The people, games and moments that still shape how we see sport.
With first base open and two outs in the ninth, the Dodgers pitched to Clark. His three-run homer completed St. Louis' fourth straight victory in the NLCS.
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Jim Sundberg drove in four runs as the Royals completed a comeback from three games to one. The Blue Jays' first playoff appearance ended in Game 7 at Exhibition Stadium.
Six new clubs shared the West Division, guaranteeing an expansion finalist. St. Louis won that route, with Glenn Hall starring in goal.
The merger preserved four franchises, but player movement followed several routes. The champion Nets entered the NBA without Julius Erving.
A thin Swedish helmet became part of Gretzky’s image. Contemporary reports trace its history, its fading certification and its return as an Oilers team award.
From Georgia Tech’s 222–0 win to a farewell shared by Tony Gwynn and Rickey Henderson, five October 7 moments with archival photographs and the numbers behind them.
Green Bay’s last drive needed key catches before Starr kept the ball. Bowman and Kramer opened the way to the 1967 NFL title.
Larsen needed 97 pitches to beat Brooklyn in 1956. A deflected grounder, Mantle’s catch and a disputed final pitch belong in the story too.
CBC's NHL era has ended. Hockey Night in Canada grew from sponsored radio into a Saturday institution, and its name is scheduled to return with PWHL games.
On October 2, 1968, Gibson shut out Detroit and broke Sandy Koufax’s record. His final three strikeouts turned the ninth inning into a piece of baseball history.
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.
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.
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.
The September 23, 1908 force-out decision erased a Giants winning run, but the rest of New York's season also shaped the outcome.
Tunney won a ten-round decision in Philadelphia on September 23, 1926, a year before the rematch remembered for the Long Count.
The Yankees outscored the Pirates 55–27 in the 1960 World Series. That famous imbalance explains the shape of the Series. It does not prove that Pittsburgh’s championship was a mistake.
The story of the oversized 1978 comic that allowed Muhammad Ali to outbox the Man of Steel.
