Stories By Mike Dywan
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This Day in Sports History
/ 9 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/15
1932 – U.S. athlete Eddie Eagan becomes the first athlete to win gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympics...
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This Day in Sports History
/ 9 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/14
1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta to win the middleweight title. 1966 – Wilt Chamberlain breaks the NBA scoring...
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This Day in Sports History
/ 9 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/13
1920 – The National Negro Baseball League is formed. 1937 – The Boston Redskins receive permission from the NFL to move...
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This Day in Sports History
/ 10 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/12
1878 – Harvard’s Frederick Thayer receives and official US patent number for the invention of the catcher’s mask. 1908 – An...
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This Day in Sports History
/ 10 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/11
1928 – The Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland open. 1970 – The Atlanta Hawks set an NBA record for points...
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This Day in Sports History
/ 10 months agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/10
1920 – Baseball outlaws all pitches that involve tampering with the baseball. 1949 – Joe Fulks of Philadelphia scores 63 points...