Sports History Network May 4, 1969 – The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first official baseball game. In the contest, they produced a victory against the Great Western Base Ball Club, by the very interesting score of 45-9. According to a story on Cincinnati.com, the Cincinnati Reds baseball franchise officially started its existence on March 15, 1869. The original moniker … Read more
May 3, 1910 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association or as we know it, the NCAA. The IAAUS organization was originally formed in 1906, shortly after President Theodore Roosevelt summoned college football rules makers to the White House to tame the game. At the organization’s fifth annual conference, IAAUS was renamed … Read more
Fresh off a Super Bowl appearance, many predicted the 1970 Vikings would be back in the big game. But Minnesota lost its starting quarterback, Joe Kapp, in a contract dispute, and what turned out to be a great season ended disappointingly. The Minnesota Vikings lost to the Kansas City Chiefs 23–7 in Super Bowl IV, … Read more
May 2, 1920 – It may not have been as appreciated as it should have at the time, but this was a pretty epic moment in sports history. The first game of the National Negro Baseball League was played in Indianapolis. The association included teams from St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Dayton, as well … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXXV, which was held on January 28, 2001, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida between the first-time AFC champion Baltimore Ravens and the three-time NFC champion New York Giants. As always, we have a pop quiz, and then homework at the end of the episode. The pop quiz question … Read more
