Sports History Network

We don't always hear about the good things that people do in life. Too often, all we hear about is the bad, the negative, and the harmful. In today's episode of the Football is Family podcast, we look at the first season of one of my personal favorite television shows, Tackle My Ride. In these 6 episodes, the NFL rewards 6 great people for all the hard work they have done in the community. It trul...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This episode takes us across the Northern border to Canada to learn a little about the history of the Canadian Football League. It starts off with the current news of the impending merger with the XFL, but the primary focus is the history of the CFL and some of...

Historically Speaking Sports is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Host: Dana Auguster

When it comes to firsts, Larry Doby just misses the mark. Jackie Robinson was the first to cross the color line when he did so for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Larry Doby was second (but the first in the American League to do so) when he made his debut for the Cleveland Indians on July 5, 1947. Frank Robinson was the first black manager in baseball history when he was named player-manag...

Today, Rick explains how the blocked shot came to be. He covers this defensive technique from the very beginning of the game until today. Until the 1950s, goal tending was perfectly legal. Once it was outlawed, however, the block developed as a way to stop the shot while the ball was still on its way up. CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writer, and voice Jacob Loayza: Editor, producer, and pu...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY It goes without saying that the New York Mets have not had anywhere near the success achieved by their cross-town rival, the New York Yankees. Since their first year in the league (1962), the Mets have had only 26 winning seasons and 33 losing seasons. And they've reac...

Opening It’s time for… Lombardi Memories. A show that takes you back in time, into January or February, to the greatest one-day spectacle in all of sports. This is the every-other-Tuesday podcast that looks back at each and every one of the 50-plus Super Bowls and tells the story of who won and why. For the fan who needs more than a boxscore, this podcast goes drive-by-drive, play-by-play through...

Pigskin Past is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY The 1973 Dallas Cowboys were expected to be competitive, having been only one year removed from a world championship. They made it as far as the NFC Title Game in 1972. The Los Angeles Rams, however, had never got that far in their recent history, but they certainl...

The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs ) chats with Greg James, co-host and producer of the From the 55 Yard Line podcast. On this episode, Greg and Os have lots to talk about vis-a-vis one of their mutual favorite sports, Canadian football. Since the 2019 Grey...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2021podcast of Gridiron Greats Magazine-The Podcast Gridiron Greats Magazine is the only publication in America which focuses upon the history and memorabilia of the North American Football Game since its inception in 1869. Covering 150+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridiro...

For this story we place our spotlight on Chuck Connors, one of the original Boston Celtics. His basketball career was short lived, so he switched to playing Major League Baseball for the Dodgers and Cubs. After just a few seasons, however, he left professional sports to go to Hollywood. Landing the lead role in one of the most successful TV shows of the 1950s, The Rifleman, Connors' story is one f...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY It goes without saying that the New York Mets have not had anywhere near the success achieved by their cross-town rival, the New York Yankees. Since their first year in the league (1962), the Mets have had only 26 winning seasons and 33 losing seasons. And they've reac...

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY A unique episode this week as Dan is joined by special guest Ben Meyer-Abbott to talk about baseball simulation board games, and one in particular, Avalon Hills Superstar Baseball, a lifelong passion of his. We talk about how baseball is the best sport for historical sim...

Historically Speaking Sports is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Host: Dana Auguster

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sports' Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY One of the most important innovations in the history of the National Football League occurred in February of 1936 when the NFL initiated its very first draft of collegiate players. It was a revolutionary concept; each team, beginning with the one having the wors...

SHN Trailers is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW S For The Good Of The Game  is a football podcast, which began on December 5, 2019 and is hosted by John Davis. The theme for Season 1 was to share  “football insights and life skills,”  from which athletes and parents alike might benefit. Season 1 (which ended o...

The SHN Showcase is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear... In this week's episode of the SHN Showcase, host Os Davis (of Truly The GOATs ) talks podcasting with Aron Harris of The Football Odyssey podcast and the website of the same name. Aron discusses producing his podcast for sure, including his recent interview with Scott Hanson of the NFL Red Zone. He...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY George Bozeka is the Executive Director of the Professional Football Researchers Association, an organization dedicated to preserving the rich history of professional football. The organization was founded on June 22, 1979, in the birth city of the NFL, which al...

Jim McCormick might not be a name familiar to most baseball fans, but it should be. After all, how many pitchers have tossed over 500-innings in a season five times AND 657 2/3 innings in one year? McCormick had seasons of 45, 40, 36 and 31 wins. He started 485 games and completed 466 of them. He won 265 games over his 10-year career (average of 26 per season) and posted an ERA of 2.43. But those...

We finish our story on Adolph Rupp as we discuss allegations of racism. This issue came to a head in 1966 at the NCAA championship game when Rupp’s all-white Kentucky squad faced Texas Western University's all-black starting lineup. To hear the beginning of Rupp's story, go check out Part 1 from last week! CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writer, and voice Jacob Loayza: Editor, producer, and...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Almost every all-time team I’ve seen lumps together linebackers as if there is no difference between the linebacking positions. But Dr. Z and I agreed that there are  significant  differences between the outside linebacker and middle linebacker positions–diff...

Opening It’s time for… Lombardi Memories. A show that takes you back in time, into January or February, to the greatest one-day spectacle in all of sports. This is the every-other-Tuesday podcast that looks back at each and every one of the 50-plus Super Bowls and tells the story of who won and why. For the fan who needs more than a boxscore, this podcast goes drive-by-drive, play-by-play through...

Pigskin Past is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Seemingly every year in pro football, or at least every few years, a couple of teams that meet each other in the regular season, will then go on to meet each other again in the playoffs.  In 1973, that occurrence happened three times in the NFL postseason. This fir...

In their pilot episode, co-host Greg James discusses with fellow co-host Scott Adamson his book on professional football history in Birmingham, Alabama entitled "The Home Team: My Bromance with off Brand Football." The discuss Birmingham's teams of the WFL, USFL, WLAF, CFL, XFL and AAF, as well as the future of Canadian football.

SHN Trailers is part of the  Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports' Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Sports journalist Scott Adamson, along with fellow enthusiast and armchair historian Greg James, take a hot read with guests on the history, remembrances, culture, lore, legends, and meaning of pro football around the world. Every few weeks the pair will sit down with authors who, t...