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Scores On This Historic Day: November 19, 1966, Michigan State vs. Notre...
Ara Parseghian (left) and Duffy DaughertyNovember 19, 1966: One of college football's occasional "Games of the Century" is played, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.Michigan State...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 19, 1969, Pelé's 1,000th Goal
November 19, 1969: Pelé scores the 1,000th goal of his professional soccer career, the greatest career that any player has ever had.Edson Arantes do Nascimento grew up in Bauru, in the Brazilian State...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 19, 1978, The Miracle at the Meadowlands
November 19, 1978: What may just be the all-time National Football League blooper occurs. In the Delaware Valley -- Eastern Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Northern Delaware -- it is known as the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 19, 1986, The Mafia Commission Trial...
Yes, kids, that young guy at the top is Rudy Giuliani.Bottom row, left to right: John Savarese, Michael Chertoff and Gil Childers.November 19, 1986: A verdict is handed down in Federal Court in New...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 20, 1960, Chuck Bednarik Knocks Frank...
November 20, 1960: The New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles, arch-rivals since the Eagles' founding in 1933, play at Yankee Stadium. The winner was probably going to win the NFL's Eastern...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 20, 1966, Cabaret Premieres
November 20, 1966: The musical Cabaret premieres, at the Broadhurst Theatre in Manhattan. It is based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera, which was based on Christopher Isherwood's novel...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 20, 1982, Cal Beats Stanford with The Play
November 20, 1982: The University of California and Stanford University play their annual rivalry, known simply as "The Big Game." It becomes the most talked-about game in the history of what's now...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 20, 1983, The Day After Airs On ABC
November 20, 1983:The Day After airs on ABC. With over 100 million people watching, a 46 rating and a 62 share, it remains the most-watched made-for-television movie in American history.It aired when...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 21, 1980, Dallas Reveals Who Shot J.R.
November 21, 1980: The CBS nighttime soap opera Dallas airs the episode "Who Done It," answering the question that had been on everyone's mind for 8 months: "Who shot J.R.?"Dallas had premiered on...
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FoHow to Be a Devils Fan In Nashville -- 2021-22 Edition
During the 1995 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as the Devils were advancing to a 1st title, there was a rumor that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was going to allow the Devils to be bought by a group trying to...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 22, 2003, The Heritage Classic...
Left to right: Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur and Mark MessierNovember 22, 2003: For the 1st time, the National Hockey League plays a regular-season game outdoors. It is called the Heritage Classic.It...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 22, 2012, The Butt Fumble
November 22, 2012: The New York Jets have had many embarrassing moments in their history. Most of them have unfolded before a local audience. Butt... this one happened in front of a national audience,...
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How to Be a New York Basketball Fan In Atlanta -- 2021-22 Edition
The New York Knicks visit the Atlanta Hawks this coming Saturday, November 27; and again on January 15, 2022. The Brooklyn Nets do so on December 10 and April 2.Knicks vs. Hawks isn't much of a...
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How to Be a New York Football Fan In Houston -- 2021 Edition
The New York Jets are a bad football this year. So are the Houston Texans. They will play each other this coming Sunday, in Houston. A tie is possible, but they can't both lose, can they?Before You Go....
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 24, 1971, The D.B. Cooper Hijacking
November 24, 1971, 50 years ago: The legend of D.B. Cooper begins. Like Jack the Ripper, he was a mysterious figure who committed a shocking crime -- although, in his case, he didn't kill anybody --...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 24, 1973, The Ohio-State Michigan Tie
Glenn Edward Schembechler Jr. (left) and Wayne Woodrow HayesNovember 24, 1973: The football teams of Ohio State University and the University of Michigan play each other at Michigan Stadium in Ann...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 24, 1983, Sesame Street Says Goodbye to...
November 24, 1983:Sesame Street airs its best-remembered episode, perhaps its most important, and certainly its saddest.William Lee (no middle name) was born on August 6, 1908 in Brooklyn. He was a...
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Happy Thanksgiving from Uncle Mike
Happy Thanksgiving. We've been through a lot these last few years, and that's above and beyond sports. We deserve better. May today, the holiday season now beginning, and life in general be better.*I...
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November 25, 1971: Nebraska vs. Oklahoma, "The Game of the Century"
Number 20: Johnny RodgersNovember 25, 1971, 50 years ago: One of college football's occasional "Games of the Century" is played.They seemed to be coming every year. 1966 saw Michigan State vs. Notre...
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Scores On This Historic Day: November 26, 1942, Casablanca Premieres
November 26, 1942:Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theatre -- not in the Hollywood section, or any other section, of Los Angeles, but in New York. It is the greatest movie of all time.No, Gone...
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