NFT: Things in sports that you miss..

Was the first thing I thought of when I had only just seen the thread title.

For professional wrestling.

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Absolutely nothing

Take 1 or 2 or 3 days off between almost every fucking game and the playoffs didn't take an additional 2 months

Olympics prelude commercials by REebok

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Steely Dan's "The Things I Miss the Most"
link w/ lyrics - ( New Window )

The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.

Also, howard cosell doing the halftime highlights on MNF.

In comment 13047836 Del Shofner said:

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Steely Dan's "The Things I Miss the Most" link w/ lyrics - ( New Window )

I saw them in Saratoga 2 weeks ago. Fun show, they still have it.

Hank Williams Jr. - Are You Ready For Some Football?
Hank - ( New Window )

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Defense in football

Giants Stadium

Giants 80's endzone colors

Pre-games about the games rather than idiots laughing like there is some inside joke none of us are in on.

Giants players being introduced rather than the whole team running out of the tunnel

Jim Gordon announcing Rangers (TV) Giants (radio)

Wide World of Sports Boxing

The Patrick, Adams, Norris and Smythe Divisions

The Houston Oilers

Big East Basketball

Rangers fans screaming during the playoff National Anthems

Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers

Los Angeles Rams (check, they brought them back)

Spuds MacKeenzie and Less Filling/Tastes Great debates





Bill Parcells

Summerall and Madden

with Len Dawson and Nick Buoniconti.

To the old Yankee stadium and hearing Bob Sheppard

In comment 13047644 Patrick77 said:

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I miss fighting, the positioning in front of the net and the stick work, the red line, and the blind eye to marginal interference. Hockey used to have a huge element of brute force to it, every year it becomes more of a finesse sport like every other one. A guy like Scott Stevens today would maybe play 10 games before being suspended forever.

goalies using their sticks to clear the crease!!!

Mesh jerseys for fans. These new ones suck
NHL on ESPN

Players not wearing hot pink

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I miss the days when there was one baseball card company that mattered (Topps) and they issued one set a year that came out in early March. I will never forget the anticipation of waiting for my local corner store to receive their first shipment. I basically miss everything about baseball because I lost interest in following it in the early 90s.

Watching preseason Giants games on tape delay.

Watching WKRP in Cincinnati before MNF.

don't go on internet media to make themselves look foolish.

Giants Stadium
Tougher Athletes
Less whiny athletes
Less commercials during games
Better commentators
ESPN before it became E Network-Lite
Coaches and Players wearing Starter team jackets on sidelines

NHL wearing white at home

1986

Bo Jackson

Strat-o-matic baseball 1983-1990

Even though I'm on a message board now, I miss the old days where trades and speculation was discussed in newspapers and talk radio. Watching the local news for Sports.

Giants playing at 1 or 4 on CBS with Summerall and Madden

The nights Gooden was on the mound at Shea. Ralph Kiner and Tim McCarver.

back when the beer man carried the beers around in a big metal rack. Big cups with a celophane wrap on top to keep the beer from spilling.

In comment 13047853 feelflows said:

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In comment 13047644 Patrick77 said: Quote: I miss fighting, the positioning in front of the net and the stick work, the red line, and the blind eye to marginal interference. Hockey used to have a huge element of brute force to it, every year it becomes more of a finesse sport like every other one. A guy like Scott Stevens today would maybe play 10 games before being suspended forever. goalies using their sticks to clear the crease!!!

Fuck yeah. Also the classic blocker to the back of the head, very underrated. I pay to watch jacked millionaires abuse each other for entertainment not some pansy long haired euro trash skate fast.

Only half kidding.

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the majority of the show was just highlight reels of the day's games and the anchors were great (Dan Patrick, Rich Eisen, Kenny Mayne, Stuart Scott) to name a few. Loved the humorous lines they brought to the highlight reels. Nowadays I find it hard to watch a full hour of it. Most of the show is interviews, short documentarys, and debates. Highlight reels are few and far between and the anchors on there now are stale in delivering them.

I also miss pre-millennium NFL. Back when smashmouth football existed, and not this new-age NFL where guys can't even lay a finger on their opponent without getting flagged.

