1970 – Sporting News names Willie Mays as the MLB Player of the Decade for the ‘60s. 1971 – The Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 to win Super Bowl V. Despite losing, Dallas LB Chuck Howley is named MVP. 1988 – Cleveland Browns fans’ hearts are broken with...
1960 – With a goal and an assist in a win over the Blackhawks, Gordie Howe becomes the NHL’s all-time leading scorer with 947 career points. 1966 – Chicago is granted an NBA expansion franchise, its third franchise up to this point. 1966 – Bobby Hull becomes the...
1892 – The rules of basketball are first published in "Triangle Magazine," which was written by James Naismith. 1934 – New York Yankee slugger Babe Ruth, nearing the end of his career signs a one-year contract for $35,000. Which turned out to be a pay cut of $17,000....
1943 – Alex Smart of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first player in NHL history to record a hat trick in their first career game. Smart accomplished the feat in a 5-1 win over the Blackhawks. 1946 – The Boston Yanks select Notre Dame’s Frank Dancewicz with the...
1889 – First College All – American Team is selected. The team was selected by Caspar Whitney and published in “This Week Sports”. The team included Amos Alonzo Stagg from Yale and all were from the Ivy League. 1927 – Globetrotters play first game. The Lineup for the...
1951 – The Indianapolis Olympians beat the Rochester Royals 75-73 in an NBA record-setting six overtimes. Also recorded as the longest game in NBA History at 78 minutes. 1976 – A 37-year-old who made his fortune selling outdoor advertising in the 60’s and soon after...
1931 – Lucille Thomas becomes the first woman in history to purchase a baseball team. She buys the Topeka franchise in the Western League. 1934 – For a year before 1934, Major League Baseball used different balls ranging in size and weight. Finally, both the American...
1887 – Riding a penny farthing bicycle Thomas Stevens becomes the first man to cycle around the world, from San Francisco to San Francisco. Even today a journey of these proportions is a challenge, but making it back in the 1800s with a simple penny-farthing bicycle...
