Today in sports history (1959), Vince Lombardi signed a five-year contract to become the Green Bay Packers head coach. The…
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Today in sports history (1967), the American Basketball Association (ABA) began operations. The league was founded to be a direct competitor of…
Today in sports history (1936), the first Baseball Hall of Fame class was inducted. The five players selected were Babe Ruth, Ty…
Today in sports history (1924), the first Winter Olympic Games kicked off. The games, organized by the French Olympic Committee, were held…
Today in sports history (1982), the San Francisco 49ers held on to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21, in Super Bowl XVI. It…
Today in sports history (2011), the oldest rivalry in NFL history held even more at stake as the Green Bay Packers beat…
Today in sports history (1968) the NBA awarded Milwaukee and Phoenix a team each to expand the league to 14 teams.…
Today in sports history (1980), United States president Jimmy Carter set the plan for Team USA to boycott the 1980 Summer…
Today in sports history (1974) the longest win streak in college basketball history was snapped. John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins teams in the…
Today in sports history (1996), the MLB owners unanimously approved to interleague play starting in the 1997 season. Up until that point,…