Sports History Network April 11, 1936 – The Detroit Red Wings won their first-ever Stanley Cup. The final game of the series was played at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario where Detroit went on to defeat the hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2, and take the best of five with a 3 games to 1 series victory. The … Read more
This episode of “When Football Was Football” is indeed a special one. Although it is hard to believe, “When Football Was Football” emerged nearly two years ago on the Sports History Network. As such, the program that you are about to hear is the 50th edition in our efforts to share some unusual stories about … Read more
Once it was the iconic symbol of Houston. Dubbed “The Eighth Wonder of the World”, the Astrodome was beyond state of the art of the Mid-1960s –it was “space-age” in America’s space city. For sports fans of a certain age, the Houston Astrodome was a symbol of a certain era of sports where AstroTurf and … Read more
April 10, 1947 – Major Historic Sports Event Here! Jackie Robinson, famously put his name in ink in front of Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to officially and bravely break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Of course, there was a minor transaction of the Dodgers buying out the contract of Mr. Robinson … Read more
April 9, 1912 – The legendary Fenway Park has what many consider the first somewhat competitive baseball game ever played in it. The Red Sox played the team from Harvard University in an exhibition game as only part of the grandstands were open to the public. The Big Green Monster, the left-field wall in its original … Read more