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December 30, 1973
On this day in 1973, the Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game. The Vikings would lose to the Miami Dolphins in the Super Bowl, 1 of their big game 4 losses.
December 29, 1969
On this day in 1969, the NY Times reported that Curt Flood would sue baseball & challenge the reserve clause, ultimately creating free agency as we know it.
December 28, 2008
On this day in 2008, the Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the Green Bay Packers The first time in National Football League history that a team went winless in a 16-game season.
December 27, 1953
On this day in 1953, the Detroit Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns by a score of 17-16 in the NFL Championship game Dec. 27, 1953. On the game-winning drive, quarterback Jim Doran hit Bobby Layne for two crucial pass completions, the last a 33-yard touchdown ...
December 27, 1908
On this day in 1908, Texas boxer "Galveston Jack" Johnson knocked out Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia, to become the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight title.
December 26, 1960
On this day in 1960, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Green Bay Packers 17-13 to win the NFL championship. Ted Dean scored a touchdown in the final quarter to provide the Eagles with the winning margin. This was the only playoff game that Vince Lombardi ...
December 25, 2004
On this day in 2004, the NBA on Christmas Day was taken to a whole new level. The Miami Heat visited the Los Angeles Lakers in a game that had more hype than regular season NBA game in recent memory. Shaquille O'Neal had been traded from the Lakers to the ...
December 24, 1950
On this day in 1950, the Cleveland Browns won their first NFL title. Nearly 30,000 people went berserk when the final horn sounded on the 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. The Browns scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, including Lou Groza's ...
December 23, 1972
It was on this day in 1972 that the “Immaculate Reception” was made by Steelers running back Franco Harris. The play occurred when the Steelers faced a fourth-and-10 from their own 40-yard line with 22 seconds remaining, no time-outs and trailing 7-6. ...
Brown Dynasty
On this day in 1946, the Cleveland Browns defeated the New York Yankees 14-9 to win the first All-America Football Conference championship. The Browns would win the AAFC title from 1946 through 1949. After the league folded and they moved to the NFL, the Browns ...
December 21, 1891
On this day in 1891, the first basketball game was played at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts. James Naismith invented the game during his tenure as a physical education instructor at the YMCA. There were a total of 18 students that participated in the ...
Fast Skating
Since 1998, when the "clap" skate was officially approved for Olympic competition, speed skating records have been regularly broken. The new skate was a technological breakthrough in which the blade actually detaches from the heel of the skate, allowing it ...
NHL Begins
On this day in 1917, the National Hockey League started play in its first official season. Contrary to what many think, the teams we now know as the Original Six were not the teams that started in the NHL in 1917. Only the Montreal Canadiens were in the league ...
Unofficial Super Bowl
At the end of the 1932 NFL season, the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans finished tied atop the standings. The Bears were 6-1-6, the Spartans were 6-1-4. To resolve the tie and crown an NFL champion, a playoff game was staged in Chicago Dec. 18, 1932. ...
20 Catches
On this day in 2000, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Terrell Owens made a remarkable 20 catches in one game. The reception total set a new league record. Owens 20 catches went for 283 yards in the game. He had one touchdown catch as the 49ers defeated the ...
Shooting the Moon
Warren Moon of the Houston Oilers went bonkers with a passing game of 527 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs Dec. 16, 1990. Moon's final stat line for the game was 27-for-45 and 527 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
Playing Low Ball
The Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Temple Owls in a basketball game Dec. 15, 1973. It was the championship game of the Volunteer Classic won by Tennessee by a score of just 11-6.
700 Club
On this day in 1997, Mike Gartner made history by becoming just the fifth NHL player to score 700 goals. Gartner was playing with the Phoenix Coyotes at the time and scored his milestone goal against the Detroit Red Wings. He joined Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, ...
Trading 42
On this day in 1956, the Brooklyn Dodgers traded Jackie Robinson to the New York Giants. Robinson was a pioneering player and was the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. Robinson had a strong career with the Dodgers but was getting up there ...
On the Bounce
Until Dec. 12, 1930, a Major League Baseball player could hit a ball over the outfield wall on a bounce and it still counted as a home run. A fair batted ball had to hit the ground and then go over the wall after just one bounce. MLB changed the rule as more ...
Where Have You Gone
It was on this day in 1951 that Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from baseball. The “Yankee Clipper” was 37-years-old when he made the announcement. DiMaggio played all 13 years of his prolific career with the New York Yankees, made the All-Star game ...
Jordan vs. Pippen
On this day in 2002, for the first and only times in their careers, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen play against each other in an NBA game. Jordan, on comeback tour No. 2, was suiting up for the Washington Wizards while Pippen was playing for the Portland ...
Ice Bowl
On this day in 1934, the New York Giants defeated the Chicago Bears to win the NFL title. The Giants were trailing at halftime when head coach Steve Owen had his team take off their cleats and put on their basketball shoes so that they could perform better ...
December 8, 1998
On this day in 1998, the first female ice hockey game in Olympic history was played. Finland beat Sweden 6-0. To our knowledge, no teeth were lost in the game.
No Mas
On this day in 1989, Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran stepped in the ring against each other for the third and last time. The two fought in the early 1980s and split each match. Duran famously quit in the eighth round of the second bout, exclaiming, "No ...