The top international rivalry in hockey used to be Canada vs Russia. Over the past few decades, the game of hockey has grown in popularity in the United States as the NHL has continued to expand s...
It was early 2005 and NHL goaltender Dan Blackburn had a serious problem - he couldn't close his glove hand anymore. Blackburn, who was drafted 10th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft in order to be th...
The 2002 Oakland Raiders, coached by Bill Callahan, lost in the Super Bowl to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by a score of 48-21. The very next season the Raiders finished with a record of 4-12-0. T...
Imagine getting your very first start as a running back - in the Super Bowl! This is what happened to rookie Timmy Smith at Super Bowl XXII, as he was inserted into the lineup as the starting runni...
For outsiders watching, offensive linesman Kevin Hart of Fernley High School in Nevada was enjoying the best day of his life. In February of 2008, With a packed high school gymnasium and friends an...
In the very first NFL Draft, Jay Berwanger of Chicago was taken first overall by the Philadelphia Eagles. Berwanger was a halfback. In 1937 and 1938, fullbacks (Sam Francis, Corbett Davis) wer...
Is it a rivalry if one team wins 43 times in a row? There have been some long winning streaks by one team over another in the history of college football. Nebraska beat Kansas 36 times in a row...
Here's an interesting "What if" for you: What if the Seattle Seahawks had been successful in their attempt to sign Peyton Manning in 2012? In 2012, Peyton Manning had been cut by the Indianapoli...
Johnny Manziel is not one of the biggest busts in NFL draft history due to his draft capital - after all, he was taken with the #22 overall pick. Manziel, however, has to be considered one of the ...
Millions of dollars are bet on how long the Super Bowl national anthem will be every year. Internet sleuths and betting enthusiasts will spend hours poring over past national anthems to get a feel...
Did you know that President Trump once sued the NFL - and won? In 1986, Donald Trump was the owner of the New Jersey Generals, one of the franchises in the United States Football League. After ...
When the Pittsburgh Penguins entered the league in 1976, the main color scheme was dark blue, light blue and white. For the 1968-69 season, the Penguins changed their uniform so that the team's lo...
Super Bowl XII featured something that has never happened again - two players sharing the MVP award. In Super Bowl XII, the Dallas Cowboys easily bested the Denver Broncos by a score of 27-10. ...
A number of US Presidents have been outstanding athletes but President Gerald Ford stands above them all. After all, how many US Presidents are two-time national champions and turned down offers t...
In 1933, the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, Arch Ward, came up with a novel idea: What if there were an annual game between the Super Bowl champions and a college football all-star team? ...
