March 12 Andrew Watson Becomes the First Black International Football Player On March 12, 1881, Andrew Watson made his Scotland debut as the world’s first black international football player and captain. He signed with the Queen’s Park F.C., Britain’s  largest football team, at the time. He led the team to several Scottish Cup victories, becoming […]

February 26 Babe Ruth Released From New York Yankees After playing for the New York Yankees for 15 seasons, the team released Babe Ruth on Feb. 26, 1935. He proceeded to sign a contract with the Boston Braves as Vice President, assistant manager and active player. His career with the Braves was short and ended […]

February 19 Team USA trashes their rooms at 1998 Winter Olympics (1998) US Olympic hockey team destroyed their rooms at the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan after their upsetting loss to the Czechs in the first round. Since 1998 was the first year for the NHL to allow its players to compete in the Olympics, […]

February 11 First U.S. Bicycle Club Forms (1878) The Boston Bicycle Club was the first US bicycle club to form in dedication to the sport in Boston at 53 Union Park. Their first race then took place on May 24th, 1878 in Beacon Park (now known as Beacon Park Freight Yard) with a winner from […]

February 6 NFL rule requires completing a college degree (1926) The NCAA altered an NFL rule, allowing students to be drafted only after they had finished undergraduate education at a college or university. According to Raymond Schmidt, the author of Shaping College Football, the NCAA Resolution of 1925 explained that the growing popularity of football […]

January 29 First players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1936) The first Hall of Fame class for baseball was composed of center-fielder for the Detroit Tigers, Ty Cobb; pitcher for the Washington Senators (now the Minnesota Twins), Walter Johnson; pitcher for the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants), Christy Mathewson; right-fielder […]

From the original Ancient Grecian Olympics to last year’s Super Bowl, sports have been around for millennia. Today’s public, however, often doesn’t know the history of some of the nation’s favorite sports. Here you can find some relevant, monumental and inspiring games that have changed the future of sports forever.   January 22 National Association […]

Jan. 15, 1892 – Basketball rules first published in Triangle Magazine. Written by James Naismith, the rules and n means of playing the game differ from those of today. For example, a player could not run with the ball, they had to throw it from where they caught it unless they were intending to dunk. […]

From the original Ancient Grecian olympics to last year’s Super Bowl, sports have been around for millenia. Today’s public, however, often doesn’t know the history of some of the nation’s favorite sports. Here you can find some relevant, monumental and inspiring games that have changed the future of sports forever. Jan. 8, 1993 Michael Jordan […]

November 27th 1870: Baseball is labelled “The National Game” by The New York Times. It is recorded that the first baseball game in the U.S. took place in 1846. It only took a short 24 years for baseball to become so popular that is labelled “The National Game”. It’s no surprise that America’s pastime is […]