DAN LOVALLO

BROADCASTER, PODCASTER

New York Jets and AFL proved they were real on this date

Nov. 8, 1964, the New York Jets and the upstart American Football League proved they were not going away.  As much as the National Football League was the established pro football circuit, the AFL, launched in 1960, was gaining traction.  But if the league...

Before MNF there was almost Monday Night Baseball

Before there was Monday Night Football – the most popular prime time sports program in TV history – there was almost Monday Night Baseball. Fifty-four years ago this week, when Major League Baseball owners were meeting in Phoenix, AZ, officials were...

Baseball saw its future 54 years ago today

54 years ago today Major League Baseball owners and their general managers stared at the future of their game and blinked.  As it turned out, more than a half century later, much of what they wrestled with would become the norm. On Nov. 5, 1964, the baseball...

Before Trump, there was John McGraw

John McGraw President Donald Trump stirred up a hornet’s nest with another one of his tweets, this time second guessing Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts Saturday night.  Trump took Roberts to task for lifting starting pitcher Rich Hill in Game 4 of the...

You had to drive to Connecticut to watch Giants

Back in the day – long before the television-saturated era in which we now live – not every NFL game was on television.  For example, in the early 1960s – when the New York Giants were of championship caliber – their home games at Yankee...