Thing I miss in sports

[beebsho95]

NHL:

-When the boards and ice weren't completely full of advertising (the Rangers even have digital adverts on the glass for the fans watching at home)

-Wooden sticks

-Patrick, Adams, Norris and Smythe Divisions

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

-Organ music instead of stupid Gary Glitter after a goal is scored

-60-goal scorers

-Hull and Oates

MLB:

-Fat Players

-Less adverts in the outfield (I'm looking right at you new Yankee Stadium)

-Bob Sheppard's intros at Yankee Stadium

NFL:

-Quarterbacks being able to be hit

-Seeing players without dreadlocks

All Sports:

-Not knowing how much players made and what douchebags they were off the field/court/ice

-Not having the offical *fill in the blank* of league/team

[IceCap]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

[justen]

Gary Thorne and Bill Clement calling NHL games on ESPN or ABC.

Hockey without the trapezoid

These! And

The IHL -San Francisco Spiders

RHI fun hockey alternative in the summer

Replica jerseys that didn't cost an arm and a leg, which were quality items not like the Reebok screened crap

[justen]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

I still have my old heaton glove, ccm pads, koho chest protector and heaton pants.

Remember when CCM and Cooper were seperate companies?

[GO2HELL]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

I still have my old heaton glove, ccm pads, koho chest protector and heaton pants.

Remember when CCM and Cooper were seperate companies?

For inline hockey I use my dads old Cooper gloves from the 80's or 90's that had tie up laces. I actually prefer them to the new warrior/reebok/mission/Easton gloves that they sell now.

[beebsho95]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

Can't forget John Brown for goalie gear! Whenever I think of Brian's I think of Ed Belfour on the Blackhawks.

[beebsho95]

RHI fun hockey alternative in the summer

what was the other roller hockey league that used to play outdoors in the summer and had the ramps behind the goals? I think it used to be on ESPN2 in the late 90s.

[charger77]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

I miss my old D&R Gloves!

[FrankCostanza]

RHI fun hockey alternative in the summer

what was the other roller hockey league that used to play outdoors in the summer and had the ramps behind the goals? I think it used to be on ESPN2 in the late 90s.

Pro Beach Hockey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Beach_Hockey

[nash61]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

I still have my old heaton glove, ccm pads, koho chest protector and heaton pants.

Remember when CCM and Cooper were seperate companies?

CCM and Cooper are separate companies.

Here's how it breaks down

Adidas owns Reebok, CCM, Jofa, and Koho (the latter two are not used for branding anymore)

Bauer owns Cooper, Mission, and Itech (none of which are used for branding anymore)

[IceCap]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

Can't forget John Brown for goalie gear! Whenever I think of Brian's I think of Ed Belfour on the Blackhawks.

I think of Trevor Kidd myself.

Those are almost as nice as the sets Felix Potvin and Marty Brodeur had.

That's the thing with goalie pad manufacturers today. You don't see fun patterns like you used to. Everything's stock.

[Brave-Bird 08]

these things right here:

[justen]

-Not seeing Nike and Reebok equipment, but instead seeing hockey specific brands like Jofa, Winwell, Koho, Titan, Sherwood, Cooper, Tackla, etc.

I hear ya. I miss brands like Brians's, Heaton, Koho, and CCM. As a goalie now you're pretty much stuck with Louisville or Vaughn if you don't want to wear Reebok.

I still have my old heaton glove, ccm pads, koho chest protector and heaton pants.

Remember when CCM and Cooper were seperate companies?

CCM and Cooper are separate companies.

Here's how it breaks down

Adidas owns Reebok, CCM, Jofa, and Koho (the latter two are not used for branding anymore)

Bauer owns Cooper, Mission, and Itech (none of which are used for branding anymore)

Crap that's what I meant... when bauer and cooper were seperate... I brain farted and said ccm..

[NJTank]

Wow, they actually sold the umpire hats? Who would buy them?

Raises Hand

[jgladding]

Candlestick Park "Big Beer"

I have been LOVING the old clips to MNF, NBA on NBC, etc... with digital technology it would be really easy to re-create these for MNF this year. I'd love to see some games filmed in "old" filters so they look like they did in the 70s, 80s. Like the new iPhone apps where you can do this with photos. That would be pretty awesome.

[msubulldog]

MLB umpires divided up by league.

MLB umpires wearing coats and ties

AL umpires wearing red blazers, and their NL counterparts wearing blue ones

AL umpires wearing chest protectors outside their uniforms

Pitchers going the distance, instead of the "quality start" nonsense being tossed around.

MLB players wearing their game jerseys during batting practice

NFL players being allowed to celebrate without threats of being fined by the Commissioner

NFL commissioners (viz Rozelle and Tagliabue) not micro-managing

MLB players wearing windbreakers and not hoodies in the dugout when the weather is cool/cold

NCAA football games ending in a tie

The Packers playing one or two games a season in Milwaukee

NFL coaches other than Tom Landry wearing coats and ties

MLB managers wearing the same jersey as their players,instead of short-sleeve windbreakers

[pianoknight]

The death of classic rivalries in NCAAF due to realignment and money.

Nebraska-Oklahoma

Nebraska-Kansas (one of the longest uninterrupted series in the sport)

Kansas-Missouri

Texas-Texas A&M

Many others...

[mad43dog]

Throwbacks on thanksgiving

Cowboys still do it

[TorinK92]

I don't know about sports, but people bumping up 2 year old threads on their first post is something I miss on this sports board

...Oh wait.

[Shadojoker]

Watching NBA on NBC the theme by john tesh kicked ass