From the original Ancient Grecian olympics to last year’s Super Bowl, sports have been around for millenia. Today’s public, however, often don’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. November 12, 1972: Richard Petty […]
Category: This Week in Sports History
This week in sport’s history, Nov. 6, 2018
November 6, 1861: The Inventor of Basketball is Born James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is born in Almonte, Mississippi Mills, Canada. Naismith invented the game at the young age of 30 while trying to come up with a new game at the Springfield YMCA and wrote the original basketball rule book. November 7, […]
This Week in Sports History, Oct. 30, 2018
Oct. 30, 1945 Wesley Branch Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract with the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers League affiliate at the time. Robinson became the league’s batting champion and led the Royals to a league championship. He would later become the 1947 MLB Rookie of the Year and the First African […]
This Week in Sports History, Oct. 23, 2018
From the original Ancient Grecian olympics to last year’s Super Bowl, sports have been around for millenia. Today’s public, however, often don’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. Oct. 23, 1968: American swimmer […]
This Week in Sports History, Oct. 16, 2018
From the original Ancient Grecian olympics to last year’s Super Bowl, sports have been around for millenia. Today’s public, however, often don’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. Oct. 16, 1916 Los Angeles […]