# sport history (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sport history. Page: Feed: --- ## [What Happens When There Are No Rules?](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-there-are-no-rules) _2026-08-26 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ College football, college life, and the strange consequences of growing up in a world where no one seems to be in charge. ## [We Don't Know As Much As We Think We Do About Quarterbacks (or Anything Else, Really)](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/we-dont-know-as-much-as-we-think) _2026-08-21 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Johnny Unitas, the Minnesota Vikings, and the lost art of uncertainty. ## [The Last Great Buddy Comedy](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/the-last-great-buddy-comedy) _2026-08-19 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Butch and Sundance, Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper, and the rare beauty of a friendship that changes everything. ## [When Did Sports Owners Stop Buying Into the Cities They Represent?](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/when-did-sports-owners-stop-buying) _2026-08-14 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ As franchises become flippable investment properties, the people who own them seem increasingly detached from what made them valuable in the first place. ## [Rooting for Laundry](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/rooting-for-laundry) _2026-08-12 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Thirty years after the quintessential Seinfeld joke, the rules of fandom are more confusing than ever. ## [Goodbye To All The Shouting](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/goodbye-to-all-the-shouting) _2026-08-07 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ A eulogy for the Embrace Debate era, and (hopefully) for the culture it built. ## [The Rise of the Girls in Green](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/the-rise-of-the-girls-in-green/) _2026-08-07 · Ray MacAodhagain · NewsFour_ The Republic of Ireland women’s team was established in 1973 and played their first international match that year, beginning a journey that would see the team grow and develop over the decades. Since then, they have competed in numerous international ## [The Editor’s Corner – Aug/Sep 2026](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/the-editors-corner-aug-sep-2026/) _2026-08-07 · Louise Whelan · NewsFour_ Howiyas! Can you believe it's already the August/September edition of NewsFour? And what a summer it's been! If someone had told us back in May that we'd be wishing for a drop of rain, we'd have laughed in yo face. ## [Young Environmental Champions in Action](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/young-environmental-champions-in-action/) _2026-08-07 · Margaret Dunne · NewsFour_ Congratulations to the St. Patrick's Boys and Girls National School in Ringsend, for coming out with our Tidytowns volunteers in June and doing a great litter pick around the area, what a wonderful job they all did and afterwards they got a lesson from Aishling, ## [Social and Unaffordable at Glass Bottle](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/social-and-unaffordable-at-glass-bottle/) _2026-08-07 · Dylan Tighe · NewsFour_ 176 social housing units are currently in the process of being allocated at the Glass Bottle site. This constitutes a portion of the 10% Part V social housing requirement applying to the development which will eventually contain an estimated 3800 apartments. ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3VKbW6Okt7xi) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Launch of the Ringsend Camino Stamp](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/launch-of-the-ringsend-camino-stamp/) _2026-08-07 · Eddie Bohan · NewsFour_ On Saturday May 30th, the first Camino passport was stamped with the dedicated Ringsend stamp, “Ringsend on the Dodder, The Liffey and The Camino”, at the Ringsend Irishtown Community Centre on Thorncastle Street. This marked the start of the first ## [Ballsbridge Lions Club Hosts Successful Summer BBQ Fundraiser](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/ballsbridge-lions-club-hosts-successful-summer-bbq-fundraiser/) _2026-08-07 · Richard McWilliams · NewsFour_ On Friday 10th July, Ballsbridge Lions Club held its annual Community BBQ and Summer Festival. The club does great work in the Ballsbridge area and beyond, and they state they are a local, volunteer-led non-profit ## [From City Streets to Sea Breezes](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/from-city-streets-to-sea-breezes/) _2026-08-07 · Sandymount Hotel · NewsFour_ As visitors increasingly seek slower, more experience-led ways to explore cities, The Sandymount Hotel in Dublin is encouraging guests to discover a different side of Ireland’s capital city through a stay that combines seaside atmosphere, village life and easy city access ## [Dodder Art Club Celebrates Creativity and Community at Exhibition Opening](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/dodder-art-club-celebrates-creativity-and-community-at-exhibition-opening/) _2026-08-07 · Cristina Catalina · NewsFour_ The Dodder Art Club welcomed friends, family and art enthusiasts to the opening of its second exhibition at Sandymount Community Centre last May, celebrating the creativity of its members. The exhibition featured an impressive collection of paintings created by club members, ## [The Lacey Report, August – September ’26](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/the-lacey-report-august-september-26/) _2026-08-07 · Dermot Lacey · NewsFour_ When the weather is sunny there are few places as beautiful as Dublin Bay and I have the great fortune to not just once, but twice, experience a cruise across the Bay in the last few weeks. First with the Ringsend Historical Society as part of their Bloomsday celebrations ## [South Docks Festival Quiz a Winning Tradition](https://www.newsfour.ie/2026/08/south-docks-festival-quiz-a-winning-tradition/) _2026-08-07 · Richard McWilliams · NewsFour_ NewsFour was out in force for this year’s annual memorial pub quiz with good friend and core Historical Society member, Billy Ryan joining our long-serving layout chief Kieron Stynes, sales manager Nataliia Rysakova and myself to form Blondie x 5 - our