Stories By Mike Dywan
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Prep Sports
/ 1 year agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/9
1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspends player Hal Chase on suspicion of fixing games. 1925 – Babe Ruth is subbed...
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Prep Sports
/ 1 year agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/8
1976 – The White Sox debut uniforms which feature the players wearing shorts. They don’t last long. 1984 – Carl Lewis...
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Prep Sports
/ 1 year agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/5
1921 – A baseball game was broadcast on the radio for the first time as KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh calls a...
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Prep Sports
/ 1 year agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/4
1934 – New York Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes the first player in MLB history to score six runs in one...
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Prep Sports
/ 1 year agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/3
1852 – The first American intercollegiate athletic competition takes place as Harvard defeats Yale in a crew event on Lake Winnipesaukee...
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Prep Sports
/ 1 year agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/2
1907 – “The Big Train” Walter Johnson makes his MLB debut on the mound, losing to Detroit. Johnson would go on...