Bob Pettit, the First MVP Who Made the Hawks Champions
The NBA’s first MVP made the Hawks champions and set the scoring record Wilt Chamberlain had to break. Remembering Bob Pettit through the photographs and reports of his career.
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History
Ebbets Field’s final Dodgers game ended without an official goodbye
Danny McDevitt shut out Pittsburgh on September 24, 1957, before 6,702 fans, two weeks before the Dodgers formally announced their move to Los Angeles.
Before his famous goal, Paul Henderson kept Canada’s comeback alive
Canada’s 3-2 win on September 24, 1972, began the three straight victories in Moscow that turned the Summit Series, with Henderson scoring each winner.
Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey 100 years ago today
Tunney won a ten-round decision in Philadelphia on September 23, 1926, a year before the rematch remembered for the Long Count.
Fred Merkle’s 1908 mistake changed the Giants-Cubs pennant race
The September 23, 1908 force-out decision erased a Giants winning run, but the rest of New York's season also shaped the outcome.
Seven Games, Not Fifty-Five Runs
The Dutch Leonard Affair
In 1926, two old letters connected Ty Cobb and Smoky Joe Wood to a wager—and put Tris Speaker under suspicion.
Two Styles of Greatness: Michael Jordan and Julius Erving
Kevin Loughery is the only man to have coached both Julius Erving and Michael Jordan at the professional level. In February 2026, he spent six minutes on SiriusXM explaining what separated them. Most of it came down to two practices.
The Most Enjoyable Three Years
Julius Erving and the New York Nets turned three ABA seasons into an unforgettable run.
Iron Men
From Harry Gallatin to LeBron James: the NBA games-played record, the separate consecutive-games mark, and why Dolph Schayes has two career totals.