JOHNGY'S BEAT

Chris Chelios played an unbelievable 26 years in the NHL, 8+ with my beloved Blackhawks. That career, ended after the 2009-10 season with t...

Ray Guy was an outstanding punter at the University of Southern Mississippi. A great athlete, Guy was also the placekicker and starting saf...

The National Sports Collectors Convention will be held in Rosemont July 31-August 4. Once again, I will be "On the Beat" and repo...

one of the first baseball players I ever remember is Pete Rose.  When I was growing up, he was one of the best players.  "Charlie Hust...

Susan Lulgjuraj is better known as "Sooz" and she had been on my "want to meet" list for years.  I finally got to meet ...

I had a blast at The National 2017.  One of the highlights was coming across artist Steven Walden.  As I roamed the convention floor, the S...

Tony Esposito was one of the first hockey players I ever remember.  I soon learned he had a brother Phil, who actually played for my belove...

Mike Hartenstine played 13 seasons in the NFL, 12 with the Chicago Bears and 1 with the Minnesota Vikings (must we really acknowledge that ...