quiz team name, ## [Sorry, But Baseball Is Not Doing Fine](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/baseball-is-not-doing-fine) _2026-08-05 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Three decades after 1994, the sport still can't figure out how to embrace the collective good. ## [Waiting Out the Rain with George Carlin](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/waiting-out-the-rain-with-george) _2026-07-31 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Baseball, football, and the increasingly ambiguous hinge point between them. ## [For His Final Act, LeBron Chose Ambition Over Story](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/for-his-final-act-lebron-chose-ambition) _2026-07-29 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Every previous chapter of his career made narrative sense. Philadelphia doesn't. ## ["Because I kicked their f---ing ass" (July 1977)](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/because-i-kicked-their-f-ing-ass-a47) _2026-07-24 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ Pro football's cult of toughness, and the viciousness of America. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/t08MSi9Ghaan) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [I Watched Hot Dogs Rain From The Sky...and I Thought of Bill Veeck](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/i-watched-hot-dogs-rain-from-the) _2026-07-22 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ A dumb, delightful promotion is a reminder that baseball should still surprise us. ## [The Pine-Tar Incident (July, 1983)](https://throwbacks.substack.com/p/the-pine-tar-incident-july-1983-f01) _2026-07-17 · Michael Weinreb · Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture_ The quintessential New York sports moment, revisited. ## [Monnow Bridge of Monmouth](https://welshhistories.co.uk/monnow-bridge-of-monmouth/) _2026-03-22 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ It was on 15 March in 2004 when a second bridge opened in Trefynwy (Monmouth), allowing Pont Trefynwy (Monnow Bridge) to become pedestrianised. Monnow Bridge/Pont Trefynwy Advertisement Pont Trefynwy dates to 1272... The post Monnow Bridge of Monmouth appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Henrhyd Waterfall](https://welshhistories.co.uk/henrhyd-waterfall-bannau-brycheiniog/) _2026-03-21 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ Did you know that Sgwd Henrhyd (Henrhyd Waterfall), near Coelbren in Bannau Brycheiniog, was the scene of the Batcave from the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises? Henrhyd Waterfall & Batman Advertisement... The post Henrhyd Waterfall appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Taliesin – The Legendary Welsh Bard](https://welshhistories.co.uk/taliesin-the-legendary-welsh-bard/) _2026-03-20 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ Long before Welsh poetry became synonymous with Dylan Thomas, Gwerful Mechain and Hedd Wyn, it was associated with the 6th century AD bard Taliesin. Who Was Taliesin? Advertisement Taliesin lived so long... The post Taliesin – The Legendary Welsh Bard appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Joe Allen – Welsh Footballing Icon](https://welshhistories.co.uk/joe-allen-welsh-footballing-icon/) _2026-03-19 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ A belated penblwydd hapus to living Welsh football legend, Joe Allen, who was born in Carmarthen on 14 March in 1990. Allen is affectionately dubbed “Wee Joe Allen”, the “Welsh Xavi” and... The post Joe Allen – Welsh Footballing Icon appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Phil Campbell of Motorhead](https://welshhistories.co.uk/the-passing-of-phil-campbell/) _2026-03-18 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ I am saddened to hear the news of legendary Welsh rockstar Phil Campbell’s passing. A true, rock and metal music legend who just so happens to be from Wales, his passing is... The post Phil Campbell of Motorhead appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Remaining Ruins Following Dissolution of the Monasteries](https://welshhistories.co.uk/the-dissolution-of-the-monasteries/) _2026-03-17 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ Did you know that the Dissolution of the Monasteries, which began in 1536 and concluded in 1541, led to the dismantling/destruction of hundreds of monasteries and nunneries throughout Cymru and England? Many... The post Remaining Ruins Following Dissolution of the Monasteries appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [A Short Jewish History in Wales](https://welshhistories.co.uk/a-short-history-jews-in-wales/) _2026-03-16 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ This Jewish history blog follows on from an anti-racism post I wrote recently, which largely focused on Muslims in 20th century Welsh history. Jews in Wales – A Short History Advertisement This... The post A Short Jewish History in Wales appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [The Llyn Fawr Hoard](https://welshhistories.co.uk/the-llyn-fawr-hoard/) _2026-03-15 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ Did you know that, between 1909 and 1912, one of the most extensive Welsh archaeological discoveries was made in Llyn Fawr, Rhondda Cynon Taf (or possibly the Vale of Neath but that’s... The post The Llyn Fawr Hoard appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3HRv3kFACqgt) _2026-03-15 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Bridget Bevan & the Welsh Language](https://welshhistories.co.uk/bridget-bevan-welsh-language/) _2026-03-14 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ Let’s return to the theme of the Welsh language and its historical struggle for survival in the face of oppression by talking about Bridget Bevan. Who Was Bridget Bevan? Advertisement When talking... The post Bridget Bevan & the Welsh Language appeared first on Welsh Histories . ## [Welsh-Australins: Kylie & Olivia](https://welshhistories.co.uk/kylie-and-olivia-half-welsh/) _2026-03-13 · Niklas George · Welsh Histories_ Did you know that two of Australia’s biggest pop icons, Kylie Minogue and Olivia Newton-John, are half-Welsh (also three if you include Kylie’s famous sister, Danni)? Advertisement What’s the Connection? Though rightfully... The post Welsh-Australins: Kylie & Olivia appeared first on Welsh Histories .