By MICHAEL K. BOHN – McClatchy-Tribune News Service Ah, the Super Bowl. The perfect name for America’s greatest sports spectacular. It just wouldn’t work if they called it the “championship.” Can’t sell Budweiser and Ford trucks with that. Plus, a … Continue reading
Sports Writing
The ‘Tiger Bubble’ Losing Steam
Michael K. Bohn McClatchy-Tribune News Service As the 2012 PGA Tour season tees off this month, golf fans wonder which Tiger Woods will show up this year. Will he be the erratic player who has struggled recently with aches of … Continue reading
The day the Broncos marched 98 yards to the Super Bowl
By MICHAEL K. BOHN – McClatchy-Tribune News Service Twenty-five years ago on Jan. 11, 1987, the boisterous fans in the Dawg Pound had plenty to bark about. Their beloved Cleveland Browns had just surged ahead of the Denver Broncos in … Continue reading
Mark Moseley: The last of the NFL’s straight-on kickers
Michael K. Bohn MCT, December 31, 2011 This month’s NFL playoffs mark the 25th anniversary of a turning point in American professional football. The NFL’s last full-time “straight-on” place-kicker played his last league game in the AFC Championship on … Continue reading
Army-Navy Football: Overcoming Animosities
December 07, 2011 Army and Navy overcame animosities to restore rivalry of two lofty military academies By MICHAEL K. BOHN - McClatchy-Tribune News Service Copyright: Copyright 2011 McClatchy-Tribune News Service The Army-Navy football game has a little something for everyone. Purists see … Continue reading
The Associated Press Football Poll—75 Years Ago
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Oct. 19, 2011 With the college football season running at full speed, fans have settled into the weekly rhythms of the sport. On Thursdays and Fridays, the hype and handicapping of the upcoming games fill the airwaves … Continue reading
Cookie-Cutter Stadiums
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Oct. 12, 2011 This month is the 50th anniversary of the start of a dreadful period of stadium building in the America, one that stunted NFL growth and almost ruined the soul of major league baseball. The … Continue reading
Tennis: A Love Story
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, October 5, 2011 Cursing the NFL for not offering a game every evening, Morty slapped his remote into warp drive and sped through the high-def channels looking for sports. He inexplicably paused on a tennis match … Continue reading
The Shot Heard Round the World
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Oct. 1, 2011 Sixty years ago this week, all three of New York‟s major league baseball teams finished the season in first place. The Yankees won the American League pennant, and the Dodgers and Giants tied … Continue reading
1961 Home Run Derby–Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle
McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Sep. 28, 2011 Many in the Yankee Stadium crowd of 58,000 had headed for the gates as New York pitcher Bud Daley closed out the Cleveland Indians in the top of the ninth. It was a … Continue reading