Sports History 101 Podcast
1) 025 Forgotten Miracle on Ice
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 finish close to last in the nine-team field. Complet...Show More
2) 024 NBA All-Star Game
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 selection to the expansion to a full weekend of events and...Show More
3) 023 Eddie The Eagle
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 participated as the only British ski jumper in the 1...Show More
4) 022 1982 Epic in Miami
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 muggy day in the Orange Bowl but the 74,000 fans in a...Show More
5) 021 1994-95 MLB Strike
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 professional sports history (to that point) that lasted ...Show More
6) 020 Collegiate All-Americans
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 college football All-American? Not that Edgar Allan P...Show More
7) 019 Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was the precursor to the College Football Playoff and revolutionized college football when it came about. The BCS is remembered for many things, both good and bad, and fur...Show More
8) 018 Seattle SuperSonics Relocation
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 was ugly and the city still awaits their basketball...Show More
9) 017 2002 Scuderia Ferrari F1
The 2002 Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team was a dominant force. Drivers Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello drove the F2002 to perfection and ran away with nearly every race on the calendar. Thei...Show More
10) 016 Johnny Unitas
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 got his opportunity the next season with the Balt...Show More