Athletic Obscura en Athletic Obscura Home of the weird, strange and unknown in sports. Join sports and history aficionados Seth Moorman and Richard Manning as they discuss some of the more obscure events in the world of athletics. Take a deep dive into stories that never made the front page of the newspaper, or have been almost lost to history and, along the way, learn how these events continue to shape the landscape of our world to this day. Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e9a8dade-1203-11ed-8cd9-9be451dd22ab/image/AO_Cover_Art_V_3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Athletic Obscura no episodic Athletic Obscura Home of the weird, strange and unknown in sports. Join sports and history aficionados Seth Moorman and Richard Manning as they discuss some of the more obscure events in the world of athletics. Take a deep dive into stories that never made the front page of the newspaper, or have been almost lost to history and, along the way, learn how these events continue to shape the landscape of our world to this day. Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura Home of the weird, strange and unknown in sports. Join sports and history aficionados Seth Moorman and Richard Manning as they discuss some of the more obscure events in the world of athletics. Take a deep dive into stories that never made the front page of the newspaper, or have been almost lost to history and, along the way, learn how these events continue to shape the landscape of our world to this day.

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]]> Athletic Obscura Athletic Obscura 014- How Seagram’s Helped Create Advanced Sports Analytics In this episode Seth and Rich dive into sports analytics and how a Canadian liquor conglomerate is behind it all. Link to Rich's article on Vine Pair- https://vinepair.com/articles/seagrams-sports-analytics/ https://vinepair.com/ Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 03 Jun 2023 23:10:00 -0000 How Seagram’s Helped Create Advanced Sports Analytics full 1 14 Athletic Obscura Sports Analytics In this episode Seth and Rich dive into sports analytics and how a Canadian liquor conglomerate is behind it all. Link to Rich's article on Vine Pair- https://vinepair.com/articles/seagrams-sports-analytics/ https://vinepair.com/ Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode Seth and Rich dive into sports analytics and how a Canadian liquor conglomerate is behind it all.

Link to Rich's article on Vine Pair- https://vinepair.com/articles/seagrams-sports-analytics/

https://vinepair.com/

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]]> 3447 no Athletic Obscura 013- Sports Curses Seth and Rich talk about sports curses and how they may not always be what they seem. Link to Video of locating the statue of Colonel Sanders in Osaka- https://youtu.be/LYDcPpn1BwE Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0000 Sports Curses full 1 13 Athletic Obscura Some unknown curses that you need to know. Seth and Rich talk about sports curses and how they may not always be what they seem. Link to Video of locating the statue of Colonel Sanders in Osaka- https://youtu.be/LYDcPpn1BwE Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Seth and Rich talk about sports curses and how they may not always be what they seem.

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]]> 2872 no Athletic Obscura 012- The Harlem Globetrotters Part 2 Seth and Rich finish up the story of the Harlem Globetrotters as they discuss their transition from a focus on basketball to only entertainment. They also chronicle their decent into obscurity and their rise from the ashes.  Links: The Globetrotters Popcorn Machine Variety Show The Globetrotters Cartoon Wide World of Sports Special- The Globetrotters on the White Shadow 1979 Magic Johnson as a Globetrotter UNTOLD- The Rise and Fall of And1 Spinning the Globe by Ben Greene Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000 The Harlem Globetrotters Part 2 full 1 12 Athletic Obscura The rise, fall and resurrection of the Globetrotters Seth and Rich finish up the story of the Harlem Globetrotters as they discuss their transition from a focus on basketball to only entertainment. They also chronicle their decent into obscurity and their rise from the ashes.  Links: The Globetrotters Popcorn Machine Variety Show The Globetrotters Cartoon Wide World of Sports Special- The Globetrotters on the White Shadow 1979 Magic Johnson as a Globetrotter UNTOLD- The Rise and Fall of And1 Spinning the Globe by Ben Greene Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Seth and Rich finish up the story of the Harlem Globetrotters as they discuss their transition from a focus on basketball to only entertainment. They also chronicle their decent into obscurity and their rise from the ashes. 

