Historically Speaking Sports

Sonic Echo: Rise, Reign and Relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

There are teams that gain success with championships and superstar players. Yet very few teams become ingrained in the culture and identity of a city....

HSS Alumni College Basketball Tournament Part II

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Which school had the best overall collection of individual talent in the history of college basketball? That is a question that have sparked barroom a...

HSS Bulletin: 2026 Final Four

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Final Four returns to Indianapolis for the ninth time with four schools arriving in the Circle City with varying degrees of pedigree but a whole l...

HSS Alumni Basketball Tournament: Part 1

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As a sports fan and more specifically a basketball fan, the month of march consists of making brackets and then after the first four days of the tourn...

Getting it Done: The Dale Brown era at LSU

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1972 and 1997 the Southeastern Conference in basketball grew in stature from just being a premier football conference. During that time of con...

HSS Olympic Hockey Bulletin

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The United States Hockey team just won its first gold medal in Men's Olympic Hockey in 46 years.Almost to the day that team USA pulled off one of the ...

HSS Black History Month Special: NBA stars from HBCUs

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Like any other pro sports league, the NBA is made up of players of different personalities, different perspectives and hale from different backgrounds...

Super Bowl Memories

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In January of 1967, it was just a game between the champions of both the American and National Football Leagues. Now here in 2026, it has become Ameri...

HSS All-Time Pro Bowl Selection Show

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

It is the NFL's version of an all-star game.The Pro Bowl, played every year the weekend before the Super Bowl, has become a glorified flag football ga...

HSS Bulletin: 2026 NFL Wildcard Weekend

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

If you are a football fan, this weekend is one of the most important weekends of the year.Along with the College Football semifinals taking place, the...

Our most memorable College Bowl games

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We are in the mist of College Bowl season and this is the time of year where legends are born, where underdogs rise, dynasties show signs of cracking ...

Road Dogs: The 1985 New England Patriots

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Before the dynasties, before the banners, before Brady, before Belichick, even before Bledsoe, there was the 1985 New England Patriots. A team built o...

Best and Worst Sports Cities

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In his episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, hosts Dana Auguster and Charles Combs discuss, and in some cases, debate on the cities tha...

History of the Bayou Classic with Tom Aiello

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are certain college football rivalries that resonate around the country. There is Michigan vs. Ohio State, Alabama vs. Auburn and Notre Dam...

HSS A Year in the League: College Football 2002

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The year was 2002. The price of gas was roughly a $1.19 a gallon, a dozen of eggs were under a dollar and the biggest hits in Hip Hop was "Getting Hot...

HSS 2025 World Series Bulletin

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a short bulletin previewing from a historical perspective the upcoming World Series. In this, the 121 edition of the fall classic, features th...

Our Top 5 Best College Football Teams

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Historically Speaking Sports co hosts Dana Auguster and Charles Combs are both natives of Louisiana and also the southern part of the United States wh...

Who Dat! The Jim Mora era New Orleans Saints

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Between the years of 1985 thru 1996, the New Orleans Saints had risen from the cellar of the NFL to become a perennial playoff team. Though they never...

One Win Away: The Panthers' and Jaguars' first two NFL seasons

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

September 3rd, 1995 was the start of the 76th season of the National Football league. The San Francisco 49ers were the defending Super Bowl champions ...

HSS Welcome Back to Football Special

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ladies and Gentlemen, football is back and not a moment too soon. In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, hosts Dana Auguster and...

Forgotten Franchises: Montreal Expos

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are teams that linger on in the memory long after they had vanished from the scene. One such team was the Brooklyn dodgers who was one if the wi...

Boxing's Four Kings Era

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

During the decade of the 1980'sz in the time between the retirement of Muhammad Ali and the rise of Mike Tyson, the sport of boxing was never more pop...

HSS MLB All-Star Selection Show

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 95th mid-summer classic, also known as the MLB All-Star game is now upon us as the best of Major League baseball converge on the city of Atlanta. ...

Our most heartbreaking losses as fans.

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are losses that can endure for a day or a week or maybe even a year. But there are losses that some fans deal with that last for years, dec...

June: The Month of Champions

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every month of the calendar is known for different things that are synonymous with that time of year. For example, the Month of December is known for ...

