Dick Fosbury on how he changed the way high jumping would executed forever. He created the Fosbury Flop, which was jumping backwards on his back. Fosbury won the gold medal in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Carlton Fisk hits his walk off home run off the foul pole in game six of the 1975 World Series. Memorialized in the movie Good Will Hunting, the home run remains one of the more memorable in baseball history.
In 1960, Ted Williams played his last game for the Boston Red Sox. With his final at-bat, he said goodbye the only way he knew how–with his 521st home run. All the fans wanted to know, would he tip his hat and come out for a curtain call. In the … Continue reading
Watch iconic horse Phar Lap win the Melbourne Cup in 1930
Brazilian soccer icon Pele scores his 1000th goal on November 19, 1969. Pandemonium ensues. It was a major milestone in an illustrious career that included three World Cup championships. Pele, considered one of the greatest soccer players ever to take the field, was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in Tres … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Willie Mays!! The “Say Hey Kid” was born on this day in 1931. Happy 85th!! Watch as he makes one of the greatest catches in baseball history! “People talk about that catch and, I’ve said this many times, that I’ve made better catches than that many times … Continue reading
The Shot heard round the world happened on October 4th as part of the 1951 National League pennant. Outfield Bobby Thompson hit the walk off home run to give the New York Giants (later moved to San Francisco) the victory off of Brooklyn Dodgers (later moving to LA) pitcher Ralph … Continue reading
“He had to get famous with a name like that….” Hear Julius Erving introduce Moses Malone into Basketball Hall of Fame and then hear Moses’ speech during his induction speech. Malone was the first player to go directly from High School in the NBA, where he dominated. Malone died at … Continue reading
Basketball great Darryl Dawkins talks about how he got the name “chocolate thunder” from none other than Stevie Wonder. He also talks about how he named his dunks. Dawkins died on August 27, 2015 at the age of 15—too soon.
Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills recalls winning the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics in one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Mills, an Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, was the second American Indian to win an Olympic gold medal and … Continue reading
