SPECIAL EDITORIAL NOTE FROM SPORTS_NUT, 2/26/2011
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Welcome to the retirement edition of Funny Sports Quotes.
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The Funny Sports Quotes blog was created in 11/2007 after I could see I could become a blogger very easily using Google's 3-step process for creating a blog online.
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For me, like most, work is not my idea of a fun experience, so I had to choose the topic that I would most enjoy pursuing and that, for me, was finding and posting funny sports quotes for entertaining and, in some cases, educating an audience on facets of sports even the most ardent sports fans may not have been aware of.
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At the same time, I decided to compile a database of funny sports quotes that sports fans and quote fans could visit for "one-stop" shopping, thereby helping them to avoid the need to search elsewhere for sports quotes.
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So, from 11/2007 until 2/2011. I have compiled quotes on the Funny Sports Quotes blog and its sister blog, FSQuotes, that is accessible only from the Funny Sports Quotes blog.
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As of 2/26/2011, I believe I have achieved my objective first set in 11/2007, which signals for me the end of my funny sports quotes database project.
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Kindly note that I have already made the last post (SI Swimsuit) to the blog, shut off further entries to Comments, and I will shut off the email address sports.quotes@gmail.com on 03/14/2011.
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Also note that many features previously cited on this page have been removed, so that a bare-bones FSQ remains for your future reference.
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I do hope that my venture was successful in bringing a smile to your face or a skip to your step, since that was all FSQ was created for, your entertainment and pleasure.
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In closing, I wish you and yours, Godspeed!
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Sunday, February 3, 2008

FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: americansportscastersonline.com

TRIVIA:  SPORTSCASTING FIRSTS: 
Red Barber
Red Barber
1st TV broadcast of a baseball game
8/26/39


Sept. 6, 1920 - First Radio Broadcast of a Prizefight -Jack Dempsey vs. Billy Miske - WWJ

Nov. 25, 1920 - First Radio Play-by-Play Broadcast of a Collegiate Football Game - Texas University vs. Mechanical College of Texas - WTAW

Aug. 5, 1921 - First Radio Broadcast of a Baseball Game-Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies Harold Arlin on KDKA

Aug. 6, 1921 - First Radio Broadcast of a Tennis Match - Australia vs. Great Britian, Davis Cup - Harold Arlin on KDKA

Oct. 5, 1921 - First Radio Broadcast of a World Series- New York Yankees vs. New York Giants Sandy Hunt and Tommy Cowan on WJZ

Oct. 7, 1922 - First Radio Chain Broadcast- WJZ and WGY transmitted a World Series game from the field Grantland Rice and Graham McNamee

Nov. 24, 1923 - First Radio Broadcast of the Annual Army -Navy football game - Graham McNamee

Jan. 1, 1927 - First Coast-to-Coast Radio Program - Univ. of Alabama vs. Stanford - originating from Pasadena, Calif., broadcast from the Rose Bowl - NBC network

May 17, 1939 - First Televised Sports Event - Columbia vs. Princeton baseball - Bill Stern on NBC

Aug. 26, 1939 - First Television Broadcast of a Pro Baseball Game - Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Red Barber on W2XBS

Oct. 22, 1939 - First Television Broadcast of a Pro Football Game-Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Eagles - W2XBS

Feb. 25, 1940 - First Television Broadcast of a Hockey Game-New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens -W2XBS

Feb.28, 1940 - First Televsion Broadcast of a Basketball Game -Fordham Univ. vs. Univ. of Pittsburgh W2XBS

Sept. 30, 1947 - First Televised World Series-New York Yankees vs.Brooklyn Dodgers - aired on three stations: WABD, WCBS, WNBT -Bob Edge, Bob Stanton and Bill Slater

Oct. 3, 1951 - First Coast-to-Coast Television Broadcast of a Baseball Game-NY Giants vs.Brooklyn Dodgers, Game 3 of NL playoffs. Giants win on Bobby Thomson's homerun known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World."- Ernie Harwell

Aug. 26, 1955 - First Color Television broadcast - Davis Cup match between Australia and the U.S. - NBC

July 23, 1962 - First Satellite Telecast via Telstar Communications - included portion of Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies from Wrigley Field - Jack Brickhouse

Jan.15, 1967 - First Television Broadcast of a Football Championship- Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs - Jack Buck


Nov. 8, 1972 - First Sports Telecast by HBO - New York Rangers vs. Vancouver Canucks from Madison Square Garden reaches HBO's 365 subscribers in Wilkes Barre, Pa. - Marty Glickman

Aug. 16, 1976 - First Pro Football Game Outside the United States- St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Diego Chargers in Japan- Jack Buck

Aug. 3, 1993 - First Woman to do Television Play-by-Play of a Baseball Game -Colorado Rockies vs. Cincinnati Reds -Gayle Gardner on KNGN-TV in Denver





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