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Sports History Oddities On This Day Content Archive

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  1. The hangover that threw a perfect game2026-05-17
  2. Pizza, Red Bull, and the 6th-longest NHL game ever2026-05-19
  3. The man who beat Joe Frazier — and lost everything because of it2026-05-20
  4. The world's biggest sports body was founded without the country that invented the sport2026-05-21
  5. She teed off against the men — and beat 11 of them2026-05-22
  6. He rode in circles for 29 hours — and almost doubled the world record2026-05-23
  7. 0.043 seconds: the Indy 500 finish that still hasn't been beaten2026-05-24
  8. Four world records in 45 minutes — with a broken back2026-05-25
  9. The 4-second steal that took 27 years to explain2026-05-26
  10. The trophy that didn't officially exist — and the man who'd already broken England2026-05-27
  11. The journeyman who out-slugged Babe Ruth's ghost2026-05-28
  12. The 18-year-old who nearly swept tennis history — and lost it all to a cement truck2026-05-30
  13. May 31, 1868: the race that "started cycling" wasn't first, and the strangest event scored going slowest2026-05-31
  14. June 1, 1939: boxing's first TV moment reached about 400 people — and starred a cosmic puncher2026-06-01
  15. June 2, 1901: a lawyer wore a red jacket, hit a golf ball on a Sunday, and got arrested on purpose2026-06-02
  16. June 3, 2018 — Stephen Curry shot 9 threes in an NBA Finals game and Kevin Love called the last one a "moon ball"2026-06-03
  17. The man who hadn't lost in 9 years, 9 months, and 9 days just lost2026-06-04
  18. Before the bricks, before the speed: The Brickyard's first race was a balloon contest2026-06-05
  19. Broadway Joe quit the NFL over a $50,000 bar — and the NFL blinked2026-06-06
  20. Sick, seeded 9th — she ended Hingis's 37-02026-06-07
  21. The Broadcaster Who Walked 300 Miles Because He Said He Would2026-06-08
  22. He Won by a Sixteenth of a Mile2026-06-09
  23. The Euro final they had to play twice2026-06-10
  24. The last-place team that won it all: LA Kings, June 11, 20122026-06-11
  25. He pedaled a 71-pound plastic plane across the English Channel2026-06-11
  26. The format that saved cricket was approved by just four votes — and launched on Friday the 13th2026-06-12
  27. He won three Olympic golds, then used a wooden surfboard to save 8 men from drowning — before breakfast2026-06-13
  28. The world's fastest marathoner was an American schoolteacher — living alone in Essex, coached by post2026-06-14
  29. 32 scuba divers pedaled a tricycle 116 miles underwater. Nobody paid them enough attention.2026-06-15
  30. 91,513. Wrong sport. Wrong city. Still the record.2026-06-16
  31. The 20-year-old with 2 caps who steamrolled England2026-06-17
  32. The man who studied film and shocked the world2026-06-18
  33. The lace panties that shook Wimbledon2026-06-19
  34. The weightlifter who rewrote the Olympics rulebook2026-06-20
  35. Four minutes that broke football's brain2026-06-21
  36. On This Day: The NFL's Most Feared Fullback Walked Into a Wrestling Ring and Won the World Title2026-06-22
  37. No swing. No cloud. No excuse. Just 42.2026-06-23
  38. 18 innings. 12 strikeouts. Two losses. Same day.2026-06-24
  39. The first Grand Prix was a 769-mile death race on public roads — and two-thirds of the cars didn't finish2026-06-25
  40. The first woman to bike the world, sort of2026-06-26
  41. The $2 skis that invented water skiing2026-06-28
  42. The $3 ticket to seven feet2026-06-29
  43. The ban heard round the rink2026-06-30
  44. The Olympics swallowed by a fair2026-07-01
  45. The $1.8M fight on the radio2026-07-02
  46. The Cup won by one second2026-07-03
  47. Alabama's Canadian football Fourth2026-07-04
  48. The First Woman Took the Ninth2026-07-05
  49. Five Seconds to Stardom2026-07-06
  50. The Day the Celtics Became the Clippers2026-07-07
  51. The 59 That Didn't Win2026-07-08
  52. The 9a with no second chance2026-07-10
  53. The horse race that made Man o' War look mortal2026-07-11
  54. The 309 That Took One Day2026-07-12
  55. The 98-cent riot2026-07-13
  56. The World Cup That Started Before Its Poster2026-07-14
  57. The first no-hitter was a 2-0 mess2026-07-15
  58. The Wimbledon final where William beat his twin2026-07-16
  59. The World Cup final that ended 0-0 and still crowned a champion2026-07-17
  60. The scoreboard that couldn't count to 102026-07-18
  61. The shortstop who made three outs, then hit a home run2026-07-19
  62. The Tour winner who finished second five times first2026-07-20
  63. The man who went around the world without an engine2026-07-21
  64. The inning that gave Curt Walker two triples2026-07-22
  65. The World Cup quarter-final that turned 3–0 into 5–32026-07-23
  66. The marathon winner who crossed first, then lost the gold2026-07-24
  67. The 292-mile swim that took nearly four days2026-07-25
  68. The 800-meter record that outlived an era2026-07-26
  69. The pitcher who won with one pitch2026-07-27
  70. The Olympics that opened with 14 countries missing2026-07-28
  71. The high jump that finally cleared eight feet2026-07-29
  72. The World Cup final that needed two match balls2026-07-30
  73. The borrowed bat behind a 4-homer, 18-total-base game2026-07-31
  74. The Olympic badminton pairs that were disqualified for trying to lose2026-08-01
  75. The 8-6-2 double play that put two Yankees at the same plate2026-08-02
  76. The emery board that fell out of Joe Niekro's pocket2026-08-03
  77. The NASCAR race Lee Petty stopped with a red flag2026-08-04
  78. The pinch-hitter who broke a perfect game in a 13–0 loss2026-08-05
  79. The 19-year-old who beat every man across the English Channel2026-08-06
  80. The Olympic 800m final where David Rudisha broke 1:412026-08-09
  81. The baseball giveaway that ended in an MLB forfeit2026-08-10
  82. Babe Ruth hit No. 500 — and the Yankees still lost 6–52026-08-11
  83. The 13-year-old who won Olympic gold after losing the U.S. trials2026-08-12
  84. The champion's only loss came after a terrible start2026-08-13
  85. The wife who became pro football's first woman player by holding for her husband2026-08-15
  86. The only MLB player to die from a game injury was hit by a pitch on August 162026-08-16
  87. Phelps's eighth Olympic gold was a relay job on August 17, 20082026-08-17
  88. The midnight swim that made Brojen Das Asia’s first across the English Channel2026-08-18
  89. The 1934 national race won on wheels with no bearings2026-08-19
  90. The 80-game first round that made tennis look like an endurance sport2026-08-20
  91. The wicketkeeper who stumped eight batsmen in one match on August 212026-08-21
  92. The 22-inning baseball game that gave one Pirate 11 at-bats on August 222026-08-22
  93. The stopwatch mile: Paavo Nurmi's August 23, 1923 world record2026-08-23
  94. Ray Caldwell was struck by lightning with one out left on August 24, 19192026-08-24
  95. He led the marathon into the stadium — then turned the wrong way2026-08-25
  96. He started the at-bat for Toronto — then caught it for Boston2026-08-26
  97. Two consecutive pitches. Two inside-the-park home runs.2026-08-27
  98. No. 188 Julie Coin sent the US Open's No. 1 seed out in round two2026-08-28
  99. No. 189 Lou Brock broke Ty Cobb's stolen-base record—and lost 4–32026-08-29
  100. No. 190 The US Open match where Nastase was defaulted, then reinstated2026-08-30
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