Links:

The Globetrotters Popcorn Machine Variety Show

The Globetrotters Cartoon

Wide World of Sports Special-

The Globetrotters on the White Shadow 1979

Magic Johnson as a Globetrotter

UNTOLD- The Rise and Fall of And1


Spinning the Globe by Ben Greene


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]]> 4984 no Athletic Obscura- 011- The Harlem Globetrotters Part 1 Rich and Seth talk about the formation of the most famous basketball team in the world. From their beginnings in Chicago, not Harlem, to their famous battles against the mighty Minneapolis Lakers. Along the way you will catch a glimpse of the racial struggles facing America in the early to mid 20th Century and see how one day in Berlin began international healing. Spinning the Globe by Ben Greene Book about 1927- One Summer: America by Bill Bryson Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000 The Harlem Globetrotters Part 1 full 1 11 Athletic Obscura The early years of the Globetrotters Rich and Seth talk about the formation of the most famous basketball team in the world. From their beginnings in Chicago, not Harlem, to their famous battles against the mighty Minneapolis Lakers. Along the way you will catch a glimpse of the racial struggles facing America in the early to mid 20th Century and see how one day in Berlin began international healing. Spinning the Globe by Ben Greene Book about 1927- One Summer: America by Bill Bryson Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rich and Seth talk about the formation of the most famous basketball team in the world. From their beginnings in Chicago, not Harlem, to their famous battles against the mighty Minneapolis Lakers. Along the way you will catch a glimpse of the racial struggles facing America in the early to mid 20th Century and see how one day in Berlin began international healing.

Spinning the Globe by Ben Greene

Book about 1927- One Summer: America by Bill Bryson


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]]> 5015 no Athletic Obscura- 010- Home Game On this episode Seth takes Rich on a sports journey across the globe profiling unique and dangerous traditional sports from around the world, as well as the communities and cultures where they thrive. Locations include Florence Italy, Kyrgyzstan, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the tropical island of Bali. Using the Neflix Docu-series Home Game as source material, Seth will take the listeners on a global adventure and catch a glimpse of culture and history as well.  Link to JDK Wyneken's podcast that Seth was on (look for episode 59). https://www.wordsbyjdk.com/  @JdkWyneken Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 26 Feb 2022 20:43:00 -0000 Home Game full 1 10 Athletic Obscura A taste of the series Home Game on Netflix On this episode Seth takes Rich on a sports journey across the globe profiling unique and dangerous traditional sports from around the world, as well as the communities and cultures where they thrive. Locations include Florence Italy, Kyrgyzstan, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the tropical island of Bali. Using the Neflix Docu-series Home Game as source material, Seth will take the listeners on a global adventure and catch a glimpse of culture and history as well.  Link to JDK Wyneken's podcast that Seth was on (look for episode 59). https://www.wordsbyjdk.com/  @JdkWyneken Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices On this episode Seth takes Rich on a sports journey across the globe profiling unique and dangerous traditional sports from around the world, as well as the communities and cultures where they thrive. Locations include Florence Italy, Kyrgyzstan, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the tropical island of Bali. Using the Neflix Docu-series Home Game as source material, Seth will take the listeners on a global adventure and catch a glimpse of culture and history as well. 

Link to JDK Wyneken's podcast that Seth was on (look for episode 59).

https://www.wordsbyjdk.com/ 

@JdkWyneken

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]]> 3577 no Athletic Obscura- 009- Beyond the Miracle In this episode Rich and Seth tell some of the stories leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey tournament in Lake Placid New York including the history of Russian hockey and the rise of the Soviet Red Army Teams. Tales of how the defections of the Stastny brothers from Czechoslovakia and other Russians including Sergei Federov have made the NHL what it is today. Along the way hear about some of the more prominent members of team USA and what became of them after winning the gold medal.  Links to the movies that were referenced in this episode: Red Army (Amazon Prime) Of Miracles and Men (ESPN+) Russian Five (Amazon Prime) Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:44:00 -0000 Beyond the Miracle full 1 9 Athletic Obscura The story behind the 1980 Miracle On Ice In this episode Rich and Seth tell some of the stories leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey tournament in Lake Placid New York including the history of Russian hockey and the rise of the Soviet Red Army Teams. Tales of how the defections of the Stastny brothers from Czechoslovakia and other Russians including Sergei Federov have made the NHL what it is today. Along the way hear about some of the more prominent members of team USA and what became of them after winning the gold medal.  Links to the movies that were referenced in this episode: Red Army (Amazon Prime) Of Miracles and Men (ESPN+) Russian Five (Amazon Prime) Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode Rich and Seth tell some of the stories leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey tournament in Lake Placid New York including the history of Russian hockey and the rise of the Soviet Red Army Teams. Tales of how the defections of the Stastny brothers from Czechoslovakia and other Russians including Sergei Federov have made the NHL what it is today. Along the way hear about some of the more prominent members of team USA and what became of them after winning the gold medal. 

