Funny thing about Dick Butkus, you don't really need to say much about him, just look at the photos and they tell you all you need to know about how he played, the man was a menace to society on the field.
This is one of my favorite modern Dick Butkus cards. The 2024 Panini Donruss Downtown. It's a comic book type card with a downtown Chicago background, Butkus has a comic book body but they used real images of his flesh, sick card.
Check this out, this is creepy as heck. A few years ago someone found this abandoned hornets nest in an old shed, it had been fused to a wooden mask that was hanging in the shed.
The Flip Flap Railway was a looping wooden roller coaster that operated at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, from 1895 to 1902. It was notable for being the first looping roller coaster in North America. The ride was notorious for the intense g-forces it generated due to its circular loop, it was reported to have generated 12 g's, for perspective, a space lift off generates 3 g's. Due to the g-force, the ride started causing discomfort, nose bleeds, and neck injuries for riders and was shut down in 1902. The g-force of this thing was causing havoc, busting people up, the human body isn't meant to be able to withstand 12 g's. This was way back in the day when people were beginning to experiment with rides and really didn't understand the engineering and danger of what they were doing. The Flip Flap Railway featured a circular loop with a diameter of 25 feet (7.6 meters). This design was problematic, as it produced high g-forces at the top and bottom of the loop. Despite its flaws, the Flip Flap Railway sparked renewed interest in looping roller coasters and paved the way for the development of more advanced, safer looping coasters with teardrop-shaped.
Another dangerous ride. In 1985, the infamous Action Park in New Jersey built this waterslide with this kind of loop at the end. It was only open for one month before shutting down due to many injuries. Because of the loop you really had to get a good run to make it all the way through, a lot of riders couldn't make it and were getting stuck in the ride and had to be pulled out by a ropes, they actually had to install a emergency hatch in the slide for the riders that got stuck. For the riders that did make it through, they were coming out with cuts and scrapes all over their bodies, it turns out riders were getting their teeth knocked out banging into the walls inside the slide and there was a bunch of teeth embedded into the top of the loop, the riders were getting cut on the teeth as they slid through the slide, that's how dangerous and disastrous this ride was.
The Barry Sanders statue outside Ford Field in Detroit was unveiled on September 16, 2023. It is an 8-foot bronze statue of Sanders in a Detroit Lions uniform, capturing him in a signature move, the statue is located outside the west corner of the stadium. The photo of Barry Sanders that was used in the making of the statue is below, fascinating stuff.
Barry Sanders 1988 Heisman season is the greatest season of any individual player in college football history, I don't think anyone will ever sniff it.
It's fascinating to compare Barry Sanders and Jim Brown, both retired from football at an early age, Brown was 30 and Sanders was 31, Sanders played 10 seasons and Brown played 9, the only two running backs in history to average over 5 yards a carry. Many people consider these two to be the GOAT running backs, you can also throw in Walter Payton, but most consider the GOAT to either be Sanders or Brown. Barry Sanders was the most elusive and dynamic back in the history of football, he could break your ankles, he had more moves than a barrel of fishhooks, while Jim Brown was more of a power and speed back. Fascinating stuff. I love these old photos of Jim Brown at Syracuse, with the cool looking face mask.
Jim Brown was a big guy, he was just as big as a lot of the defensive players during his era, he loved contact, he was powerful and he was fast, just a nightmare of a running back, he wasn't easy to bring down.
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Funny thing about Dick Butkus, you don't really need to say much about him, just look at the photos and they tell you all you need to know about how he played, the man was a menace to society on the field.
It's like looking at actual photos of a Tyrannosaurus Rex on the hunt 66 million years ago.
Look at the crazy look in his eyes.
It's easy to see why a lot of people would choose him to build a football team around.
This is one of my favorite modern Dick Butkus cards. The 2024 Panini Donruss Downtown. It's a comic book type card with a downtown Chicago background, Butkus has a comic book body but they used real images of his flesh, sick card.
One of the sickest songs ever made, very relevant today.
Chris Cornell would have been 61 years old today, RIP Chris, you're one of the best to ever do it.
On this day in history.
Check this out, this is creepy as heck. A few years ago someone found this abandoned hornets nest in an old shed, it had been fused to a wooden mask that was hanging in the shed.
Eddie Guerrero does a frog splash off the top of a steel cage onto JBL, legendary moment in wrestling history.
The Flip Flap Railway was a looping wooden roller coaster that operated at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, from 1895 to 1902. It was notable for being the first looping roller coaster in North America. The ride was notorious for the intense g-forces it generated due to its circular loop, it was reported to have generated 12 g's, for perspective, a space lift off generates 3 g's. Due to the g-force, the ride started causing discomfort, nose bleeds, and neck injuries for riders and was shut down in 1902. The g-force of this thing was causing havoc, busting people up, the human body isn't meant to be able to withstand 12 g's. This was way back in the day when people were beginning to experiment with rides and really didn't understand the engineering and danger of what they were doing. The Flip Flap Railway featured a circular loop with a diameter of 25 feet (7.6 meters). This design was problematic, as it produced high g-forces at the top and bottom of the loop. Despite its flaws, the Flip Flap Railway sparked renewed interest in looping roller coasters and paved the way for the development of more advanced, safer looping coasters with teardrop-shaped.
The flip flap railway in action.
Another dangerous ride. In 1985, the infamous Action Park in New Jersey built this waterslide with this kind of loop at the end. It was only open for one month before shutting down due to many injuries. Because of the loop you really had to get a good run to make it all the way through, a lot of riders couldn't make it and were getting stuck in the ride and had to be pulled out by a ropes, they actually had to install a emergency hatch in the slide for the riders that got stuck. For the riders that did make it through, they were coming out with cuts and scrapes all over their bodies, it turns out riders were getting their teeth knocked out banging into the walls inside the slide and there was a bunch of teeth embedded into the top of the loop, the riders were getting cut on the teeth as they slid through the slide, that's how dangerous and disastrous this ride was.
Check out the size of the wave that hits this vessel in the North Sea, the captain of the vessel gets an adrenaline rush out of it.
The Barry Sanders statue outside Ford Field in Detroit was unveiled on September 16, 2023. It is an 8-foot bronze statue of Sanders in a Detroit Lions uniform, capturing him in a signature move, the statue is located outside the west corner of the stadium. The photo of Barry Sanders that was used in the making of the statue is below, fascinating stuff.
This is one of my favorite Barry Sanders photos, one of the greatest sports photos period.
Music time.
Some more cool Barry Sanders photos.
Barry Sanders 1988 Heisman season is the greatest season of any individual player in college football history, I don't think anyone will ever sniff it.
It's fascinating to compare Barry Sanders and Jim Brown, both retired from football at an early age, Brown was 30 and Sanders was 31, Sanders played 10 seasons and Brown played 9, the only two running backs in history to average over 5 yards a carry. Many people consider these two to be the GOAT running backs, you can also throw in Walter Payton, but most consider the GOAT to either be Sanders or Brown. Barry Sanders was the most elusive and dynamic back in the history of football, he could break your ankles, he had more moves than a barrel of fishhooks, while Jim Brown was more of a power and speed back. Fascinating stuff. I love these old photos of Jim Brown at Syracuse, with the cool looking face mask.
This image was used to make my favorite Jim Brown card, the 2005 Topps All-American.
Still hoping to pick up the XFractor version of that Jim Brown card someday, sick card.
Jim Brown was a big guy, he was just as big as a lot of the defensive players during his era, he loved contact, he was powerful and he was fast, just a nightmare of a running back, he wasn't easy to bring down.
Brown was athletic as well, he had some moves.