Sports History 101
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
025 Forgotten Miracle on Ice
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 1960 USA Men's Hockey team was a talented group of amateurs that were completely underrated at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics and expected to fi...
024 NBA All-Star Game
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first NBA All-Star game was in 1951 and it has been a spectacle from the beginning. The game has seen multiple iterations from the player selectio...
023 Eddie The Eagle
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eddie The Eagle was the first and most memorable British ski jumper that has ever competed in the Olympics, mostly because Brits don't ski jump. He pa...
022 1982 Epic in Miami
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Epic in Miami was an AFC Divisional playoff game played between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins on January 2, 1982. It was a hot and mug...
021 1994-95 MLB Strike
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The players and owners relationship in MLB has always been rough and it reached its peak in the 1994 season causing the longest labor strike in profes...
020 Collegiate All-Americans
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All-American teams have been around for over 130 years and more teams seem to keep popping up every year. Did you know that Edgar Allan Poe was an col...
019 Bowl Championship Series
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Bowl Championship Series was the precursor to the College Football Playoff and revolutionized college football when it came about. The BCS is reme...
018 Seattle SuperSonics Relocation
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Seattle SuperSonics were a storied NBA franchise but in 2008, they were moved to Oklahoma City when a new ownership group took over. The process w...
017 2002 Scuderia Ferrari F1
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 2002 Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team was a dominant force. Drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello drove the F2002 to perfection and ran...
016 Johnny Unitas
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Unitas was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and drafted by the Steelers out of Louisville in 1955. He was cut without ever getting a chance but...
015 MLB Franchise Valuations
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1910s it would cost you $585,000 to buy a Major League Baseball franchise. In the 2010s, it would cost you over $1 billion. The value that is p...
014 Miracle Mets
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Metropolitans were the laughing stock of MLB in the 1960s. In 1962, their first season of play, the team set a modern record with 120 los...
013 Brandi Chastain
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brandi Chastain was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team and is responsible for one of the most iconic moments in U.S. sports history. Tied 0-0 ...
012 Promotion & Relegation
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The promotion and relegation system has been used in English soccer for over 130 years to great success. The English football system has built a pyram...
011 Hartford Whalers
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Hartford Whalers started in Boston before moving to Connecticut and remaining a part of the NHL until 1997. The Whalers had some success on the ic...
010 Slammin' Sam Snead
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slammin' Sam Snead was a country boy from Virginia who had the smoothest swing on the PGA Tour and could hit the ball a mile for decades. Snead not on...
009 Continental Basketball Association
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Continental Basketball Association started in 1946, the same year as the NBA, and brought basketball to small town USA all throughout the country....
008 1995 Nebraska Football
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
College football in the 1990s could not be written without the unbelievable success that the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team had during that era. T...
007 Nancy Lopez
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Lopez took the LPGA by storm as a rookie in 1978 and quickly became the face of women’s golf with her dominant play and fantastic personality....
006 Jack Buck
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Buck was the voice of the St. Louis Cardinals for decades and is one of the most recognizable broadcasters in the history of baseball. Hear about...
005 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Jack Ramsay led 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers team played some of the most beautiful basketball that has graced the hardwood. Bill Walton was the...
004 The Ryan Express
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Ryan or "The Ryan Express" is a hall of fame pitcher and the strikeout king of MLB. His 27-year career is unparalleled on many accounts and the ...
003 All-America Football Conference
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is the All-America Football Conference? The AAFC was the first competition for the NFL and put up a good fight in the 1940s, bringing new innovat...
002 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Arizona Diamondbacks were the up and coming team in 2001, just four years into their existence in Major League Baseball. The team had a great one-...
001 Herschel Walker
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hear about the life and times of one of the greatest athletes to ever step onto a football field, Herschel Walker.