GLENDALE -- Max Beyer's original plan was to hang a few football helmets on the walls of the sports bar he opened in 1979. It was the first establishment of its kind west of the Mississippi River and it needed a theme, so Beyer went with the helmets he had collected.

GLENDALE -- Larry Rovey said the reason for the tractor on the flagpole is simple -- he always wanted to see what it would look like if he put one up there. The tractor is a 1920s Farmall Regular, and it's mounted on the flagpole in front of Rovey Dairy in Glendale. It rises about ...

If there's any doubt that Max's Sports Bar and Restaurant is actually a sports bar, the suspicions are allayed immediately after entering the establishment and meeting the Jocko Bird. It is a fierce-looking creature with the head of an eagle and the body of a beer-bellied athlete who wears football, baseball, golf, hockey, bowling, basketball and ...