Sports History Network

This story is about an illegal game between a black team and a white team in the racially segregated South of the United States, a game meant to be kept a total secret. Both teams were dominating their respective competition and wanted a chance to see which of them was better. After all, the teams were only located three miles from each other. Rick shares the context leading up to the game and the...

Today we have Super Bowl XXV, which was held on January 27, 1991, at Tampa Stadium, the Big Sombrero, between the first-time AFC champion Buffalo Bills and the second-time NFC champion New York Giants.

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY Don’t get me wrong, I like a good debate as much as any other football fan, but comparing across generations is pointless. Who was the best quarterback? Was it Johnny Unitas, Joe Montana, Tom Brady, or Roger S...

In this episode of the Football's History Headlines, we discuss in our 200th episode the top players that wore the number 17 in the NFL. Come join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber Go to SportsHistoryNetwork.com/Row1 for access to the full Row One catalog for galle...

On the day the USFL was "rebooted and reimagined," Scott and Greg sat down with sports historian and Baltimore native Ron Snyder to discuss his book on the CFL Colts/Stallions entitled "The Baltimore Stallions: The Brief, Brilliant History of the CFL Champion Franchise," as well as the rich legacy of football in Baltimore and how the departure of the NFL Colts opened the door for the team to claim...

Pigskin Past is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSOR Row 1 Sports - historic wall art prints, unique sports gifts, and retro apparel designs EPISODE SUMMARY There have been some really great pro football Thanksgiving Day games throughout the course of pro football history during the 1970s. This episode of Pro Football in the 1...

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY They would argue over ineligible players, the height of the grass on a field, suspected spies watching their practices, and even the quality of post-game meals hosted by the home team. The battles raged for f...

In this episode of Football by Numbers, we discuss the top players to wear number 16 in NFL history with  Aron Harris  host of the  Football Odyssey  and  Game Film  podcasts. Come join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber Go to SportsHis...

In this episode of the Football by Numbers we discuss the NFL's Greatest Players that wore the number 15 with the host of the  Football Odyssey  and  Game Film  Podcasts,  Aron Harris ! Come join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber Go to Spor...

In this episode of the Football by Numbers we discuss the top players in the NFL's history to wear the number 14 with Joe Ziemba of the When Football was Football Podcast . Come join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber Go to SportsHistoryNetwork.com/Row1 for acc...

The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... Enter the ring with the Sports History Network’s first boxing-centric show! Host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs) talks with Frank Reading , host of the eponymous podcast Ringside with Reading: Boxing History from Yesteryear . Frank and Os end up following many different threads in the conversation, fr...

In this episode of the Football by Numbers we discuss the top players in the NFL's history to wear the number 13 and determine a top ten. Come join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber Go to SportsHistoryNetwork.com/Row1 for access to the full Row One catalog for gall...

Sitting down with Row One Brand CEO Ray Durbin to talk about his sports memorabilia company and the best and most iconic uniforms in the history of College Football.

The most significant NFL players that wore the number 12 are discussed with Dana Augusterfrom the  Historically Speaking  Podcast. Come join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @  Email-subscriber Go to SportsHistoryNetwork.com/Row1 for access to the full Row One catalog for g...

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sports' Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode we talk about AJ Brown and his heroic admission on Twitter. You are not alone in your fight. Please don't feel that suicide is the only way out of a problem that you have. There are people out there who want to help. Please take advantage of thos...

Scott and Greg put on their parachute pants and fire up the Commodore 64 as they sit down with prolific sports author Jeff Pearlman to talk about the United States Football League and stories from his book, "Football for a Buck," about the wild times of a league that left us way to soon and whose impact has gone beyond the field and with us still today, be it in the form of an attempted coup or th...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY We talk about many things revolving around Washington football history, including....... Why the November 27, 1966 Washington game was significant The Lombardi era in Washington The years of George Allen at...

What motivated the original owners of the NBA teams to start a new league, and why did they choose basketball? This is that story. CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writer, and voice Jacob Loayza: Editor, producer, and publisher MUSIC "Swing Time" by Music By Pedro "Horizons" by Roa SPORTS HISTORY NETWORK sportshistorynetwork.com sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/basketball-history-101/ FACEBO...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSOR Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY Few fans have suffered as much as Vikings fans. This is a team that had six future hall of fame players on it– On defense they had Alan Page, Carl Eller and Paul Krause– and on offense they had Fran Tarkenton,...

Ringside With Reading: Boxing History From Yesteryear is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One  - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY In this segment, I am going to discuss controversies that occurred in or during a fight not discrepancies or the such in scoring. I am going to be talking about 5 fight...

We’re talking about the Rams beat down. Josh Reynolds release. Kristian Fulton coming back. And we’re playing Titans trivia! Come join the conversation!

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sports' Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY We have a special episode this week. We talk to the founder of plaay.com. Check out their great selection of sports simulation board games at Welcome to PLAAY Games! SPECIAL OFFER GET A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL TO NEWSPAPERS.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND MANY M...

A brief summary of this episode

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY The NBA is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year and Andrew and Dan get in on the fun to make their selections for the NBA 75 Team. Check out the NBA 75 team here . This book by Dave Zarin tells the story of 75 years of NBA history. Watch the celebration of the NBA'...

Today we profile Nate “Tiny” Archibald, the only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring and assists in the same season. He deserves to be in the conversation of the greatest guards in league history. CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writer, and voice Jacob Loayza: Editor, producer, and publisher MUSIC "Disco Funk" by Jam Morgan "Horizons" by Roa SPORTS HISTORY NETWORK sportshisto...