3/15/2023 0 Comments Bob the tavern keeper quoteThis week's Sports Illustrated story about Bucks rookie guard Brandon Jennings carries a quote from an unidentified Eastern Conference scout, who has to be speaking for scouts everywhere. That game had a rating of 13.9 in Milwaukee or 125,350 households. The second most-watched sports event on Milwaukee television over the weekend was the Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears game Sunday night on WTMJ-TV (Channel 4). The telecast of the San Francisco 49ers at Packers game Sunday afternoon on WITI-TV (Channel 6) had a rating of 31.9 or 287,674 households in the Milwaukee market.Ī total of 61% of the sets on at the time were tuned to that game. The halftime entertainment at Ford Field will feature a 50th anniversary tribute to Motown Records, with current artists performing Motown oldies. Oliver's interview with Packers cornerback Charles Woodson will air in the pre-game show. They need to fight through soreness from previous week's games to get ready for Thursday, but it will be well worth it especially if your team is on the winning end." Turkey day trimmingsįox's Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, along with reporter Pam Oliver, will call the Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions game. "The extra days off will give players more time to get healthy and come out fresh that first Sunday in December. "Playing on Thanksgiving is a big plus because it gives those teams extra days off heading into December, and that can play a major role in how well a team performs," Johnston said. He considers it nothing but a positive for teams, even though they play the previous Sunday. Thanks for the breakįormer Dallas Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston, now a game analyst for Fox, played in 10 games on Thanksgiving Day. ![]() He sold insurance, served in the Navy as a lieutenant and worked for General Electric. He threw six touchdown passes his rookie season, five of them against the Cardinals in the last game of the regular season.īuivid, 6-1 and 195, left football after the 1938 season. He played for only two seasons, six games his rookie season and 11 the next season in 1938. His contract called for $150 a game, but he was paid a total of $40. He quit the Yankees after two games, according to a report, because he was not paid what the Yankees said they would pay him. But Buivid refused to accept the salary offer George Halas made him, so he joined the New York Yankees of the rival American Pro League. According to a report, the story was printed at least once as if it were the truth.īuivid was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in 1937 and then traded to the Bears. ![]() An adviser suggested the modest and quiet Buivid tell reporters this story when they came around: "I'm a Macedonian, a descendent of Alexander the Great, and my father is a missionary in Siam."Īnd so he did. He graduated from Port Washington High School.īuivid went on to become an All-American halfback at Marquette University and played in the 1937 Cotton Bowl against Sammy Baugh's Texas Christian University team.Īs he became a star at Marquette, Buivid was not interested in talking with the press. ![]() 5, 1937, at Wrigley Field.Īccording to stories in the Journal Sentinel archives, Buivid, the son of a Lithuanian tavern keeper, was born in Sheboygan and at the age of 8 moved with his family to Port Washington. Stafford became the first rookie to throw five touchdown passes in a game since Ray "Buzz" Buivid of the Chicago Bears did in a 42-28 victory over the Chicago Cardinals on Dec. When Detroit Lions rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford threw five touchdown passes Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, he did something no player in the National Football League had done for nearly 72 years.
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