Retro Ramblings
A Kid’s Love Letter to American Gladiators
There was a stretch of time when American Gladiators felt like the most intense thing on television. Not just exciting. [Continue Reading]
Sports
Retro Ramblings
Neon, Chaos, and the Wall of Death
Rollergames was the only show where people in neon skated a figure‑eight track, dodged alligators, and yelled every rule at you. It wasn’t a sport. It was 1989 having a nervous breakdown on TV. [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
College Football Was Better When Bowl Games Mattered
There was a time when college football bowl games were the crown jewels of the season. They were the reward [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
The Game of the Century
I was fifteen years old in the fall of 1993, and like most kids growing up in small-towns in the [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
Shooting Out the Lights
Back when I was in elementary school, we had a few things to look forward to every year. There was [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
Saturday Night Suspense
WWE recently relaunched the iconic series of television specials, Saturday Night’s Main Event. This latest iteration was shown on the [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
WWE Network’s Closing Represents the End of An Era
“It began over 5000 years ago when civilization was young…every major culture, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, Japan; studied it, practiced [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
The Buffalo Bills in the Playoffs Takes Me Back to the ’90s
They made their fans sweat it out, but the Buffalo Bills are in the playoffs again this year with the [Continue Reading]
Retro Ramblings
1990/1991 NBA Hoops Trading Cards
Somewhere in 1990, something shifted in my little world. I had already been dabbling in trading cards for a while, [Continue Reading]
Time Capsule
Rollergames Yearbook From 1990
Rollergames was a U.S. television series that presented a theatrical version of roller derby. It was broadcast for one season [Continue Reading]