Grantland pays tribute to the innovative Space Ghost Coast to Coast as "secretly TV's most influential show".
For those of you that never watched the show (1994-2004),it was a parody of talk shows which stars the mundane super hero of the 1960's Space Ghost with his super villains as the backup band and producers etc.
It definitely is an acquired taste and you have to appreciate camp,but I loved the show and reading the article really brought home the originality of the program...
Want to learn a little about the big bad wolf of the planets and how it affects the Earth?
Jupiter deflects asteroids,eats comets and lord knows what else.
Universe Today discusses whether Jupiter is friend or foe and looks at its role in the solar system....
Moving to sports, ESPN writes about the football wasteland that is New Mexico State and problems that the lower level Division I teams have to deal with.
It also follows the team as it takes another loss to a bully in Florida in return for the big check that helps keep programs of that ilk afloat...
Tony Grossi talks to former Browns quarterback Brian Sipe about a topic in his career that didn't deal with the Kardiac Kids or Red Right 88 as the discussion around Donald Trump led to Sipe's time under Trump as a New Jersey General in the USFL.
Want to know why I hate Donald Trump? It is because he is the guy that killed my beloved USFL!!!!
I'll NEVER vote for Donald Trump for just that reason....
Grantland snaps off an article on a fonder memory than Donald Trump as it discusses the old NHL waiver draft.
Held just before the season,the draft did help weaker teams get stronger before the year started in an interesting way.
Teams could occasionally improve their team with a player out of options or even an occasional one time superstar that might be a bit expensive for his current production.
Usually though,what changed hands was a rotating wheel that shuffled enforcers from team to team.
I guess when your game has passed from fighting,the draft that moves them is passe'....
We wrap up with the passing of Dean Chance,the Cy Young award winner in 1964.
Chance beat out Sandy Koufax among others because in those days,the Cy Young was awarded to just one pitcher in all of baseball,not one for each league.
Chance won 20 games twice in his career (1964 as an Angel and 1967 as a Twin) before an arm injury saw him appear as an Indian among other teams.
Chance finished 1964 with a microscopic ERA of just 1.65...
Chance was just as famous for his off the field carousing with his friend with the Angels,the legendary skirt chaser Bo Belinsky,who dated several starlets including Mamie Van Doren and Tina Louise,better known as Ginger from Gilligan's Island (That's major league females there folks).
The pair were the first well known players from the Los Angeles Angels and were famous at the time to even not sports fans.
Chance was 74...
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