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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...
In 1972, Pittsburgh’s Bob Moose threw a wild pitch and the Cincinnati Reds scored to end the NLCS. In 1980, controversy in the fourth leads to a wild finish in the tenth in game 4 of the NLCS between Philadelphia and Houston. In 1992, Atlanta Brave Deion Sanders played in the NLCS, then hopped a...
In 2020, Oklahoma and Texas played 4 overtimes in a wild edition of the Red River Rivalry. In 1871, Octavius Catto was murdered in Philadelphia. In 1920 the Cleveland Indians did a couple of things that had never been done before in the World Series. In 1968, a Curt Flood mistake led to the winning...
In 1983, Richard Petty’s STP Pontiac won the race but a post-race inspection uncovered a larger than legal engine. In 1960, 26-year old New York Titan OL Howard Glenn died after a game in Houston. In 1999, then Oklahoma assistant coach Mike Leach put into action a plan to get Texas to discover a fake...
In 1956, New York Yankee Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history. In 1995, Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez hit the most famous double in Major League Postseason History. In 2000, Michael Schumacher used savvy pit strategy to win a race and wrap up another F1 Championship. In 1988, Columbia University snapped...
In 1950, twelve players from the Czech National Hockey team were put on trial for espionage and treason and found guilty. In 1945, the Green Bay Packers scored 41 points in the second quarter to set the NFL record. In 1916, Georgia Tech rolled up 222 points in a game against Cumberland College. In 2023,...
In 1990, Colorado got an extra down by mistake and used it to score the game-winning touchdown. In 2007, the Stanford Cardinal beat the #2 USC Trojans despite being a 41-point underdog. In 2007, LSU overcame a 10-point deficit to beat Florida. In 1993, Michael Jordan retired from the NBA for the first time. Was...