Links to the movies that were referenced in this episode:

Red Army (Amazon Prime)

Of Miracles and Men (ESPN+)

Russian Five (Amazon Prime)

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]]> 5663 no Athletic Obscura- 008- Blood In the Water In this episode, Seth and Rich talk about the 1956 Olympic Semi-Final Water Polo Match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. The match was loaded with tension after the recent Hungarian revolution that took place just weeks prior. Political ideologies and even freedom itself was on the line in the pool that day December day in Melbourne.  Click HERE to watch the documentary Freedom's Fury on Amazon Prime about this amazing event.  https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Fury-Viktor-Ageyev/dp/B0893N8H23/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=freedom%27s+fury&qid=1643493846&sprefix=freedom%27s+fur%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-2 Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 29 Jan 2022 22:10:00 -0000 Blood In the Water full 1 8 Athletic Obscura The 1956 Olympic Water Polo Semi-Final In this episode, Seth and Rich talk about the 1956 Olympic Semi-Final Water Polo Match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. The match was loaded with tension after the recent Hungarian revolution that took place just weeks prior. Political ideologies and even freedom itself was on the line in the pool that day December day in Melbourne.  Click HERE to watch the documentary Freedom's Fury on Amazon Prime about this amazing event.  https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Fury-Viktor-Ageyev/dp/B0893N8H23/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=freedom%27s+fury&qid=1643493846&sprefix=freedom%27s+fur%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-2 Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode, Seth and Rich talk about the 1956 Olympic Semi-Final Water Polo Match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. The match was loaded with tension after the recent Hungarian revolution that took place just weeks prior. Political ideologies and even freedom itself was on the line in the pool that day December day in Melbourne. 

Click HERE to watch the documentary Freedom's Fury on Amazon Prime about this amazing event. 

https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Fury-Viktor-Ageyev/dp/B0893N8H23/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=freedom%27s+fury&qid=1643493846&sprefix=freedom%27s+fur%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-2

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]]> 3990 no Athletic Obscura- Bonus Episode: January 2022 Sorry for the delay in production. We will be back recording episodes ASAP and hope to have something for you all by early February 2022.  Check out our friend JDK Wyneken  https://www.wordsbyjdk.com/  @JdkWyneken  Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:40:00 -0000 Bonus Episode: January 2022 bonus 1 Athletic Obscura Sorry for the delay in production. We will be back recording episodes ASAP and hope to have something for you all by early February 2022.  Check out our friend JDK Wyneken  https://www.wordsbyjdk.com/  @JdkWyneken  Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sorry for the delay in production. We will be back recording episodes ASAP and hope to have something for you all by early February 2022. 

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https://www.wordsbyjdk.com/ 

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]]> 314 no Athletic Obscura- 007- The Sneakers Game Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:46:00 -0000 The Sneakers Game full 1 7 Athletic Obscura The 1934 NFL Championship Game Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura 

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]]> 4051 no Athletic Obscura- 006- Halloween Special https://anchor.fm/athletic-obscura/episodes/Athletic-Obscura--006--Halloween-Special-e18u9fl Boo!! Music: www.bensound.com  Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000 Halloween Special 2021 full 1 6 Athletic Obscura Boo! Boo!! Music: www.bensound.com  Follow us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Boo!!

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]]> 3254 no Athletic Obscura- 005- Pedestrianism Part 2 Amazon link to the book Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo https://www.amazon.com/Pedestrianism-Watching-Americas-Favorite-Spectator/dp/161373882X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pedestrianism+book&qid=1632349414&sr=8-1 Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000 Pedestrianism Part 2 full 1 5 Athletic Obscura More about how walking was once Americas favorite spectator sport Amazon link to the book Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo https://www.amazon.com/Pedestrianism-Watching-Americas-Favorite-Spectator/dp/161373882X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pedestrianism+book&qid=1632349414&sr=8-1 Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Amazon link to the book Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo

https://www.amazon.com/Pedestrianism-Watching-Americas-Favorite-Spectator/dp/161373882X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pedestrianism+book&qid=1632349414&sr=8-1

