Sports History
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This Day In Sports History (May 22nd) — Annika Sörenstam
It was on this day in 2003 that Annika Sörenstam played in the Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. By taking part in the event, she became the first woman since Babe Zaharias in 1945 to compete against men on the PGA Tour. At the time, Sörenstam was coming off back-to-back [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 21st) – Sweden Men’s Hockey
It was on this day in 2006 that the Swedish men’s hockey team won gold at the World Hockey Championships. Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 4-0 in the championship game played in Riga, Latvia. Sweden became the first country in history to win gold at both the Olympics as well as the World Hockey Championships [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 18th) – Randy Johnson
It was on this day in 2004 that Randy Johnson became the 17th player in MLB history to pitch a perfect game. At age 40, Johnson became the oldest player to accomplish the feat. Randy Johnson would strikeout 13 Atlanta Braves batters en route to his perfect game, which took place at Atlanta’s Turner Field. [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 11th) – Willie Mays
It was on this day in 1972 that the San Francisco Giants traded 41-year-old, future Hall of Famer Willie Mays to the New York Mets. In exchange for Mays, the Giants received pitcher Charlie Williams and $50,000. Mays was well past his prime at the time of the trade. In fact, he was the oldest [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 4th) – Secretariat
It was on this day in 1973 that Secretariat won the 99th running of the Kentucky Derby. Secretariat entered the race as a 3-2 favourite and would defeat second place finisher Sham by 2 and a half lengths. Secretariat ran the race in a time of 1:59 2/5, which still stands as the fastest time [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 27th) – Nolan Ryan
It was on this day in 1983 that Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson to become the all-time leader in strikeouts. Ryan struck out his 3,509th batter to surpass the mark set by Johnson way back in 1927. Entering the 1983 season, both Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton were in striking distance of the prestigious record [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 20th) – Michael Jordan
It was on this day in 1986 that Michael Jordan set an NBA playoff record with an incredible 63 points. Jordan broke the mark that was previously held by Elgin Baylor who scored 61 points in the 1962 NBA finals. Jordan was able to play in only 18 regular season games that year due to [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 13th) — Tiger Woods
It was on this day in 1997 that Tiger Woods won his first Masters tournament, which was the first major championship of his career. Woods became the youngest golfer and first African-American to win this prestigious event. Tiger finished Day One in fourth place, three shots behind leader John Huston, but he would take the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 30th) – Sammy Sosa
It was on this day in 1992 that the Chicago White Sox traded Sammy Sosa and pitcher Ken Patterson to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for outfielder George Bell. Many believed that the White Sox got the better player in the deal, but over time they would be proven wrong. George Bell was an aging [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 29th) – Ali vs. Chuvalo
It was on this day in 1966 that Muhammad Ali took on George Chuvalo at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Ali was the current champion, however, this fight was not for the belt as boxing politics staged the fight as a “heavyweight showdown,” even though it was scheduled for the fifteen round championship [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 23rd) – Wayne Gretzky
It was on this day in 1994 that Wayne Gretzky scored his record breaking 802nd career NHL goal. Gretzky surpassed his childhood hero Gordie Howe, whose record stood for almost 15 years. In the second period of a game against the Vancouver Canucks, Gretzky received a cross-ice feed from Marty McSorley and buried it into [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 16th) – Brittanie Cecil
It was on this day in 2002 that 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil was struck in the head by a puck while attending a Columbus Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Brittanie died two days later of a torn vertebral artery, which resulted in severe clotting and swelling of the brain. It was the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 9th) – Rays and Diamondbacks
It was on this day in 1995 that Major League Baseball awarded the city of Tampa Bay and the state of Arizona with MLB teams. Tampa Bay would be known as the “Devil Rays” (now known as simply the “Rays”) while the club from Arizona would be called the “Diamondbacks.” Tampa would be placed in [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 2nd) – Wilt Chamberlain
It was on this day in 1962 that Wilt Chamberlain scored an incredible 100 points in a single NBA game. Chamberlain accomplished the feat while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks. Wilt broke five records in that game: points in a quarter with 31, points in a [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 29th) — Gordie Howe
It was on this day in 1980 that Gordie Howe became the first NHLer to ever score 800 career goals. Howe would finished his career with a total of 801 goals. That would stand as the highest career total for an NHL players until the 1993-94 season, when it was broken by Wayne Gretzky. “The [...]
