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February 1, 2015: Pete Carroll Calls a Pass
February 1, 2015, 10 years ago: Super Bowl XLIX is played at University of Phoenix Stadium -- now named State Farm Stadium -- in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. Over 114 million viewers tuned...
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Finals Appearances By Cities, 1903-2025
Previously, I have included only the big four: The World Series, starting in 1903; the NFL Championship Game, 1932-1965, and the Super Bowl, starting in 1967, but not the Championship Games of the AFL...
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Fay Vincent, 1938-2025
Baseball has had 10 Commissioners. Four of them -- Albert "Happy" Chandler, Peter Ueberroth, Bart Giamatti and Francis "Fay" Vincent -- were decent men who acted as if they loved the game. One, Kenesaw...
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Why the Eagles?
I'm from East Brunswick, New Jersey. The house where I grew up is 48 miles from Yankee Stadium, across the street from the site of the old Yankee Stadium, home of the NFL's New York Giants from 1956 to...
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What Is a "Dynasty," In Sports?
The official 1990-91 record book for the NHL, published at the start of the season, had a special section on "dynasties." They defined "dynasty" as follows: 3 straight Stanley Cups, or 4 out of 5, or,...
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February 9, 1825: The Corrupt Bargain
Left to right: Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, Andrew JacksonOctober 26, 1824: Andrew Jackson finishes 1st in the Presidential election, both in the popular vote and in the Electoral Vote. But he...
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Last Titles Won By Cities, as of Super Bowl LIX
The Philadelphia Eagles are World Champions. They beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. It had been 34-0, before the Chiefs mounted a comeback...
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February 11, 1945: The Yalta Conference
February 11, 1945, 80 years ago: The Yalta Conference concludes, after 7 days of meetings between American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier...
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February 12, 1955: The 1st American "Advisors" Are Sent to Vietnam
February 12, 1955, 70 years ago: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 1st U.S. "advisors" to South Vietnam. This comes 9 months after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu saw the Communist Viet Minh defeat...
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February 15, 1985: "The Breakfast Club" Premieres
Top: Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez.Middle: Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall.Bottom: Molly Ringwald.February 15, 1985, 40 years ago: The Breakfast Club premieres in theaters.According to the film,...
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February 16, 2005: The NHL Season Is Canceled
February 16, 2005, 10 years ago: National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman cancels the 2004-05 season. In so doing, he becomes the 1st boss of any of North America's "Big Four" major sports...
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February 21, 1965: Malcolm X Is Assassinated
February 21, 1965, 60 years ago: Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City. He was 39 years old -- the same age at which his competitor for the hearts and minds of black Americans, Martin Luther King...
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February 23, 1945: The Flag Raising On Iwo Jima
February 23, 1945: Six U.S. Marines raise a flag at the peak of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the formerly Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima. It is photographed by Joe Rosenthal, and becomes the...
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Al Trautwig, 1956-2025
The men and women who broadcast our sporting events become indelible parts of our lives, even more so than the ones who play them, because they can last longer, and in multiple sports. Al Trautwig was...
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February 25, 1950: Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" Premieres
February 25, 1950: Your Show of Shows premieres on NBC. It is a 90-minute variety show, specializing in sketch comedy, hosted by Sid Caesar. It may have been the funniest show that the young medium of...
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February 25, 2000: The Murderers of Amadou Diallo Are Acquitted
February 25, 2000, 25 years ago: Four New York police officers are acquitted of the charge of second-degree murder.It was a disgraceful miscarriage of justice.In 1996, Amadou Diallo, a native of the...
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March 1, 1945: FDR's Last Speech
March 1, 1945, 80 years ago: President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a Joint Session of Congress, at the Capitol Building in Washington.Just 18 days earlier, he had concluded the Yalta Conference,...
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March 1, 1965: The Moynihan Report
March 1, 1965, 60 years ago: The Moynihan Report is released, although that is not its title, and the name "Moynihan" doesn't appear anywhere on it. That's the name that it got, because some people...
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March 3, 1875: The Premiere of "Carmen"& The 1st Indoor Hockey Game
Georges BizetMarch 3, 1875, 150 years ago: Carmen, an opera by French composer Georges Bizet, premieres, at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. It is based on the 1845 novella of the same title, by French...
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March 4, 1825: The Inauguration of John Quincy Adams
March 4, 1825, 200 years ago: John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, is Inaugurated as the 6th President of the United States, in the House of Representatives...
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March 4, 1925: The Inauguration of Calvin Coolidge
March 4, 1925, 100 years ago: Calvin Coolidge, who became the 30th President of the United States upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923, and won a full term of his own in 1924, is sworn in as...
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March 5, 1875: The Brief Return of Andrew Johnson
March 5, 1875, 150 years ago: Andrew Johnson is sworn in as a member of the U.S. Senate. Just 7 years earlier, the Senate had tried to ensure that he never held public office in America again.Andrew...
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March 6, 1945: Harry O'Neill is Killed in Action
March 6, 1945, 80 years ago: Harry O'Neill is killed in action in World War II. He was 1 of 2 Major League Baseball players lost in "The Big One."Harry Mink O'Neill was born on May 8, 1917 in...
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March 7, 1965: Bloody Sunday in Selma & U.S. Soccer's Great Missed Opportunity
March 7, 1965, 60 years ago: Selma, Alabama becomes a flashpoint in the Civil Rights Movement. A crowd estimated at 600 people were determined to march from Selma to the State capital of Montgomery, 54...
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March 8, 1945: Jack Lummus Is Killed In Action
March 8, 1945, 80 years ago: Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Lummus Jr., U.S. Marine Corps, is killed in action on Iwo Jima at the age of 29. His last words were, "Well, Doc, the New York Giants lost a...
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