Sports History Network Of all the championship trophies in North American sport, none has the beauty and grandeur of the Stanley Cup. In the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball, their league trophies are made new each year and while they are surely wonderful to win, they all seem to suffer from a … Read more
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball (NCAAB) tournament, known as March Madness, has a storied history that has captivated fans for over eight decades. The tournament began in 1939 with just eight teams, but it has grown into one of the biggest annual sporting events in the United States, now featuring 68 teams competing for … Read more
In professional sports, we have experienced a wide spectrum of clearly memorable nicknames. For example, in baseball, we instantly recognize nicknames like the Babe, Mick, Yogi, and Moose. Moose? Of course, that would be “Moose” Skowron who played for the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox among other teams. But what about pro … Read more
In this episode, I talk to Bob Lederer about his book – Beyond Broadway Joe: The Super Bowl TEAM That Changed Football. The reason why the word TEAM is capitilized is because Super Bowl 3 is often remembered more for “The Guarantee” of Joe Namath than the accomplishment the whole team had against the heavily … Read more
Today we have Super Bowl XXX, which was held on January 28, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, between two teams who had won four Super Bowls going into this game: the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys. If you’re looking for the full story of this 1995 season, … Read more