The first Saturday of the season is here and a full slate of games will be on tap.
Let’s get to it.
Georgia -2.5 over UNC
Alabama -11.5 facing USC
Oklahoma -12.5 vs Houston
Wisconsin +10.5 with LSU
Clemson -8.5 playing Auburn
Continuing on with my series on Illinois Born major league players finds some interesting facts. These players were all born between July 1 and July 4. For more articles on “Boys of Summer” players click HERE. Mel Simons was born Melburn “Butch” Ellis Simons in Carlyle, Illinois on July 1, 1900. He played outfield…
There are many new baseball books for your reading pleasure that are coming out in 2018. Here is a list (likely not a complete one) of the books that come out (some are out) January 1 to June 30, 2018. I will be reviewing several of them after they come out at KnupSports. Tom…
And We Call Ourselves the Human Race Those were the words of President John F. Kennedy on July 20, 1961. Today, the National Security Archive has released some excerpts of the things going on during the Cold War during the Berlin Crisis. The National Security Council and the President…
1933 Four days after turning thirty years old and acquiring a very generous inheritance from his step-father, Tom Yawkey purchases the Red Sox from Robert Quinn for $1.2 million. The acquisition of the Boston American League franchise, which lasts for 44 years, the longest by a sole owner in baseball history, is prompted by…
Legacy- What Are You Leaving Behind? We all want to be liked. We all want to be remembered. We want people to have nice things to say when we are gone. What are they going to say about you? First, I got to thinking about this word a few…
The win secures as head coach at UC Irvine.John Speraw his fourth national title as a head coach but his first national title at UCLA.