1919 – Charges against Cincinnati’s Hal Chase of throwing games and betting against his team are dismissed by National League president John Heydler. 1921 – The Yankees purchase 20 acres in the Bronx to build Yankee Stadium.  1960 – Bill Russell grabs 51 rebounds in...

1861 – The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, New York. All of the players wore ice skates. 1924 – The first Winter Olympics come to a close in Chamonix, France. 1932 – The Winter Olympics...

1876 – Albert Spalding starts a sporting goods company, manufacturing baseballs, tennis balls, basketballs and golf balls. 1924 – Switzerland wins the first ever gold medal in bobsledding. 1942 – Baseball owners agree to let each team have 14 night games during the...