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This podcast is part of the Sports History Network - the headquarters of sports' yesteryear. SHOW DESCRIPTION: These days, the New England Patriots are often thought of as one of the elite teams in the NFL. However, that hasn’t always been the case, especially during the team’s infancy, when they were a charter member of the upstart AFL and chaos and confusion often reigned. The Patriots of the 60s and early 70s were a transient team and played its home games in no less than 5 different stadiums. The Pats also cycled thru its head coaches quite frequently back then and one coach in particular is often remembered as the one who best epitomized the team’s failings during this time. In this 4-part series, we will take a look at the team’s humble beginnings in Boston in 1960 to their first years in Foxboro. We will also do a deep dive into the timeline between 1969 – 1972 to relive some of the most shocking and bizarre events to ever impact a professional sports franchise. The Patriots: From Boston to Foxboro. HOST - JOE SANTOS: Joe Santos grew up in Massachusetts and is an avid football fan, with a special fondness for the NFL in the early 70s. This Week in Pro Football and NFL Game of the Week were must-see TV back in the day. And living in Massachusetts meant you saw all of the NY Giants games on tv, both home and away, as they were the de facto home team for the NFC. Due to the blackout rules at the time, only the Patriots away games were shown. Being a huge sports history fan, Joe will continue to tell the unusual stories from an era that's considered to be the golden age of pro football.

Thanksgiving Day, 1924. The recently-established tradition of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team hosting the Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions on the afternoon of the national autumnal holiday continues. Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is sent to cover the Pitt-Penn State “Keystone Classic” of 1924; in so doing, he discovers a throughline of the football-on-Thanksgiving tradition going back to 1621 (okay, actually, that’s going back to 1869) and reminds us that high-level football games on Thanksgiving are nearly as old as the official Thanksgiving holiday itself.   Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audio drama podcast from Number 80 Productions and the Sports History Network. Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) script & story by Os Davis. Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer stars Doug Fye, Ilona Fye, and Eric Bodwell. Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) co-stars, in order of appearance, Caedmon Holland, Forrest Hartl and Wayne Brett. Additional direction by Eric Bodwell. Sound recording and primary editing by Don McIver. The theme song of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is “the Dayton Triangles Rag” and was arranged and performed by Bruce Smith.  Other tracks in this episode include •  “Jazz Club” by Kriss (available through fair-use agreement via FreeMusicArchive.org); •  “Litany of the Street” by Silverman Sound Studios; •  “Bimini Bay” (1921) by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago; and •  “Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer (Outro)” by David Liso of Dynamo Stairs. Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is produced by Os Davis and Darin Hayes. Series concept by Darrin Hayes. Stay tuned for more episodes of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer – coming soon!

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The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is a unique sports history audiodrama produced by members of the Sports History Network. This week, host Greg James (From the 55 Yard Line) talks to the producers of SHN's first fiction podcast, Darin Hayes and Os Davis, about this enterprise, from the story's original conception to technical matters of sound editing and actor casting. We daresay some usual tips for fiction podcast rookies might be found here... And stay tuned to (near) the end for an affordable way (no, really!) to get yourself a spiffy new 1920s-era advertisement on a future epsidoe or two of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer... HIGHLIGHTED PODCAST Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audiodrama focuses on the life and times of a semi-famous newsman and his 'paper, the PIttsburgh Guardian, in the 1920s.

One hundred years or so ago, the sporting pages of the local newspaper were simultaneously novel and essential for any sports fan in America. In this teaser trailer for the fiction podcast Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, meet Harvey and Mabel Taylor of Pittsburgh, loyal subscribers to the Pittsburgh Guardian, and at least one a big fan of a certain roving sports reporter of the 1920s... This episode stars Richard Kress and Shari Gould. Story/script by Os Davis and Darin Hayes. Series concept by Darin Hayes. Theme song by Bruce Smith. Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audiodrama by Number 80 Productions and Sports History Network. Look for full-length episodes of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer in early 2022.

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. NETWORK SPONSOR Row One - the vintage shop for sports history fans! Orville Mulligan: Sports WriterA Different way to hear sports history. I am Orville Mulligan and yes the career journey I took was as a Sports Writer. My story will fill the listener’s ears with my journey of perhaps the greatest time in sports history, the roaring 1920s. I was fortunate enough to rub elbows with the greatest legends of sport in the era and attend some of the most iconic events in sports history. The tales are complete with the music, people, places and slang used at the time to place the listener into the feelings that we experienced as I started my epic career. Join us in the adventure of a lifetime, Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, found here on Sports History Network, on OrvilleMulligan.com or your favorite podcast provider. Head to the ORVILLE MULLIGAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE for more information.

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. NETWORK SPONSOR Row One - the vintage shop for sports history fans! Orville Mulligan: Sports WriterA Different way to hear sports history. I am Orville Mulligan and yes the career journey I took was as a Sports Writer. My story will fill the listener’s ears with my journey of perhaps the greatest time in sports history, the roaring 1920s. I was fortunate enough to rub elbows with the greatest legends of sport in the era and attend some of the most iconic events in sports history. The tales are complete with the music, people, places and slang used at the time to place the listener into the feelings that we experienced as I started my epic career. Join us in the adventure of a lifetime, Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, found here on Sports History Network, on OrvilleMulligan.com or your favorite podcast provider. Head to the ORVILLE MULLIGAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE for more information.

