THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/2

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 2/2

1876 – Baseball’s National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. 1954 – Basketball player Bevo Francis of Rio Grande College scores 113 points in a 134-91 win over Hillsdale. 1959 – The...

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THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 10/19

1933 – The Berlin Olympic Committee votes to introduce basketball to the Olympics in 1936. 1940 – For the first time since October 29, 1938 the University of Tennessee football team gives up points in a game as they beat Alabama 27-12. The Volunteers went 71 straight...