Jordan Era What Ifs

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this all new episode of the Historically Speaking Sports, Co Hosts Dana Auguster and Charles Combs, discuss and speculate about one of the NBA's br...

Iceman, Skywalker and the 1978 NBA Scoring Title Race

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every year no mater the sport, no matter the decade, every season has certain characteristics and highlights that sets that year apart from all others...

Introducing new HSS co-host Charles Combs

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports, we introduce new co-host Charles Combs that will join current host Dana Auguster to continue to give ...

HSS Special Bulletin: 2025 Final Four in San Antonio

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

***Special Bulletin***The Final Four is set and the four teams that are remaining the Duke Blue Devils in their 18th Final Four. they will face the Ho...

This Week in Sports History: 1991 Final Four

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first episode of a weekly episode of This Week in Sports History. In this episode among other great basketball championship games that too...

52 sports moments in 52 years

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the calendar, the Month of march always represented the start of the NCAA tournament and the stretch run of the NBA season. Yet for this particular...

America's Big Game Palace: Super Bowls in the Superdome

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Opening its doors in 1975, the Louisiana Superdome has become more than just the home of the New Orleans Saints and the yearly site of the Sugar Bowl....

HSS Super Bowl Bulletin

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In two weeks, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will play for footballs grandest prize, the Lombardi Trophy for the second time in th...

Charged Up! 1994 San Diego Chargers

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Heading into the 1994 season, the San Diego Chargers were coming off of an 8-8 season under second year head coach Bobby Ross. There was little to be ...

Next Year's Champion: The Late 60's Dallas Cowboys

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1966 and 1971, the Dallas Cowboys was one of the winningest teams in the NFL. Yet the team is best remembered for the games they lost then the...

The Secret Game: A Fast Break to Freedom with Greg de Deugd

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1944, players from the Durham Based North Carolina College for Negro, now known as North Carolina Central, took on players from Duke University in ...

HSS Historical NFL Matchups: Week 12

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome to the Week 12 edition of the Historical NFL Matchups episode here on the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast were we talk about th...

HSS Historical NFL Matchup Week 11

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The NFL Season is moving along and so are we. In this episode of the NFL Historical Matchups for Week 11, we have four games that we are highlighting....

HSS Historical NFL Matchups Week 9

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast were we bring you the best of sports from back in the day. We are heading into week 9 of the ...

HSS Historical NFL Matchups Week 8

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Week 8 of the NFL season is upon us and it is time for us to revisit and relive some of the greatest and most memorable games in the history of the Na...

HSS Historical Matchups Week 6

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the week six edition of the Historical Speaking Sports Historical Matchups episode we will take a look at three games that are on the docket for th...

HSS Historical NFL Matchups Week 5

06 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here at the Historically Speaking Sports are getting you ready for Week 5 of the NFL by looking at three games that are rematches from great games fro...

HSS Historical NFL Matchup Week 4

29 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are getting you ready for Week 4 of the NFL regular season by looking back at four games that are rematches from famous games from ...

HSS Historical NFL Matchups Week 3

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s brief NFL episode, we have three games from back in the day that are rematches in this weeks slate of games in the National Football ...

HSS Historical NFL Matchups Week 2

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another episode of the Historical NFL Matchup for Week 2 of the 2025 NFL seasons. In this short podcast episode, we will take a look a...

NFL Week 1 Historical Matchups

07 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here on the podcast we are starting a new series. Every week during the NFL season we will take a few games off the schedule that are rematches of fam...

NFL Predictions Sure to Go Wrong....And Did

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Another eagerly awaited NFL season is upon us and it seems like everyone has an opinion on who will end up in New Orleans in February competing for th...

Season of Shattered Dreams with Eric Vickrey

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On June 24, 1946, a bus carrying the Spokane Indians high in the Cascade Mountains in Washington, crashed to the bottom of a ravine, killing nine of i...

HSS Summer Olympic Special Part 2: Vive Le Paris!

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paris. The City of Light. Paris. The City of Love and the capital of fashion. Also Paris is the city of Olympic dreams this summer. Over the last two ...

HSS Summer Olympic Special Part 1: Coming to America

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a couple of weeks, the eyes of the sporting public around the world will look upon the city of Paris for the 33rd Summer Olympics. this much antici...

1984 all over again..... almost.

