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The Herald always preferred it over the times but read both and the News Chronicle. Any Radio station that would talk Rams Football.
Where did you get your RAMS news back in the day?
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Same for me. Around draft time, I scoured convenience stores for the Pro Football Weekly Draft Guide, and subscribed to their paper. I also liked USA Today, for overall coverage.
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Living out of state, I read the National or USA Today.
Mort was a reporter for the National.
Once I had internet, I found Bob Oates on the LA Times website. Oates wrote some very interesting columns on the ‘99 - ‘01 Rams, offense and QB’ing.
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It is amazing when you think how things have changed. Living in PA, I always tell my son how lucky he is when it comes to getting Rams news.
I remember I had to wait until the day after the draft to just get the list of small names printed in our local paper back in the late 70's.... and trying to reneber if i saw any of them play.
Then I started getting the Street and Smiths College Football edition for the following years draft, so I could look up those names and get some info.
Then of course you would have to wait normally until the 1st week of July to get the Athalon's, Street & Smith's, and the Sporting News NFL preview mags and you would hang on every word and hoping you could get some info on those middle and late round draft picks and of course any off season developments that I was not aware of.
In the early years, you might find out they cut a vet who you did not know was cut months earlier.
Then in the mid 80's I started getting the Weekly Sporting News papers. Also got Rampages for awhile.
I also remember couldn't wait until the end of one of my classes where one of my teachers always had the sports page... would have to check and see how many yards Dickerson got if it was not mentioned on the half time or post game NFL Today game summaries. Where I lived in rural SE PA, we did not get cable until 87'!
Then in the late 80's & early 90's, I would grab a USA Today on the way to work and pretty much read the box score & game article while driving.... not recomended.
Anyway, it has come along way, but I still have those old magazines and occasionally still buy them for collecting purposes.
I remember I had to wait until the day after the draft to just get the list of small names printed in our local paper back in the late 70's.... and trying to reneber if i saw any of them play.
Then I started getting the Street and Smiths College Football edition for the following years draft, so I could look up those names and get some info.
Then of course you would have to wait normally until the 1st week of July to get the Athalon's, Street & Smith's, and the Sporting News NFL preview mags and you would hang on every word and hoping you could get some info on those middle and late round draft picks and of course any off season developments that I was not aware of.
In the early years, you might find out they cut a vet who you did not know was cut months earlier.
Then in the mid 80's I started getting the Weekly Sporting News papers. Also got Rampages for awhile.
I also remember couldn't wait until the end of one of my classes where one of my teachers always had the sports page... would have to check and see how many yards Dickerson got if it was not mentioned on the half time or post game NFL Today game summaries. Where I lived in rural SE PA, we did not get cable until 87'!
Then in the late 80's & early 90's, I would grab a USA Today on the way to work and pretty much read the box score & game article while driving.... not recomended.
Anyway, it has come along way, but I still have those old magazines and occasionally still buy them for collecting purposes.
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She was A Tale of Two Cities!
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I was putting the Christmas lights up today and what did I find in the bottom of the box?! I knew I had them somewhere. I'm going to have to give them a read for old-times sake.
It was super expensive and I got them delivered to my home here in Canada. Got them like a month late too LOL
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I really liked Phil Steele's NFL guide until they switched up the format.
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HA! I was in San Jose from 70-80'. Didn't catch too much crap from my whiner buddies. We pretty much owned them those years. Where were you? I was on the East Foothills, Story&White Rd.Yeah, that was my second choice. Smoke signals was another possibility.
While living in San Jose, CA during the 60's through the early 90's I'd get Rams news from my co-workers who were mostly Niners fans.which was mostly heckling. The 80's with Bill Walsh and Joe Montana was the worst. :baghead:
There was one guy, a Mexican, who would call me up after a Ram's loss and with his thick Spanish accent would say something like, "Hey, how about them Rammies?" and then hang up. :fuelfire:
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Being from Jersey it was tough back in the day on game day. 10 cents a call on sports phone ran my parents phone bill up and I always heard about. I couldn't wait for the Monday Night Football Half Time Show with Howard Cosell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Phone
Sports Phone was a telephone service in the United States that allowed users to hear sports scores and information. The service was launched in 1972, and after initially failing it was relaunched three years later. The service gained a following, and by 1981 had hit a peak of 50 million calls in a year. Sports Phone began in New York City, but expanded to offer programming in numerous other locations, including Chicago and Detroit. The rise of sports radio stations and score tickers on television broadcasts helped reduce the popularity of Sports Phone, before an increase in Internet usage led to its demise in 2000.
Callers to Sports Phone heard messages of one minute or less, with up to 30 scores provided in a given update. In addition to scores, the service's programming included news and interviews, along with a sports trivia game. Some information was recorded specifically for certain markets. The announcers for Sports Phone included future broadcasters of several franchises in the major U.S. sports leagues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Phone
Sports Phone was a telephone service in the United States that allowed users to hear sports scores and information. The service was launched in 1972, and after initially failing it was relaunched three years later. The service gained a following, and by 1981 had hit a peak of 50 million calls in a year. Sports Phone began in New York City, but expanded to offer programming in numerous other locations, including Chicago and Detroit. The rise of sports radio stations and score tickers on television broadcasts helped reduce the popularity of Sports Phone, before an increase in Internet usage led to its demise in 2000.
Callers to Sports Phone heard messages of one minute or less, with up to 30 scores provided in a given update. In addition to scores, the service's programming included news and interviews, along with a sports trivia game. Some information was recorded specifically for certain markets. The announcers for Sports Phone included future broadcasters of several franchises in the major U.S. sports leagues.
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During the 60's I lived in Campell. During the 70's in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and Milpitas. In 1986 I bought a house off of Capitol Expressway and Aborn road. A bad neighborhood it turned out.