WSH 10/28-11/02

No I didn't stop the long-running tradition of Weekly Sports History. It has been a while though. Alright, it's not exactly long running and how can it be tradition if I skip a couple weeks here and there? Well, guess what, it's my blog. That's not to say I'm not completely grateful for you and the other two readers because well, that's just not the case.

We have a few receivers' streaks and a lot of firsts. That includes birthdays. Yeah I figured since I haven't done this for a while that I'd not only throw in a few birthdays but I'd kickoff WSH this week with it so Happy Birthday to you if it is your birthday and happy birthday to the the following:
10/28/72 - Terrell Davis-Not saying he's old but man, he could have been still running for a long time. Any chance of a return TD?
10/30/1949 - Larry Holmes
10/31//1961 - Doc Rivers-Thinking of a return to the finals? Good luck on that one Coach.

So there you have the new feature of birthdays and we'll see how it works out (how lazy I really am) from this point on. Let's jump in to WSH:
Oh yeah, Happy Halloween.
10/27/1985 - Anthony Carter begins streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions.
10/27/1986 - NY Mets beat Boston Red Sox in game seven of 83rd World Series.
10/28/1970 -Cleveland Cavaliers play first home game and lose to San Diego 110-99.
10/29/1945 - Happy Chandler, resigns as US Senator but remains baseball commissioner.
10/29/1967 - Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive games with a catch.
10/30/1975 - Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year.
10/31/1988 - First Monday Night game in Indianapolis as the Colts beat the Broncos 55-23.
11/1/1924 - First US NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded.
11/1/1946 - NY Knicks played their first game as they beat Toronto Huskies 68-66.
11/1/1959 - Jacques Plante became the first NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask.
11/1/1966 - NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise.
11/1/1992 - NY Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games.
11/2/1988 - Mexican radio station falsely announces that Mike Tyson died in a car crash.

All that and a bunch of nothing

So what are you going as for Halloween? Bill Clinton is urging Hillary to go as something. He admits almost anything would be less scary. it might be a tossup between her and Al Davis. Speaking of owners out of control, we all know Jerry Jones is going to eventually make Jason Garrett the next head coach, but it's just a matter of when. The Cowboys need some sort of change, but who can bring the true change that we need? Speaking of coaching changes, Mike Nolan will be on the list of head coaching candidates next year after being replaced by Mike Singletary. Niner fans are hoping he suits up to for them. Sure he's been gone for a long time, but I have no doubt he could still do the Super Bowl shuffle.

The Phillies have gone up 3-1 on the Rays who better pray for a miracle. The NBA is right around the corner but nobody will watch until well after football season is over. Texas is still No. 1 as are the Titans in football who are set to face the disappointing Colts. What is up with the Colts? That horseshoe on their helmet hasn't brought such great luck recently. Eli is playing a step or two above his brother.

While on the topic of quarterbacks. Not only in Peyton cold right now but we all know Brady's out for the year and Romo's pinky is keeping him sidlined and Brett is a Jet. There's a strike for the top four quarterbacks at the beginning of the year. Carson Palmer was up there but he's now out there. The other team in Ohio has an odd quarterback situation as well with Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn. Marc Bulger has done nothing until recently and Philip Rivers is one a team that you can argue is the most disappointing team in the league. It's easy to make that argument for the Cowboys who escaped the Bucs with a win. Cowboy fans can breathe a sigh of relief but not celebrate. We got the Giants ahead of us next.