1921 – AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7. 1925 – National Football League Championship: Chicago Cardinals (11-2-1) win controversial first past the post title;...

1913 – Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. 1917 – 1st NHL game played on artificial ice in Toronto. 1920 – 1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass). 1927 – National Football League Championship: New York...

1932 – NFL Championship, Chicago Stadium: Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans, 9-0. 1949 – NFL Championship: Philadelphia Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0. Played in driving rain that caused field to become a mud pit. 1956 – Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV...

1920 – AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it. 1924 – The Hamilton Tigers and Ottawa Senators battle out the first scoreless game in NHL history. 1933 – National Football League Championship – 1st title game, Wrigley Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat...

1918 – Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds. 1923 – National Football League Championship: undefeated Canton Bulldogs (11-0-1) repeat as champions. 1926 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner. 1928 – National Football League...

1909 – Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball’s National League. 1925 – 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Montreal Canadiens 3, NY Americans 1. 1933 – Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15. 1935 – National Football League...

1901 – 1st table tennis tournament is held. 1915 – Jack Johnson is 1st African American world heavyweight boxing champion. 1920 – Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC. 1930 – NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game. 1938 –...

1931 National Football League Championship: Green Bay Packers (12-2-0) win 3rd straight first past the post title. 1936 – Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington, D.C. 1936 – National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC:...