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The month of June is what I call the "Month of Champions".We have the College baseball and softball tournaments happening this month but also the NBA ...

Forgotten Franchises: California Golden Seals

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1967, the National Hockey League underwent major expansion, doubling the size of the league from its original six to 12 teams which inc...

New Kids on the Block: Late 80's NBA Expansion

18 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the late 1980s, NBA Commissioner David Stern looked to take full advantage of the growing popularity of his league. So on April 5, !987, the NBA an...

Last Comiskey with Ken Smoller

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When you think of classic ballparks throughout the history of Major League Baseball, Ebbets Field or Yankee Stadium or Shibe Park in Philadelphia come...

Forgotten Franchises: Kentucky Colonels

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Through the duration of the American Basketball season which spaned nine years, only two teams played every season of that league. One was the Indiana...

They Called Him "Pistol Pete"

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark may be the best college basketball player this season. This season she is without a doubt the most well known. S...

Bronco Mania with Thomas Hall

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of the many storylines heading into Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas is the opportunity of the Kansas City Chiefs to become one of the handful of NFL...

Mardi Gras on Ice: Remembering the Louisiana Ice Gators

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

During the 1990's, a sports phenomenon took hold in South Louisiana that was impressive yet unexpected. In the part of the country where football is k...

Charmed time of Charm City

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This upcoming weekend the Baltimore Ravens will host the AFC Championship game for the first time in franchise history. In fact it will be the first t...

Twenty-Four Hours of Coaching Chaos

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast we will take a look back at perhaps the most hectic week we have in sports in the last few...

To go for two or not go for two: 1984 Orange Bowl

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On January 2, 1984, top ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers entered the 50th Orange Bowl classic coached by Tom Osborne. The undefeated Huskers was looking fo...

2023 Conference Championship Weekend

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It seems like every year, when the four teams are announced that will faceoff for the biggest prize in college football, there is always one or team t...

Motor City Rebuild

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Heading into this NFL season, a number of so-called football experts were predicting that the once lowly Detroit Lions were poised to be a legitimate ...

The Man behind "The Man"

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Every NFL team from time to time has to deal with the starting quarterback going down to injury or the coach is faced with replacing the high-priced s...

Return to Football 2023: NFL predictions that will go wrong

09 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this edition of the podcast, host Dana Auguster will announce his picks on who will represent the AFC and the NFC in this years Super Bowl in Las V...

Return to Football 2023: Requiem For the Pac-12

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ladies and Gentlemen! Football is back!Heading into this college football season, most of the talk was the slow demise of the Pac-12 conference which ...

Exodus from Oakland

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The city of Oakland California has a special and unique place in sports history. The town that is in the shadow of the more popular and affluent San F...

2023 NBA Finals Special Edition: Heat vs Nuggets - A Historical Perspective

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a long and grueling NBA postseason, the two teams that remain standing are the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat. The Nuggets, a hold over from ...

The Turcottes: A Horseracing Dynasty with Curtis Stock

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week marks the 50th anniversary of Secretariat winning the Kentucky Derby. In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports' Dana Auguster talks w...

Forgotten Franchises: St. Louis Hawks

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For many NBA fans, the Hawks have always been in Atlanta. However for a dwindling number of NBA fans, they could remember a time that the Hawks were l...

"Suds Series" with Jonathan Daniel

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There was a lot more to the 1982 World Series than fans know. Not only was it between the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League and the Milwaukee...

Final Four 2023: Houston! We have seen this before!

01 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast Dana Auguster talks about the this year's final four in Houston. Some consider this Nation...

Phi Slama Jama vs Jimmy V: 40 Years Later

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It has already been 40 years since North Carolina State and Head Coach Jim Valvano pulled off one of the most memorable upsets in sports history as hi...

Bears vs Cardinals with Joe Ziemba

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episide of Historically Speaking Sports, host Dana Auguster talks with fellow Sports History Network Podcaster and author Joe Ziemba about his ne...

1973: A Year in Sports

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Historically Speaking Sports, host Dana Auguster travels down memory lane with the top down of course, to highlight and relive the ...

Black History Month Edition: Hockey Soul with Scott Kinville

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Black History Month edition of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast we will talk with Marty's Illegal Stick: A Hockey History Podc...

