Tag: Sports History

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 (1992), Bill Cowher was hired to become just the second coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers since the AFL/NFL ...

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, ...

Today in sports history, the Cleveland Browns were hit with one of the most unlucky plays of all time. The play ...

Today in sports history, one of the most storied franchises in NBA history got its start. In 1966, the NBA granted ...

Today in sports history, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I. With a 35-10 drubbing ...

Today in sports history (1968), the Green Bay Packers took down the Oakland Raiders en route to their second consecutive Super ...

Today in sports history (1999), arguably the greatest NBA player of all time decided to hang it up again. This was ...