Sweet Fights: Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry 2, 1972

Source:Sweet Fights– Muhammad Ali vs Jerry Quarry, from 1972.

“Muhammad Ali vs Jerry Quarry 2 knock out TKO.”

From Sweet Fights

Jerry Quarry simply didn’t have the defense to fight a big strong fighter like Muhammad. And ended up taking too much punishment in these two fights. Muhammad was simply too big, strong and fast for a brawler like Jerry Quarry, who needed his opponent to be in front of him and not have the great footwork and quickness to beat him. Jerry Quarry was the ultimate fighter’s chance boxer. Meaning he had a fighter’s chance to win fights. That if he delivered enough punishment, especially against a stationary boxer, he could win the fight and beat his opponent before his opponent beat him. The problem that he had against Ali, was Ali was not a stationary fighter. But someone with great quickness and footwork. Who could punch hard and hurt you.

You can also see this post at The New Democrat, on Blogger.

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PBS: Robert MacNeil & Jim Lehrer: Introducing the Watergate Hearings

Source:PBS NewsHour– Senator Sam Ervin (Democrat, North Carolina) Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee (93rd Congress)

“How high did the scandals reach and was President Nixon himself involved?”

That was what Robert MacNeil, then co-anchoring with Jim Lehrer, dubbed “the ultimate question” as public broadcasting began its gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Watergate hearings on May 17, 1973.

MacNeil said the hearings were intended “to bear the truth about the wide range of illegal, unethical or improper activities established … surrounding the re-election President Nixon last year.”

Lehrer also detailed the scandal. Though little action had taken place as the hearings began, the committee’s “basic job remains the same,” he said.”

From the PBS NewsHour

“The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial,[7][8][9] free-to-air television network[10][11][12][13] based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded[14] nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programming to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Frontline, Nova, PBS NewsHour, Sesame Street, and This Old House.[15]

PBS is funded by a combination of member station dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, pledge drives, and donations from both private foundations and individual citizens. All proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards to ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source.[16] PBS has over 350 member television stations, many owned by educational institutions, nonprofit groups both independent or affiliated with one particular local public school district or collegiate educational institution, or entities owned by or related to state government.”

From Wikipedia

If you are familiar with C-SPAN or the Cable Special Public Affairs Network, well the PBS coverage of the 1973 U.S. Senate Watergate hearings is basically the early days of C-SPAN. Gavel to gavel coverage of a major invent in Congress which this was and what they did like what C-SPAN does. Is just show what happened and let the people decide for themselves what it meant and so forth.

Which is exactly what PBS was doing without breaking in to have an analyst explain what the people were watching. But would have the people be able to make those decisions for themselves. Which was basically the early days of what I call PBS News: the news operation over at PBS that produces shows like the NewsHour, Frontline, Washington Week, and so-forth.

PBS News allowed Americans to be able to see for themselves what Watergate was and what it meant for themselves. With a lot of the key actors in the whole Watergate affair and is a great example of what journalism should be rather than talk down to the audience with so-called experts allow for them to see for themselves what is happening.

You can also see this post at The New Democrat, on Blogger.

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ABC Evening News: George Wallace- 1972 Democratic National Convention

Source:ABC News– in Miami, Florida, in 1972.

“In this rare clip from 1972, George Wallace campaigns for the first time since he was shot, Ed Muskie was considered a mystery, and the National Guard is called in to stop riots.

Also talked about is the trial of the man who shot Wallace, and some Vietnam news.”

From EFAN

George Wallace’s time as a serious presidential candidate basically ended when he was shot in 1972. Without the ability to get himself around and not having the same confidence, swagger and energy that put him on the national scene in the first place, he was essentially cooked and done as a major, national, presidential candidate. Not that he ever believed that.

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The NHL History: 1972 Quebec Nordiques Documentary- ‘Just Another Job’

Source:The NHL History– 1972 documentary about the Quebec Nordiques.

“The Quebec Nordiques (French: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced [nɔʁd͡zɪk] in Quebec French, /nɔrˈdiːks/ in Canadian English, meaning “Northmen” or “Northerners”) were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–79) and the National Hockey League (1979–95). The franchise was relocated to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and renamed the Colorado Avalanche.

The Nordiques hold the distinction of being the only major professional sports team to have been based in Quebec City in the modern era, and one of only two ever; the other, the Quebec Bulldogs, played one season in the NHL in 1919–20.”

From The NHL History

Quebec would still have a major league hockey franchise today with a modern sports arena.

I think the main problem with having one sports league that represents two countries, where one country is so dominant as far as size and wealth like America is over Canada, is that it makes it harder for the Canadian franchises to compete with the Americans, because the Canadian markets are so much smaller. A lot of the mid-size and small markets in America like Seattle and even St. Louis or Baltimore, would be large markets in Canada.

But with a Canadian league or a Canadian conference at least, Canadian markets with the right management and arenas, could do very well in Canada. And you probably never see teams from Quebec or Winnipeg leave for America. And you could need new clubs from Hamilton and perhaps other Canadian cities emerge in a new Canadian league or conference of the NHL and other major American sports leagues.

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