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In 1954, New York Giants outfielder Willie Mays made ‘the catch’ in game one of the World Series. In 1935, Cleveland’s Joe Vosmik entered the day with a four point lead for the batting title. He lost by one point. In 2001, Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki picked up his 234th hit in his rookie season to...
In 1941, Ted Williams scoffed at sitting out the final two games of the year to preserve his .400 average, went 6-8 and finished the year hitting .406. In 1960, Ted Williams homered in his final Major League at-bat. In 1938, Chicago Cub player/manager Gabby Hartnett homered in the dark to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates...
In 1968, St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Bob Gibson pitched a complete game, scattered 6 hits, struck out 11, walked none to close out the most dominant season by a pitcher in modern MLB history. In 1930, golfer Bobby Jones won the US Amateur to give him all four recognized major golf titles. In 1998, the...
In 2020, #8 Texas rallied from a 15-point deficit against Texas Tech to win in OT. In 1981, #1 USC scored in the final seconds to beat #2 Oklahoma 28-24. In 2021, Jacksonville Jaguar Jamal Agnew returned a missed FG 109-yards for a TD, tying the NFL record. In 2010, Jim Furyk won the FedEx...
In 2008, unranked Oregon State upset #1 USC. In 1971, Marshall beat Xavier in their first home game after the plane crash 10 months earlier, killing 75 players, coaches, staff and fans. In 1962, Sonny Liston beat Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title.
In 1994, the Washington Huskies beat the Miami Hurricanes 38-24, snapping Miami’s 58 game home winning streak. In 1950, Chicago Cardinals QB Jim Hardy threw 8 interceptions in a 45-7 loss to Philadelphia, setting a record in futility that still stands. In 1994, the Colorado Buffalos beat Michigan on a Hail Mary. In 1972, Johnny...
In 1946, Yogi Berra made his major league debut, homering in his second at-bat. In 1974, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos played the first official sudden death OT in NFL history. The game still ended in a tie. In 1990, Illinois’ RB Howard Griffith scored 8 TDs in a 56-21 win over Southern...
In 1986, Miami’s Dan Marino and New York Jet Ken O’Brien combined for 884 yards passing and 10 TDs. Jets WR Wesley Walker caught 4 TDs with New York beating Miami 51-45 in OT. In 1982, the NFL players went on strike. It lasted 57 days. In 1985, New York Yankee manager Billy Martin got...
In 1913, Francis Ouimet beat British pros Harry Vardon and Ted Ray to win the US Open Golf Championship, becoming the first amateur to win it. It led to the first golf boom in the US. In 1998, Cal Ripken pulled himself out of the starting lineup, ending his consecutive games streak at 2632. In...
In 1965, a linesman was added to the NFL ref crew specifically to keep an eye on QBs crossing the line of scrimmage before throwing a pass. In 2020, golfer Danny Lee took 6 putts to hole out from four feet, carded a 9 on the 18th hole of his third round at the US...