Author Dan Cisco of California Sports Astounding

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Longtime sports researcher and author Dan Cisco joined Dana Auguster on this episode of Historically Speaking Sports as he talked about his new book "...

Super Bowl LVII: Chiefs vs Eagles

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After a long and entertaining NFL season and post season, the two teams left standing after it was all said and done are the Kansas City Chiefs and th...

NFL Wild Card Weekend -- A Historical Perspective

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The NFL Postseason is here, more specifically the NFL wild card round of the playoffs. Host Dana Auguster will take a historical snapshot of the teams...

1982 College Bowl Season

31 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year sports fans. Whenever we close the book on one year and move on to the next one, it is always a time to reflect on the past. In this ep...

Remembering the 62nd Rose Bowl Game of 1976 with Dana Auguster UCLA vs. Ohio State - Pigskin Dispatch

24 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Historian and podcaster Dana Auguster of the Sports History Network's, Historically Speaking Sports Podcast joins us to chat about the 62nd ...

Remembering the 52nd Rose Bowl in 1966 of UCLA vs. Michigan State with Dana Auguster - Pigskin Dispatch

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Historian and podcaster Dana Auguster of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast joins us to chat about this 52nd Rose Bowl between UCLA an...

1965 AFL All-Star Game: Interview with author Erin Grayson Sapp

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are certain instances in sports where the current political climate becomes the forefront of the event. Such an occurrence took place in January...

Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) - Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thanksgiving Day, 1924. The recently-established tradition of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team hosting the Pennsylvania State Nitta...

NFL 1970: The Birth of the Modern NFL.

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The year was 1970 and the NFL/AFL became finalized and a reality as the league ballooned to 26 teams divided into two conferences with three divisions...

2022 World Series - A historical perspective with Chad Cain

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a long regular season and a grueling postseason, the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies are the last two teams remaining to claim a Wo...

MLB Postseason -- A Historical Perspective

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Its October again and that means postseason baseball his upon us. On this episode of Historically Speaking Sports host Dana Auguster breaks down the M...

The Family Business: "Mr Hockey" and Sons

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast, Host Dana Auguster sits down with Marty's Illegal Stick: A Hockey History Podcast host Sc...

Football is back!

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Football is back! In this episode of this podcast, host Dana Auguster sits down with his sports brothers from different mothers Mark Boutte and Charle...

Author Sam Zygner and the original Miami Marlins

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this weeks edition of the Historically Speaking Sports Podcast host Dana Auguster sits down with author and chairperson of the South Florida chapte...

Death on the Diamond -- The Ray Chapman Incident

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In August of 1920, the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees were in the final stretch of the regular season with both teams eying the American L...

The Team before the Dream Team

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This past week was the 30th anniversary of the US Olympic Basketball team winning the Gold Medal in Barcelona. That marked the first time NBA players ...

1914 Miracle Braves.......from worst to first.

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1914, the Boston Braves pulled off one of the biggest in-season comebacks in MLB history, erasing a 15-game deficit to win the National League penn...

The Summer Olympics in St. Louis?

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the early years of the modern Olympics, the United States wanted a chance to host the new multi sports event. They got their chance in 1904 when th...

NBA 75: Best Ever Teams

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The goal of every team in the NBA when the season starts in October is to be holding the NBA trophy in June. Over the last 75 seasons the NBA has crow...

NBA 75: A discussion Among Friends - Part 2

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Historically Speaking Sports host Dana Auguster sits down once again with Charles Combs and Mark Boutte as the continue their discussion of the NBA's ...

NBA 75: A Discussion Among Friends - Part 1

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This year the NBA is celebrating its 75th anniversary and part of its diamond anniversary basketball historians, writers and experts named the 75 grea...

The "Eighth Wonder of the World" -- The Astrodome

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Historically Speaking Sports Podcast host Dana Auguster sits down with Beth Wiedower-Jackson of the Astrodome Conservatory to talk about the cultural ...

North Carolina vs Kansas - 1957: A Three Overtime Thriller!

08 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This year's National Championship game between North Carolina and Kansas was not the first time these college baskeball bluebloods faced off for a nat...

2022 NCAA Basketball Tournament -- A historical perspective

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This years NCAA Basketball tournament have not disappointed with close game, memorable plays and of course a 15th seed beating a number 2 seed. On his...