Sports And Torts

Ann is currenty in London as part of NBC’s Olympic Games coverage. But before she left he creative forces at “Sports & Torts” (yes, the show has creative forces) taped an interview with her when she recently was in Chicago for a Mercury game against the Chicago Sky. She was a gracious guest and has an interesting story to tell. Here recent memoir is called You Let Some GIRL Beat You?

Crandall was considered one of the National League's top catchers during the 1950s and early 60s, leading the league in assists a record-tying six times and in fielding percentage four times. He won four of the first five Gold Glove Awards given to an NL catcher, and tied another record by catching three no-hitters. We look back on his career as a player,manager and broadcaster.

Branch spent his entire 14-year NFL career with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, winning three Super Bowl rings in Super Bowl XI, Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl XVIII. Branch caught 3 passes for 20 yards in Super Bowl XI, 5 passes for 62 yards and 2 touchdowns in Super Bowl XV, and 6 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown in Super Bowl XVIII.

Raines played parts of 23 big league seasons from 1979-2002, 13 of them with the Expos. He also played for the White Sox, Yankees, Athletics, Orioles and Marlins. Raines retired as a .294/.385/.425 hitter with 2,605 hits, 170 home runs, 808 stolen bases, 69.1 WAR and far more walks (1,330) than strikeouts (966). He won World Series titles with the 1996 and 1998 Yankees.

In a Throwback Thursday to June of 2012, we rewind to a conversation we had with legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully. Mr. Scully recently began his unprecedented 60th season as the play by play voice for the Dodgers.

32 years after retiring from pro basketball, Spencer Haywood, he former star of the ABA Denver Rockets and 13-year NBA veteran was finally voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this year. He joins David to discuss his career.

So Cal actress and model Dani Mathers is Playboy's 2015 Playmate of the Year. She first appeared in Playboy as the magazine's May 2014 Playmate of the Month (and first appeared on this program that month). Over the course of her career, Dani has appeared in numerous films including Neighbors and Furious 7, and has had a recurring role on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful since 2005. She has also starred on Playboy TV's Badass and Playboy Trip: Patagonia. Dani is Playboy's 56th Playmate of the Year.

Jim Rice's 16-year big league career in Boston continued a legacy of renowned Red Sox left fielders that included Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski. One of the most feared right-handed hitters of his era, Rice clubbed at least 20 homers in 11 of his first 12 full seasons and led the American League in total bases four times, homers three times and RBI and slugging percentage twice each

Lynn is best known for being the first player to win the Rookie of the Year award and MVP in the same season. Lynn was inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002 and to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. We look back on his career.

Following in the footsteps of Hall of Famer Joe Lapchick, Carnesecca kept St. John's University in the national spotlight even though he primarily recruited New York City players. He compiled eighteen 20-win seasons and averaged more than 20 wins a year. The man who made colored sweaters a wardrobe staple won over 500 games and led all of his St. John's teams to postseason appearances. His 1985 Redmen advanced to the Final Four, and his 1979 and 1991 teams competed in NCAA Regional Finals.

With the Dodgers, third baseman Cey was part of an All-Star infield that included Steve Garvey , Davey Lopes and Bill Russell. This quartet was the most enduring infield in baseball history; The four infielders stayed together as the Dodgers' starters for eight and a half years.

In 1990, Jim Palmer was accorded baseball's highest honor by his election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He received 92.6% of the 444 ballots cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Of the eight pitchers elected in their first year of eligibility, Jim received the third highest percentage of votes. Jim Palmer is the only American League Hall of Fame pitcher to win the Cy Young Award three times as well as four Gold Glove Awards

Shields blocked for Marcus Allen, Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson during his career. He had blocked for 1,000-yard rushers for five seasons. He blocked for 4,000-yard passers for five seasons while Elvis Grbac did it in 2000 and Trent Green in 2003, 2004, and 2005. In fourteen seasons, Shields never missed a game, and he failed to start only one contest, his first regular-season outing, as a rookie in 1993. He went to the Pro Bowl every year from 1995 to 2006, a total of 12, a Chiefs team record, and having played in all of them, he is tied with Champ Bailey and Randall McDaniel for most Pro Bowls played.

Bettis ranks Sixth on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with 13,662 yards and is one of six players in NFL history to rush for 13,000 yards. He is one of only eight players in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards for eight or more seasons. He ranks third in NFL history with 3,369 rushing attempts. Bettis was selected to the Pro Bowl six times, including his rookie season. He joins the greats in Canton later this summer.

Tim Brown won the Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame and starred in the NFL for seventeen seasons. He left the game as a Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders legend and one of the most respected men in sports. And finally this summer, he joins the ranks of the all-time greats in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

A versatile defensive player, Haley began his career as a specialty outside linebacker, eventually progressing to pass-rusher and finally full-fledged defensive end. The only player in NFL history to have been on five Super Bowl-winning teams, Haley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.

Chelsie Aryn is the Playmate of the Month for March 2015. The brunette beauty of Japanese and German descent grew up in a small town in upstate New York. She talks to David and Elliott about her modeling career and her Playboy experience. Photo courtesy of Playboy

Ken Anderson was one of the best quarterbacks of his era. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals his whole career, and Bill Walsh was his quarterback coach. Anderson is considered one of the first quarterbacks to run what would become known as the West Coast Offense, and he was an extremely accurate passer who led the league in QB rating four times. Many feel that Anderson deserves consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Bill McCartney served as head football coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes from 1982 to 1994, where he compiled a record of 93–55–5 and won three consecutive Big Eight Conference titles between 1989 and 1991. In 1990, the Buffs were voted national champions by the Associated Press, the first in school history

Jim is a five-time Pro Bowler, is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, was inducted into the Cleveland Browns Legends, blocked for arguably the best running back of all time, and played for two of the NFL's most legendary coaches, Paul Brown and Tom Landry. With a career like that, he has quite a few great stories to share.

Harold Baines graduated in 1977 from St. Michaels High School where he batted .532 and was named a High School All-American his senior year. One month later, the Chicago White Sox made Baines the first selection overall in the 1977 Draft. His average wasn't the only reason why they took that chance, the owner of the White Sox at the time, Bill Veeck, had actually spotted Baines playing Little League ball at the age of 12 and remembered him! Judging by his career numbers, it was not too bad a choice.

Roger Brown was a member of the famed Fearsome Foursome along with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Lamar Lundy. It is often considered one of the best defensive lines in NFL history. He became a member of the Los Angeles Rams' version of the Fearsome Foursome in 1967 when Rosey Grier tore his achilles tendon and could no longer play.

Jim Marshall was the NFL's original Iron Man - Marshall played in 282 straight games -302 if you count the playoffs - from 1960-1979, and started in 270. Those were both NFL records for decades until Jeff Feagles broke the consecutive games played mark in 2005 and Brett Favre broke the consecutive games started mark in 2009. Marshall is also remembered for one of the most embarrassing plays in NFL history.

Miss February 2015 is the gorgeous, blonde bombshell Kayslee Collins from San Diego, California. She was a model way before she ever appeared in Playboy, with over 25 commercials to her name by age 16 for brands such as Barbie and Nickelodeon. She also received a feature in Galore Magazine and was named one of Esquire’s “Women We Love on Instagram. Photo Courtesy of Playboy

Barry spent sixteen years as head coach of the University of Oklahoma and four years as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only three head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl,