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Today in Sports History: January 26th
(The Bears crowd Tony Eason in Super Bowl XX. Photo by John Iacono, SI) 1/26/1986 - Bears finish one-loss season In Super Bowl XX, the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots the same way they beat every other team that year: decimating them. The Bears crushed the AFC-Champion Patriots...
Today in Sports History: September 9th
9/09/1960 - Broncos win inaugural AFL game The Denver Broncos defeat the Boston Patriots, 13-10, in the first ever game played in the American Football League. The Broncos had lost all five of their exhibition games and wouldn't experience a winning season until 1973 -- after they had already...
Today in Sports History: November 4th
(Peterson runs against the Chargers. Photo by Doug Pensinger, Getty Images) 11/04/1994 - The Water Cannon Incident There are good ways to begin a year... and there are bad ones. The way the San Antonio Spurs began the 1994-95 season definitely fits in the second category. During the introduction...
Today in Sports History: December 12th
12/12/1982 - The Snowplow Game A December duel between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots was scoreless thanks to the snowy, freezing weather at Schaefer Stadium. With conditions getting worse, New England was looking at a 33-yard field on what was likely their last chance to score in...
Today in Sports History: April 29th
(Randy Moss. Photo by Rusty Jarrett, Getty Images) 4/29/1970 - Jerry West sinks 60-footer With just three seconds left in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, a jump shot by Dave DeBusschere gave the New York Knicks a 102-100 lead. The Los Angeles Lakers were out of timeouts and were 94 feet away from the...
Throwback Uniforms: Boston Patriots (1963)
In a 2009 AFL legacy game, the New England Patriots came out in their old uniforms from back when they played in Boston -- and not in Foxborough as they do now. The Pats looked pretty out of place against the Buffalo Bills, and it wasn't just the red jerseys; Buffalo actually had them on the ropes...
2/01/2004 - The Wardrobe Malfunction
(Janet and Justin. Photo by David Phillip, Associated Press) Super Bowl XXXVIII was one of the best editions of the Sunday classic I had ever seen. It had high scoring, two dueling quarterbacks, clutch fourth quarter plays, and a game-winning field goal from Adam Vinatieri. The Patriots beat the...
Today in Sports History: February 1st
2/01/1995 - Stockton passes Magic With career assist No. 9,922, John Stockton of the Utah Jazz surpasses Magic Johnson to become the all-time assist leader. Appropriately, Stockton's record-breaking assist came on a field goal from Karl Malone, who had been Stockton's primary recipient his entire...
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