Did you know that the Seattle Seahawks were almost the "Seattle Kings"? Seattle had been pining for a professional football team since the late 1950s. In 1969, businessman Wayne Field formally t...
A total of 10 teams - including the 2020 Los Angeles Clippers and 1985 Los Angeles Lakers - have managed to crack 150 points in a single NBA playoff game. A couple of those teams needed overtime t...
Another unbreakable record? Most likely. On April 5th, 1967, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers pulled down a record-breaking 41 rebounds in an Eastern Division Finals game against the Bos...
Stephen A. Smith recently stated that Deion Sanders is the greatest athlete in the history of the NFL. It's a reasonable argument - after all, Sanders was a two-sport athlete who was one of the gr...
The city of Atlanta is often mentioned as a potential expansion location for the NHL. This comes despite the fact that TWO NHL franchises have folded in Atlanta over the past 50+ years. I gues...
Rasheed Wallace sits at third place on the all-time technical foul list, as he was teed up a total of 317 times over his career. Only Karl Malone (332) and Charles Barkley (329) finished their car...
Who is the only player to ever win the NBA Finals MVP award on a losing team? It wasn't Michael Jordan, as MJ never lost when the Bulls made it to the finals. It wasn't LeBron James. It was...
It was the summer of 1991 and a 30 year-old Wayne Gretzky was still in his prime. The "Great One" was coming off of a phenomenal season with the Los Angeles Kings, as he put up 41 goals and 122 as...
During the 1912 season, Rube Marquard did something that has still never been topped - he won his first 19 starts of the season. In 1937 and 1969, Johnny Allen and Dave McNally won 15 straight gam...
There are three times in the modern era who have won thirteen straight games to start the regular season. They are: 2023 Tampa Bay Rays 1982 Atlanta Braves 1987 Milwaukee Brewers The 1987 Milw...
In this day and age, a starting pitcher is lucky if he gets 30 starts in a season. In 1884, Old Hoss Radbourn appeared in 75 games and won 60 of them. Talk about an unbeatable record. In 1...
It was opening day at Griffith Stadium on April 13th, 1926, as the Washington Senators hosted the Philadelphia Athletics. Despite being 38 years old and nearing the end of his storied career, Walt...
Toby Harrah enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a Major League Baseball player. Harrah, who played shortstop for teams including the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians, was a 4x All-Star. ...
June 23rd, 1971 certainly didn't feel like a special day for Rick Wise when he got out of bed in the morning. Wise was battling the flu and still didn't feel well. The 25 year-old pitcher was not ...
Joel Youngblood had a very decent career in the major leagues. Youngblood, who made the All-Star game in 1981, played for 14 years and won a World Series title in 1976. Youngblood also has a p...
