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This Week in Sports History: July 18, 1922. Thank you, Toughie!

When I was a kid I am fairly certain I would have given away all my worldly possessions to snag a foul ball at a baseball game.  I even would have given up my lefty softball glove, my Garbage Pail Kids trading cards or all my Transformers for that scuffed, dirtied orb of greatness.  ToContinue reading “This Week in Sports History: July 18, 1922. Thank you, Toughie!”

GOAL!!!! The EuroCup Final Has Set Up a Fun, In-House Rivalry.

All over the world, soccer is immensely popular.  In fact, it is the most popular sport worldwide.  This is a hard fact for Americans to swallow when we have the greatest sporting event of them all; Super Bowl Sunday.   I will admit; soccer is not in my top five of favorite sports.  I couldContinue reading “GOAL!!!! The EuroCup Final Has Set Up a Fun, In-House Rivalry.”

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

Happy July 1st, dear readers.  For our northern friends today is Canada Day; on this date in 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain and a federation of four provinces: Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Ontario; and Quebec.  Canada Day is like our own Independence Day coming up in a few days.  July 1stContinue reading “Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!”

This Week in Sports History June 27, 1891: Ireland’s Greatest and Most Tragic Tennis Player

On June 27, 1891, Irish woman Mabel Cahill beat defending champion Ellen Roosevelt 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 for the United States Women’s Tennis National Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.   Mabel became the first foreign woman to win a major tournament with her victory.  If you are wondering, Ellen Roosevelt was a cousin ofContinue reading “This Week in Sports History June 27, 1891: Ireland’s Greatest and Most Tragic Tennis Player”

This Week in Sports History: June 17, 1962

On June 17, 1962, at the U.S. Open Men’s Golf Championship, Jack Nicklaus won his first major title by three strokes in an 18-hole playoff with Arnold Palmer. He would go on to become one of the greatest golfers of all time, winning 117 professional tournaments in his career, and a record eighteen major championships.    I’m in a Continue reading “This Week in Sports History: June 17, 1962”

This Week in Sports History: June 3, 1972

This week, the 125th French Open has begun with the rounds of one and two being played.  As a kid, I was an avid tennis fan in the era of Steffi Graf, Monica Seles and Gabriella Sabatini and tried to emulate Seles’ two-handed stroke unsuccessfully.  I also attempted to copy Graf’s powerful forehand and Sabatini’sContinue reading “This Week in Sports History: June 3, 1972”

This Week in Sports: May 27, 1904

There are many words to describe me, but fast has never been one of those words.  I was always the kid plodding along while being forced to run the mile in high school gym class, the kid who could hit singles consistently in softball but never legged out doubles or triples and the adult whoContinue reading “This Week in Sports: May 27, 1904”

This Week in Sports History: May 20, 1946

Can you imagine not making a single error over the course of five years in any discipline?  For example, never forgetting to buy something you needed at the grocery store for five years, never making a spelling error in any email over five years or never spilling a cup of coffee any morning during theContinue reading “This Week in Sports History: May 20, 1946”

This Week in Sports History: May 10, 1870

On May 10th in 1870, in Kennerville, Louisiana, a thirty-nine-year-old British man named Jem Mace became the first heavyweight world champion of boxing. He was the reigning British champion and he defeated Tom Allen who was the reigning American champion. Jem Mace was ten years older and more than ten pounds lighter than Tom Allen.Continue reading “This Week in Sports History: May 10, 1870”