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In 1957, the North Carolina Tar Heels finished a perfect 32-0 after beating Kansas to win the National Title. In 1962, a shocking exposé by The Saturday Evening Post was released with accusations leveled against Alabama Head Football Coach Bear Bryant and Georgia’s Athletics Director Wally Butts colluding to fix a game. In 1994, Los...
In 1993, Cleveland Indians pitchers Tim Crews and Steve Olin were killed in a boating accident in Florida during Spring Training. Pitcher Bob Ojeda was also severely injured but survived. In 1989, Buffalo Sabre goalie Clint Malarchuk suffered a major cut across a main artery in his neck and nearly died on the ice in...
In 1970, Slovenian ski jumper Vinko Bogataj plunged off the end of the ramp, becoming the ‘Agony of Defeat’ soon after. In 1976, champion US ski racer Spider Sabich was shot and killed by his girlfriend and actress Claudine Longet. In 1940, golfer Ben Hogan won his first golf tournament after years of grinding on...
In 1954, tiny Milan High School beat Muncie High to win the Indiana State Basketball Championship and inspired the movie ‘Hoosiers.’ In 2016, Northern Iowa gave up a 12 point lead in the final minute against Texas A&M and lost in overtime. In 2010, Northern Iowa upset top-seed Kansas behind the hot shooting of Ali...
In 1993, LaBradford Smith scored 37 against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in a five point loss. It’s supposed to be what happened after the game that led to the story. In 1981, Danny Ainge went end-to-end to hit the game winning layup vs. Notre Dame to advance to the Elite Eight. In 1955,...
In 1981, Carlton Fisk became a member of the Chicago White Sox. In 1953, the Boston Braves packed up the moving vans and moved to Milwaukee. In 1985, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were reinstated by new baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth. In 1993, the Santa Clara Broncos featuring a baby-faced Steve Nash stunned Arizona in...
In 1955, the Richard Riot started in Montreal. It was political bonfire with the suspension of Maurice ‘the Rocket’ Richard as the lit match. In 1982, a horrible oversight during a routine knee surgery led to a respected French footballer slipping into.a coma for 39 years. In 2012, Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field...
In 2018, the UMBC Retrievers beat top-seed Virginia. In 1980, Louisville’s Dr. Dunkenstein and the Doctors of Dunk destroyed LSU to advance to the Final Four. In 1958, Cincinnati Royals player Maurice Stokes collapsed on the airline ride home from a game. The seizure he suffered left him incapacitated, ending his career. Most figured he...
In 1985, 16th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson came within a whisker of beating #1 seeded Michigan. It was the first year the tournament expanded to 64 teams. In 1989, Michigan Head Basketball coach Bill Frieder was fired two days before he was to coach his #3 seeded Wolverines in the NCAA Tournament. ‘A Michigan man will coach...
On March 10th, 2001, current Louisville Head Football Coach and former XFL QB with the Orlando Rage started a game just six days after getting literally ‘knocked out’ of a game. On March 10th, 1976, the origin of ‘Ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings’ can be tracked back to an article written in that...