00:00 Bars and tone. This video is the first in a series of videos featuring b-roll footage and an interview with former professional wrestler Dick the Bruiser. 02:00 Dick the Bruiser sits in his yard and wraps up a phone conversation. 04:05 The Bruiser talks about his various real estate and business ventures, as well as how he got involved in wrestling promotions. 07:31 He talks about playing professional football for the Green Bay Packers and then transitioning into wrestling. […]
![[Sweetwater Clifton #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sweetwater-clifton-1-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage for “Once a Star.” Interview with Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, one of the first black players in the NBA and former Harlem Globetrotter.
This tape features the pilot for “Bill Veeck’s Saloon,” shot at O’Sullivan’s, at 495 N Milwaukee, Chicago, IL. Veeck speaks with a number of sports journalists and friends about the inflation of players’ salaries in modern day baseball and the re-negotiations of baseball contracts. It is quite an interesting look at the inner workings of the game.
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This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are John Schulian of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.
This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are award winning sports columnist John Schulian, WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team Kenny McReynolds, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.
B-roll of the various awards Doug Atkins had won in his time as a professional football player. Atkins tells about how he was the first player to receive the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and discusses the politics of the game.