Joe Namath documentary on HBO

I took advantage of the free HBO preview last weekend on DirecTV and recorded the Namath documentary. While I have never liked Broadway Joe...

The day CBS pulled an analyst out of the stands

The date was 3/14/1982 and the event was the NCAA tournament 2nd round game between Idaho and Iowa played in Pullman, Washington. For this r...

Super Bowl Classics on NFL Network

Upcoming original telecast replays on NFL Network Super Bowl Classics (all times ET):  Super Bowl XXV (Giants - Bills after 1990 season): Mo...

ClassicSportsTV on Twitter

For links to new blog posts and DVR alerts on classic sports programming, follow @ClassicSportsTV on Twitter .

Joe Paterno as guest analyst

During the 1974 season, ABC used many active coaches (on off-weeks) as guest analysts on its college football telecasts. On 11/23/74, the g...

Hank Stram

Recently I watched some of the 1981 NFC Championship game replay on NFLN and was reminded of how good Hank Stram was as an analyst. I believ...

"Send it in Jerome!"

ESPN Classic is replaying the entire " Send it in Jerome! " game on Wed 1/25 at 1 pm ET. This will mark the 24th anniversary of th...

Historical sports TV schedule/announcer listings

One of the places I frequently visit on the internet is the506 . While the506 is best known for its weekly color-coded NFL broadcast maps , ...

1981 NFC Championship game to be replayed on NFL Network

NFL Network is replaying the original broadcast of the 1/10/82 Cowboys @ 49ers game (a.k.a. "The Catch")  on Tue 1/10 at midnight ...

Documentary on 1972 Summit Series hockey event

NBC Sports Network (formerly known as Versus) is showing a documentary titled Cold War On Ice: Summit Series '72 on the famous hockey s...