Sports History Network There are a couple of historic firsts in sports that occurred on this date. April 12, 1858 – Was the day that the very first billiards champion in the United States was crowned. Michael J. Phelan won the pool title on the felt top tables of Detroit, Michigan. Phelan was an Irish-born American billiards player, manufacturer, … Read more
This episode of Pro Football in the 1970s is dedicated to the late Frank Reading, who sadly passed away just before Super Bowl LVI. May he rest in God’s eternal peace. To say that the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers had a quality offseason is an extreme understatement. Well, their front office management and coaching staff certainly … Read more
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