Sports History Network March 21, 1941 – Abe Simon stepped in the ring with Heavy Weight Champion Joe Louis at Detroit, Michigan’s Olympia Stadium. The two men fought hard in the battle for 12 rounds. In the 13th stanza, though it was the Champ, Louis knocks out his challenger to the cheers of the Motor City crowd. It was the fifteenth … Read more
All throughout the 1973 NFL season, pro football’s offensive strategy revolved around the running game, regardless of what team you talked about. Two of the best running teams in the league found themselves as competitors in Super Bowl VIII on January 13, 1974, at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas. Both the Miami Dolphins and the … Read more
March 20, 1934 – Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest female all-around athletes of all time, pitched a hitless inning for the Philadelphia Athletics MLB team in their season exhibition game versus the Brooklyn Dodgers. Miss Didrikson, who hails from the state of Texas walked the lead hitter, Danny Taylor on a called ball … Read more
One of the most fantastic five minutes in sports history occurred in a flurry in the closing games of the 1937-38 NHL season. Two teams in the NHL’s fast-paced game took that to a whole new level when the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans combined to score 8 goals in just under 5 … Read more
On March 18, 1892, the governor-general of Canada, a certain man named Fredrick Arthur, donated a silver cup trophy to the most outstanding Canadian hockey team. Arthur’s official title was the Lord Stanley of Preston and he presented it to the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association after their win in a playoff tournament. Soon thereafter it … Read more