The Dodgers filing for bankruptcy in 2011 felt unthinkable. One of baseball's crown jewels, stuck in the kind of financial hole that smaller-market teams usually stumble into. Yet the collapse was tie...
George Steinbrenner did not outbid the world for the Yankees. He out-structured it. The price tag was $10 million in January 1973, a number that looked big on a headline but small on a balance sheet o...
In 1979, Jerry Buss closed one of the most legendary deals in sports history. He bought the Los Angeles Lakers, the NHL's Kings, the Forum, and a massive California ranch. The purchase price was $67.5...
The NFL was a different league before overtime. Regular season games could and often did end in ties. No sudden death, no extra period, just the scoreboard frozen and both teams heading home with unfi...
When the NFL first kicked off in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, a touchdown was not worth six points. It was worth four. That's right - scoring the most iconic play in footbal...
Brett Favre barely made a dent in Atlanta. Drafted in the second round in 1991, Favre spent most of his rookie year stapled to the bench. Head coach Jerry Glanville openly disliked the pick. He once j...
Seventeen straight games. That was the number Lenny Moore hit when he found the end zone in every contest he played between 1963 and 1965. A running back with wide receiver speed, Moore built his repu...
Paul McFadden entered the NFL in 1984 as a fresh-legged rookie out of Youngstown State. Drafted in the 12th round by the Philadelphia Eagles, he immediately surprised everyone by winning the kicking j...
Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell doesn't fake his energy. He manufactures it. During his first season in Detroit, Campbell revealed that his morning starts with two giant coffees from Starbucks. ...
Robert Kraft didn't just stumble into NFL ownership. He schemed his way in, step by step, until the New England Patriots were his. The story starts in the parking lot - literally. In 1985, Kraft bough...
In April 1931, the New York Yankees rolled into Chattanooga for an exhibition game against the minor league Lookouts. Nobody expected much from the young left-hander on the mound. Then 17-year-old Jac...
Kyle Schwarber had a night that stamped his name into baseball history. Four swings, four balls over the fence. The Phillies slugger became just the 21st player in Major League Baseball to hit four ho...
NFL holdouts happen almost every summer. A star player skips training camp, refuses to report, and makes headlines. Why would a player under contract walk away from the field? The answer lies in how N...
A rare piece of sports history just changed hands for a staggering $12.9 million. An investing group, led by "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary, better known as Mr. Wonderful, has purchased a Kobe Bryant...
An NFL debut is supposed to be memorable. For two quarterbacks, it was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. Their very first career passes ended up going the other way for six points. A pick-six. ...
