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
80 Greatest Redskins
Washington Commanders Ring of Fame

Plus, his name was "Butz".

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:08 am

Steve of phpBB wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:19 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:49 am Dave Butz
2× Super Bowl champion (XVII, XXII)
First-team All-Pro (1983)
Second-team All-Pro (1984)
Pro Bowl (1983)
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
80 Greatest Redskins
Washington Commanders Ring of Fame
Plus, his name was "Butz".

He did commercials for Utz potato chips, where he said "Butz eats Utz"

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:46 pm

Better than Utz eats Butz.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 2:40 pm

George Booth, New Yorker cartoonist, at 96. Love his illustration of Never Tease a Weasel (one of my kids' favorite books).

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Nov 05, 2022 8:16 pm

sancarlos wrote: Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:46 pm Better than Utz eats Butz.

Dependz on the butz in question.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 7:19 pm

Cory Gibbs. Son of Joe and father of the guy who just won the Xfinity Series championship.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Nov 08, 2022 9:01 pm

When I was in high school back in the stone age, the Scottish band, Nazareth was one of my favorites. Their raspy-voiced singer, Dan McCafferty died today. Rip.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:06 pm

Fred Hickman

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:57 am

Damn, I thought he died long ago. You kids don’t know, but years ago, pre-internet, CNN Sports Tonight was a legit competitor to ESPN Sportscenter in sports news.

Fred Hickman, Van Earl Wright, Nick Charles…

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:37 am

sancarlos wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:57 am Damn, I thought he died long ago. You kids don’t know, but years ago, pre-internet, CNN Sports Tonight was a legit competitor to ESPN Sportscenter in sports news.

Fred Hickman, Van Earl Wright, Nick Charles…

Every single night.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:12 am

Never even heard of that show.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:18 am

I would say in our neck of the woods it was bigger - not everyone had ESPN in our hood but CNN was everywhere. I loved Sports Tonight; was the first of its kind i think - fond memories of my dad and I watching it together or even taping it if we couldn't stay up.

sancarlos wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:57 am Damn, I thought he died long ago. You kids don’t know, but years ago, pre-internet, CNN Sports Tonight was a legit competitor to ESPN Sportscenter in sports news.

Fred Hickman, Van Earl Wright, Nick Charles…

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:22 am

Totally forgot about it until just about now, but yeah I used to watch that. And remember when the Headline News channel was a necessary resource? They had a sports update at XX after the half hour or whatever.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:24 am

Or this for music news:

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:29 am

Almost just pretty much duplicated both points I made in this post (Loder is 77)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:41 am

I might have confidently argued Hickman, Van Earl Wright and Jerome Jurenovich were all early ESPN.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:58 am

mister d wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:41 am I might have confidently argued Hickman, Van Earl Wright and Jerome Jurenovich were all early ESPN.

I remember Wright being one of the promoted headliners of their highlight show when Fox Sports Net launched.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:40 pm

rass wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:22 amAnd remember when the Headline News channel was a necessary resource? They had a sports update at XX after the half hour or whatever.

25 and 55 past the hour? Those updates were basically the first reliable way to learn the score of an ongoing game if you weren't in a position to watch or listen to it.

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:51 pm

sancarlos wrote: Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:57 am Damn, I thought he died long ago. You kids don’t know, but years ago, pre-internet, CNN Sports Tonight was a legit competitor to ESPN Sportscenter in sports news.

Fred Hickman, Van Earl Wright, Nick Charles…

When it was Charles and Hickman, it was actually better than SportsCenter. The guys were entertaining and CNN's highlights packages did a better job of telling the game story.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:33 am

Gallagher

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:40 am

Touche CostMart

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 4:13 pm

The best Batman actor

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:12 am

Guy who inspired Tom Hanks movie (The Terminal)
https://www.businessinsider.com/france- ... al-2022-11

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:08 am

Budd Friedman (Improve and Mitzy Shore's ex husband)
Keith Levene (founding member of the Clash)

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:10 am

Don't ever change

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:24 am

John Aniston (Dad of Jennifer and actor). Looked a little bit like Trebeck from the pics I see.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:32 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:24 am John Aniston (Dad of Jennifer and actor). Looked a little bit like Trebeck from the pics I see.

Victor Kiriakis!!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:32 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:24 am John Aniston (Dad of Jennifer and actor). Looked a little bit like Trebeck from the pics I see.

Put some respect on Vitor Kiriakas!

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:36 am

A_B wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:32 am
wlu_lax6 wrote: Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:24 am John Aniston (Dad of Jennifer and actor). Looked a little bit like Trebeck from the pics I see.
Put some respect on Vitor Kiriakas!

You're the Roman Brady to my John Black

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:46 am

Oh man, now I have to text my mom.

Don't be gross.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:56 pm

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 4:36 pm

This one has the tears going...

Leafs Legend Borje Salming

Hero of my youth, my favourite player as a kid. Best gift I got for my bar mitzvah was a Leafs #21 shirt. 16 years as a Leaf - very often the only good player on brutal teams.

Saddest part is that it was ALS that just crushed him. He made his last appearance in Toronto at a pregame ceremony with other Leafs legends. It is just heartbreaking to watch. His team mate Darryl Sittler had to lift Salming's arm up to acknowledge the crowd...

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degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:16 pm

They did that HOF ceremony just in time.

One of if not the first Swede of significance to play in the NHL. And they really were rough with him and dished out all the punishment in the old days, and he took it and gave it back.

Bridgeman was actually charged with assault.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:48 pm

degenerasian wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 6:16 pm They did that HOF ceremony just in time.

One of if not the first Swede of significance to play in the NHL. And they really were rough with him and dished out all the punishment in the old days, and he took it and gave it back.

Bridgeman was actually charged with assault.

The Leafs-Flyers playoff series in the 70s are still touchstones of my youth. Mention names like "Saleski, Hound Dog Kelly, Bridgman, Schultz, Watson" and we will froth at the mouth.

Fuck Fred Shero and those bastards. I don't even watch hockey any more, but I still loathe the Flyers.