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]]> 3679 no Athletic Obscura- 004- Pedestrianism Part 1 https://anchor.fm/athletic-obscura/episodes/Athletic-Obscura--004--Pedestrianism-Part-1-e17op9b Amazon link to the book Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:26:00 -0000 Pedestrianism Part 1 full 1 4 Athletic Obscura How walking was once Americas favorite spectator sport Amazon link to the book Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Amazon link to the book Pedestrianism by Matthew Algeo

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]]> 4379 no Athletic Obscura- 003- The 1904 Olympics Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0000 The 1904 Olympics full 1 3 Athletic Obscura Come for the Marathon, stay for the strychnine Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura 

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]]> 4803 no Athletic Obscura- 002- The StL Browns to LA? Embedded Links work on the Anchor.fm site- https://anchor.fm/athletic-obscura MLB.com article that this episode is based on. Article about the Padres almost move to Washington DC (includes pictures) Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0000 The StL Browns to LA? full 1 2 Athletic Obscura A what if game Embedded Links work on the Anchor.fm site- https://anchor.fm/athletic-obscura MLB.com article that this episode is based on. Article about the Padres almost move to Washington DC (includes pictures) Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Embedded Links work on the Anchor.fm site- https://anchor.fm/athletic-obscura

MLB.com article that this episode is based on.

Article about the Padres almost move to Washington DC (includes pictures)

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]]> 3926 no Athletic Obscura- 001- Baltimore the Transient In this episode we talk about the transient nature of sports starting with the Oakland Athletics potential relocation. We also take a deep dive in the sports team history of the city of Baltimore who has seen more teams come and go than any other city.  Yes, Rich got the year wrong of the St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore to become the Orioles but he rectified it before the end and Seth keeps calling Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Memorial Colosseum (Guess it's his West Coast Bias). ESPN article about the potential relocation of the A's that Seth mentions Nashville Sounds Scoreboard Howard Terminal Project for A's Diner Movie on IMDB Baltimore Colts Band ESPN 30 for 30 Show on the USFL YouTube Video about the MNF game in Baltimore where the field had to be moved 30 yards north because of an issue between the Colts and the Orioles.  Baltimore Skipjacks Link to episode of Peyton's Places on ESPN+ about the Super Bowl V trophy. (You will need a subscription to ESPN+ to watch this). YouTube Video about journalist Dick Beddoes  Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com  Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:04:00 -0000 Baltimore The Transient full 1 1 Athletic Obscura Where is the Super Bowl V Trophy? In this episode we talk about the transient nature of sports starting with the Oakland Athletics potential relocation. We also take a deep dive in the sports team history of the city of Baltimore who has seen more teams come and go than any other city.  Yes, Rich got the year wrong of the St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore to become the Orioles but he rectified it before the end and Seth keeps calling Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Memorial Colosseum (Guess it's his West Coast Bias). ESPN article about the potential relocation of the A's that Seth mentions Nashville Sounds Scoreboard Howard Terminal Project for A's Diner Movie on IMDB Baltimore Colts Band ESPN 30 for 30 Show on the USFL YouTube Video about the MNF game in Baltimore where the field had to be moved 30 yards north because of an issue between the Colts and the Orioles.  Baltimore Skipjacks Link to episode of Peyton's Places on ESPN+ about the Super Bowl V trophy. (You will need a subscription to ESPN+ to watch this). YouTube Video about journalist Dick Beddoes  Join us on Twitter @athleticobscura  Send us an email- athleteticobscura@gmail.com  Buy us a coffee (Or some Pizza): www.buymeacoffee.com/AthleticObscura Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode we talk about the transient nature of sports starting with the Oakland Athletics potential relocation. We also take a deep dive in the sports team history of the city of Baltimore who has seen more teams come and go than any other city. 

Yes, Rich got the year wrong of the St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore to become the Orioles but he rectified it before the end and Seth keeps calling Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Memorial Colosseum (Guess it's his West Coast Bias).

ESPN article about the potential relocation of the A's that Seth mentions

Nashville Sounds Scoreboard

Howard Terminal Project for A's

Diner Movie on IMDB

Baltimore Colts Band

ESPN 30 for 30 Show on the USFL

YouTube Video about the MNF game in Baltimore where the field had to be moved 30 yards north because of an issue between the Colts and the Orioles. 

Baltimore Skipjacks

Link to episode of Peyton's Places on ESPN+ about the Super Bowl V trophy. (You will need a subscription to ESPN+ to watch this).

YouTube Video about journalist Dick Beddoes 

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