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Southern California in the 1960's- sun, surf, beach and of course, UCLA basketball. The Bruins go back to 1919 yet it was only during a short historic period in 1964-75 when they forged UCLA’s legacy as the NCAA’s winningest Division I men’s basketball team.
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3/12/17
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With some 1,000 miles of frozen landscape to conquer, Alaska’s annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is no ice-cream picnic. Few sporting events claim extreme weather as a fundamental racing challenge.
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3/3/17
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Hollywood released plenty of sports films over the decades but few managed to score an Oscar. Since 1929 when the annual prize gala debuted, 89 Best Picture awards were handed out and only three went to movies in the sports genre-
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2/26/17
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A decade before they were reincarnated into the Wizards, the Washington Bullets drafted the two tallest and shortest players in NBA history and paired them for a season- other than providing for a colorful sideshow, the synergies failed to raise the team's octane.
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2/19/17
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An ear-piercing, speed-thrilling, stock car pursuit is the most lucrative spectator sport in America, taking in $3 Billion a year in corporate sponsorships, more than double that of the NFL. The sport's premier governing body...
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2/12/17
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Officially called the “AFL-NFL World Championship Game”, the first Super Bowl was less super and more scrimmage.
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2/5/17
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A remote South Pacific island with a sheep population four times greater than humans has produced the world's most successful rugby union squads for over a century.
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1/29/17
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From sports, to fashion, to collectibles- the athletic shoe has seen it all. Today’s subculture craze for celebrity sneakers has spawned a lucrative reseller market below the radar of most older adults.
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1/22/17
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The NHL turns 100 this year but as we are often reminded, tradition doesn’t come easy in a world driven by dollars and cents. Of the 122 teams comprising the four majors- NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB- only 12 original franchises have survived...
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1/15/17
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Basketball’s long-range shooting stars owe their celebrity status to a sports team entrepreneur they never met and a defunct league they never played in. Though the three-point shot was adopted by the NBA in 1979, it was first introduced in 1961...
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1/8/17
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THIS WEEK
MOTOR RACING April 20, 2008- Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first ever female driver to win at an Indy car race. In 2005, the Wisconsin native was named Rookie of The Year for the Indianapolis 500 and the Indycar series after taking three pole positions. She is the most successful woman in American open-wheel racing.
FOOTBALL April 18, 1998- At the NFL draft, QB Peyton Manning is the first pick by the Indianapolis Colts. Coming out of the University of Tennessee, Manning was the school’s all-time leading passer and also held the most victories in the SEC. He would go on to win 2 Super Bowl championships- XLI with the Colts and 50 with the Broncos.
BASEBALL April 20, 1988- The Baltimore Orioles set the worst record in MLB for a season start, going 0-14. They would lose the next 7 games before finally turning a game. Manager Cal Ripken was fired after posting 0-6 and replaced by Hall of Famer, Frank Robinson. The Mid-Atlantic franchise closed out the year at 54-107.
RUNNING April 17, 1978- Bill Rodgers wins the 82nd annual Boston Marathon, crossing the finish line with a time of 2:10:13. It was the second victory for the Connecticut native who would go on to claim two more consecutive marathons in “Beantown”. The long distance running master also won the NYC Marathon 4 straight years in a row from 1976-79.
