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  • [Elvis stamp voting Northwest News coverage]

    [Elvis stamp voting Northwest News coverage]

    Americans vote on which picture of Elvis Presley’s likeness should be used on a US Postage Stamp!

  • Is soccer un-American?

    Is soccer un-American?

    Today, tens of thousands of Americans filled up places like Soldier Field in Chicago to watch the USA team in a World Cup Soccer game (futbol match). It wasn’t always like that. Until the 1980s, soccer was on the way back burner and FOOTBALL was king. The US has played in the World Cup continuously only since 1990. Some resent its growth. This week, controversial conservative columnist Ann Coulter called soccer “foreign…like the metric system…and it’s not catching on,” basing […]

  • [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #14]

    [Once a Star raw : Floyd Patterson #14]

    This tape features raw footage of boxing legend Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) and his son Tracy Patterson during a fight in Atlantic City. Shot for the television special “Once A Star.”

  • [Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #5 Dallas]

    [Once a Star raw: NBA Legends #5 Dallas]

    Raw footage for the 1986 television special “Once a Star,” from the NBA Legends Basketball Game during the 1986 All-Star Weekend. Connie Hawkins (1942-) is interviewed.

  • [Once a Star raw: Bowie Kuhn in NYC #4]

    [Once a Star raw: Bowie Kuhn in NYC #4]

    This tape features the continuation of an interview with former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn (1926-2007), shot for the 1986 television special “Once A Star.”

  • Max Patkin #3

    Max Patkin #3

    00:00 This is a continuation of footage from an interview with Max Patkin, baseball clown. 01:02 Max Patkin ambles out onto the field to “coach first base.” The sound is spotty as he performs his act of imitating the first baseman. Then he starts to make faces and yell at the hitter and make funny first base “signals.” 8:00 Patkin tells jokes to the crowd. 09:07 Patkin goes out to “coach third base.” He dances to “Rock Around the Clock.” […]

  • [Once A Star raw: Charlie Finley #5]

    [Once A Star raw: Charlie Finley #5]

    This tape is part of an interview with renowned Oakland A’s manager Charlie Finley. In the interview, Finley discusses the lighter side of his career, from incentivizing his players to grow mustaches, to the difference between a mule and a donkey (Charlie-O, a mule, was the A’s mascot for a brief period of time) to his tumultuous relationship with former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn. It was shot for the documentary Once A Star.

  • [1975 MLB All-Star Game]

    [1975 MLB All-Star Game]

    This tape features a game summary of the MLB All-Star Game held at Milwaukee’s County Stadium in July of 1975. We follow the National League and American League on their quest for mid-summer glory.

 
 
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