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In 1994, NASCAR driver Neil Bonnett died during a practice run at Daytona International Speedway. In 2024, marathoner Kelvin Kiptum died after the car he was driving went off the road and flipped in a ditch. In 2002, controversy marred the Pairs Figure Skating competition. In 1990, James ‘Buster’ Douglas pulled off one of the...
In 1968, American Peggy Fleming won the only Gold Medal for the US during the ’68 Olympics. In 1992, American Bonnie Blair won her second Gold Medal in the 500m Speed Skating event. In 1962, American Jim Beatty became the first human to run a sub-4 minute mile indoors. In 1949, Jumpin’ Joe Fulks dropped...
In 1992, Magic Johnson returned to play in the NBA All-Star game three months after his retirement from the league due to his HIV diagnosis. In 1991, Terrible Terry Norris pummeled Sugar Ray Leonard, forcing him to retire once again. In 2006, Al Michaels was traded to NBC for the rights to Walt Disney’s first...
In 1992, Duke’s Christian Laettner went head-to-head with LSU’s Shaquille O’Neal. In 1986, 5’7″ Spud Webb won the NBA’s Dunk Contest. In 1996, the NFL and the city of Cleveland reached an agreement to keep the name, colors and history of the Browns franchise in Cleveland. In 1964, the US won its first Alpine skiing...
In 2023, LeBron James became the all-time scoring leader in the NBA. In 1970, Pete Maravich set an NCAA single game record by scoring 69 against Alabama. In 1985, Marshall’s Bruce Morris hit the longest shot in NCAA basketball history. In 2015, legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith passed away. He gifted every one of...
In 1958, a plane carrying the Manchester United English football club crashed in a takeoff attempt in Munich, Germany. Twenty people died at the scene, including 8 players, 3 staff members and eight journalists. One person died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and two others died days later due to their...
In 2017, the Atlanta Falcons built up a 25 point lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 51 only to lose it in overtime. In 1943, Jake LaMotta beat Sugar Ray Robinson. It was Robinson’s first lost as an amateur or pro. In 1984, golfer Hale Irwin hit a ball that was heading...
In 2002, the New England Patriots were 14 point underdogs to the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI but shocked a lot of people with the 20-17 win for their first in franchise in history. In 2008, the Patriots were trying to become the first team since the ’72 Dolphins to go through the...
In 2019, NC State scored only 24 points. It’s the worst performance by a ranked team in the shot clock era. In 1954, Clarence ‘Bevo’ Francis scored 113 points against to set a collegiate basketball record. In 1968, Wilt Chamberlain put together a double triple double with 22 points, grabbed 25 rebounds, and dished 21...
This is a special episode telling the story of Ben and Valerie Hogan’s harrowing day In 1949, when they were nearly killed in a collision with a Greyhound bus.