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Sugar Ray Robinson, Gene Fullmer,Carmen Basilio, Dick Tiger, Emile Griffith, Benny Kid Paret etc etc

and it's coverage actually.

Madden and Summerall.

Big East football on CBS.

Battle of the Stars.

This week...iiiiiiin Basebalwwlll!

Keith Jackson announcing college football games.

Mike Tyson fights pre-PPV.

The Scooter and White.

USA Network WWF wrestling on Sunday mornings at 11a.

Home Run Derby replays from the 1950's in black and white.

Rosen and JD doing Rangers games.

Real Big East Basketball.

The Real Big East Basketball Tournament.

Marv Albert's "YES!" when a Knick hits a three.

"I'm going to Disneyworld!"

In comment 13047846 Giants2012 said:

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Defense in football Giants Stadium Giants 80's endzone colors Pre-games about the games rather than idiots laughing like there is some inside joke none of us are in on. Giants players being introduced rather than the whole team running out of the tunnel Jim Gordon announcing Rangers (TV) Giants (radio) Wide World of Sports Boxing The Patrick, Adams, Norris and Smythe Divisions The Houston Oilers Big East Basketball Rangers fans screaming during the playoff National Anthems Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers Los Angeles Rams (check, they brought them back) Spuds MacKeenzie and Less Filling/Tastes Great debates Bill Parcells Summerall and Madden

Great list.

- Individual introductions at the Super Bowl instead of awful prerecorded garbage

- Up Close with Roy Firestone

- Kiner's Korner

- The font CBS used in the late '80s

- Watching football without a bunch of shit all over the screen

- Tom Landry dressing like a man instead of an NFL shop mannequin on the sideline

- Jimmy the Greek

- Inside the NFL in the late '80s

- More than anything else, having NFL teams stay together long enough to be able to actually become great. Seeing more or less the same cast of Giant players and coaches take years to climb to the top and knock Montana from the top of the mountain is as gratifying as it gets for a fan.

With Bouniconti and Dawson. I would WAIT and PINE for the Giants highlights. It was awesome. Wow.

Even when they added Collinsworth - which was a fuckin abomination! - it was awesome.



Now they have Adam Schein and Boomer? Disgrace.

Bob Shepperd
Frazier/Reed Knicks
Billy Martin losing it.
The Park/Ratelle Rangers, as well as the Brian Leetch Rangers.
NHL before the trap.
NBA before Daley/Riley sluggo ball, where teams passed the ball and hit the open man.
Before interleague baseball
When the all-star game meant nothing
Bernie/Jeter/Mo
Yankee legends like Mickey, Yogi and Joe D still being around.
Yanks being great

Especially with things like the nfl draft

In comment 13047916 B in ALB said:

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With Bouniconti and Dawson. I would WAIT and PINE for the Giants highlights. It was awesome. Wow. Even when they added Collinsworth - which was a fuckin abomination! - it was awesome. Now they have Adam Schein and Boomer? Disgrace.

Same here. Whoever that narrator was, I want him to narrate my day to day.

- Tiger Stadium
- Leetch/Richter Rangers
- Madden & Summerall
- NCAA Football video games
- Bo Jackson in a Raiders uniform

The Wide World of Sports
Fuller (broader) sports coverage
TV coverage of the actual play on the field; and not the human interest storylines or broadcasters in the booth.

The famous Billy Martin/George Steinbrenner one was great. But this one was my favorite...
All We Need is One Pin Rodney - ( New Window )

Uniforms where you can see the stirrups.
Oh, and a winning Giants' season, of course.

of the bambino

the following day for the box scores, game reviews, and daily updates. Things are much more accessible now but there was something about being excited to read the sports section each day.

The Olympics being meaningful.

The Nebraska-Oklahoma game around Thanksgiving every year.

New Year's Day bowls being meaningful.

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But I really miss big NBA Playoff games played during the day on NBC, those were the best

In comment 13047934 Go Terps said:

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Same here. Whoever that narrator was, I want him to narrate my day to day.

That was longtime Phillies announcer Harry Kalas, who passed away in 2009.

In comment 13047859 Vin R said:

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I had so many great ones when I was in grade school. I can't believe I got rid of 90% of them. Dumbest thing I ever did.

(I don't really *miss* is, I just like remembering it).