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. NETWORK SPONSOR Row One - the vintage shop for sports history fans! Orville Mulligan: Sports WriterA Different way to hear sports history. I am Orville Mulligan and yes the career journey I took was as a Sports Writer. My story will fill the listener’s ears with my journey of perhaps the greatest time in sports history, the roaring 1920s. I was fortunate enough to rub elbows with the greatest legends of sport in the era and attend some of the most iconic events in sports history. The tales are complete with the music, people, places and slang used at the time to place the listener into the feelings that we experienced as I started my epic career. Join us in the adventure of a lifetime, Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer, found here on Sports History Network, on OrvilleMulligan.com or your favorite podcast provider. Head to the ORVILLE MULLIGAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE for more information.

The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... Enter the ring with the Sports History Network’s first boxing-centric show! Host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) talks with Frank Reading, host of the eponymous podcast Ringside with Reading: Boxing History from Yesteryear. Frank and Os end up following many different threads in the conversation, from how Frank got into the podcast game, his own experience working with boxers, why he believes boxing is more dangerous than MMA, and a bit on another vocation of his, lecturing on the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping case and the JFK assassination… HIGHLIGHTED PODCAST Ringside with Reading is host Frank Reading’s exploration of any number of topics having to do with the Sweet Science, from his favorite period of the 1980s/90s to football/boxing crossover stars to lists of the Greatest of All-Time. New episodes released biweekly on the Sports History Network.

The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... Caution: 80s flashbacks may be induced by this week's episode of the SHN Showcase – at least for professional wrestling fans. Host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs and Game Film) talks with Ariel Gonzalez, producer and host of the Sports History Network podcast Wrestling With Heels On. Before it’s over, these two namedrop Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan, the Magnificent Muraco and even a few non-alliterative grapplers. They also discuss Ariel’s introduction into podcasting, the nature of the wrestling heel, his impetus for doing the show and, invariably, what makes this spectacle so awesome. HIGHLIGHTED PODCAST Wrestling with Heels On is a trip down villainy lane, Ariel Gonzalez’s reminiscence about some old favorite wrestling weirdoes and ne’er do wells, the no-goodniks of a no-longer time. On this podcast, the bad guy is the good guy and the results are always fun.

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The Sports History Network is a proud partner of Plaay Classic - a sports simulation board game company. WIN A FREE PLAAY CLASSIC BOARD GAME This podcast is sponsored by PLAAY Classic Sports Simulation Board Games! Spelled with TWO "A's" P-L-A-A-Y...  Realistic board game re-creations of professional football, hockey, baseball, NASCAR, golf and more--they cover nine sports in all, with a tenth--basketball--coming in 2022! You can re-live great seasons of the past, create "what-if" match-ups from different eras, and MUCH more! It's FUN! If you're into sports history, you should check 'em out... (PLAAY with two "A"s) P-L-A-A-Y Classic.com. Use the code "SHN" at checkout and get 10% off your first order!

The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) chats with Scott Adamson, co-host and producer of the From the 55 Yard Line podcast and author of the book The Home Team: My Bromance with Off-Brand Football. On this episode, Scott and Os discuss just how a sports journalist in Alabama acquires a fandom for Canadian football; the state of the CFL; the awesomeness of the WFL and USFL (RIP); the possibilities for yet more spring football in the US; and whether or not killing a sports league qualifies The Rock for the presidency… HIGHLIGHTED PODCAST From the 55-Yard Line takes a hot read on the history, remembrances, culture, lore, legends and meaning of professional football around the world. No, really: Co-host Scott Adamson’s recent book The Home Team covers Birmingham, Alabama’s history with leagues like the WFL, USFL, CFL, XFL and AAF. His podcasting partner Greg James is meanwhile just as likely to produce an episode on Japan’s X League(!) as on early 20th-century American football…

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The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis of Truly The GOATs turns guest and chats with substitute host Darrin Hayes, host and producer of the Pigskin Daily Dispatch podcast. Darrin goes over a few highlights from the Truly The GOATs series and Os discusses some of the revelations his research has shown – particularly in 20th-century sports. After touching on sumo wrestling, the games of Ancient Rome, women’s sports pre-World War II and computer-simulated heavyweight boxing, Darrin and Os get contemporary in assessing the high-profile quarterbacks taken in the recent NFL Draft and debating the future of Canadian football itself. HIGHLIGHTED PODCAST Truly The GOATs spans the millennia, from Europe to Asia, from Polynesia to Mesoamerica, from the Soviet Union to the USA, remembering those athletes who enthralled spectators with wondrous feats in their day – whether ancient, medieval, modern, or post-modern. TTG also examines the cultures that produced the games in which truly unique athletes and their sports that may have become moribund, evolved beyond recognition, or simply disappeared altogether…