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In 2006, Michigan State erased a 35 point second half deficit and beat Northwestern 41-38 in the greatest comeback in FBS history. In 1975, Boston’s Carlton Fisk waved his game winning home run fair to force a game 7 in the World Series. In 1976, Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine bulldozed the New York Yankees to...
In 1968, Dick Fosbury revolutionized high jumping when he introduced his new technique to the world. In 1992, it was a triple play that wasn’t in a World Series game. In 2002, Jeff Wilkins kicked the last point as a barefoot kicker … or did he?
In 1935, Alabama’s Bear Bryant played against the Tennessee Vols with a broken leg. He caught four passes for 87 yards. In 1987, George Steinbrenner hired Billy Martin to manage the Yankees for the fifth time. In 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played a memorable NLCS game 7. In 1981, the...
In 1924, Red Grange scored four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes of a game against Michigan. He ended up with 400+ all-purpose yards, 5 TDs himself and he also threw one. Doug Villhard, the author of ‘The Golden Age of Red: A Novel of Red Grange, the Galloping Ghost’ joins me for a longer...
In 1987, the Auburn Tigers scored twice in a span of 24 seconds to stun Georgia Tech. In 2015, Michigan State recovered a muffed punt and ran it in for touchdown to quiet the Big House. In 1998, the decimated Temple Owls shocked the Virginia Tech Hokies. In 1989, prior to game three of the...
In 2006, Chicago mounted a comeback against Arizona despite six turnovers and zero offensive touchdowns. In 1969, the New York Mets won the World Series. In 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood atop the medal podium with an iconic show of defiance. In 1976, Abilene Christian’s Ove Johansson kicked the longest field goal in...
In 1988, #1 Miami vs. #4 Notre Dame in the ‘Catholics vs. Convicts’ game. On that same day, LA’s Kirk Gibson hit a pinch hit homer off Dennis Eckersley to win game one of the World Series. In 1989, LA King Wayne Gretzky scored two and assisted another to pass Gordie Howe as the all-time...
In 1976, New York Yankee Chris Chambliss hit a walk-off home run to win the ALCS. He never touched the plate though. The homer still counted. In 1992, Atlanta Brave Francisco Cabrera lined one into left to score two runs including the less-than-fleet of foot Sid Bream. In 1985, St. Louis Cardinal Ozzie Smith hit...
In 1960, Pittsburgh’s Bill Mazeroski hit a home run to beat the New York Yankees to end the World Series in game seven. In 1967, the American Basketball Association debuted. In 2007, the top-ranked LSU Tigers lost on the road at #17 Kentucky. In 2001, New York’s Derek Jeter cut off a throw and flipped...
In 1929, the Philadelphia Athletics scored 10 runs in the bottom of the 7th in game four of the World Series to erase an 8-run Chicago Cubs lead. In 1997, Minnesota’s Brad Johnson became the first NFL QB to throw a TD pass to himself. In 1979, Magic Johnson made his NBA debut. Kareem hit...