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In 1967, the American Basketball Association was born. In 1950, Green Bay Packers legend Curly Lambeau stepped down as coach and GM. In 1968, Green Bay Packers legend Vince Lombardi stepped down as head coach but stayed on another year as GM. In 2003, Regina Jacobs became the only woman to run a sub-4 minute...
In 1953, baseball owners took out their frustration with Bill Veeck, eventually forcing him to move the team out of St. Louis. In 1920, Joe Malone scored 7 goals in a hockey game to set a record that still stands today in the NHL. And in 1993, Dallas beat Buffalo in the Super Bowl, but...
In 1996, Magic Johnson returned to the NBA to play for the LA Lakers after his H.I.V. disclosure and retirement four years earlier. In 2018, James Harden posted a 60 point triple-double, becoming the first NBA player to accomplish that. In 1971, UCLA started its 88-game winning streak with a win over UC-Santa Barbara And...
In 1980, the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers played a 4OT marathon. Interestingly, not a single 3-pointer was made. In 1936, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame announced its first class. In 1963, the NFL Hall of Fame announced its first class. And in 1995, Deion Sanders played with the San Francisco 49ers...
In 1958, Roy Campanella fell asleep at the wheel of his car and crashed into a tree. He was paralyzed as a result and would never play baseball or walk ever again. In 1957, American Shirley Fry beat fellow American Althea Gibson in the Australian women’s singles final to give her the career grand slam. ...
In 1976, during the ABA All-Star game, the dunk contest made its first appearance. It was an instant hit, thanks to Dr. J and David Thompson. In 1970, Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win the Australian Open. And in 1996, Monica Seles won her only Grand Slam event after being stabbed during...
In 1913, Olympic Decathlete and Pentathlete Jim Thorpe was stripped of his Gold medals. It was a wrong that wouldn’t be completely corrected for 110 years! In 1983, Cheryl Miller scored 105 points in a high school basketball game, overshadowing her brother Reggie’s 40 point night. Here’s the link referenced in the audio: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iy6C0ZWPHqU And...
In 1924, the first Winter Olympiad premiered in France. In 1960, Wilt Chamberlain set a rookie scoring record. And in 1939, Joe Louis knocked out a friend, doing him a favor in the process. ‘This Day in Sports History’ is a one person operation. I research, write, voice, and produce each show. So if you...
In 1982, it was a Super Bowl of firsts, including the first use of the telestrator on television. In 1999, David Duval fired a 59 in the final round of a PGA Tour event. And in 1981, ABA and NBA great Ron Boone retired, ending his consecutive game streak. ‘This Day in Sports History’ is...
In 1983, Bjorn Borg retired after not being seen or heard from for 16 months. In 1944, the Detroit Red Wings won 15-0 in the largest shutout win in NHL history. In 2000, the St. Louis Rams beat Tampa Bay 11-6. What is Scorigami? Click here to learn all about it: https://nflscorigami.com/ And in 2015,...