Sports History Network August 15, 1971 – It wasn’t exactly the easiest and most rewarding way to win a title but sometimes through discouraging times a bright spot occurs. Formula 1 racer Jackie Stewart wrecked his car on lap 36 at the Austrian Grand Prix at Österreichring. French Tyrrell driver François Cevert won the race, however, Stewart had enough … Read more
August 14, 1936 – If I gave you a final sports score of 19-8 what game would you first assume was played? Football? Perhaps baseball? Well, how about Olympic Men’s Basketball? If you guessed hoops then you would be correct. The United States beats Canada, 19-8 to win the gold medal in the inaugural men’s basketball … Read more
August 13, 1910 – A mirror image on the baseball diamond? The Brooklyn Superbas and the Pittsburgh Pirates played “the game of perfect symmetry” in baseball. They were pretty evenly matched that day, I mean really neck and neck. The NL opponents reached an 8-8 tie, as both had 8 runs, 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, … Read more
August 12, 1948 – This really had to be a fun game to witness. Amazingly the Cleveland Indians produced 29 hits in a 9-inning game in the second contest of the day against the St. Louis Browns. After the Tribe dropped the first of the twin bill 8-4 to St. Louis they came roaring back in game two … Read more
August 11, 1984 – World-class sprinter Carl Lewis earned the title of the fastest man on the planet, He repeated what Jesse Owens had accomplished almost 50 years earlier in 1936, by winning a fourth Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay team. That relay team set a world record of 37.83 … Read more