100 Greatest NHL Players
NHL 100 Greatest Players (NHL100): unranked list of the 100 best players of the NHL's first century, chosen in 2017 by a 58-member Blue Ribbon Panel for the Centennial, revealed in Toronto and Los Angeles.
100 Greatest of All Time
100 Greatest of All Time: 2012 Tennis Channel five-night series ranking tennis' 100 best players, men and women on one list, chosen by an international committee; also a phrase for the sport's GOAT debate.
113th Grey Cup
113th Grey Cup: the 2026 CFL championship game, November 15, 2026 at McMahon Stadium, Calgary, hosted by the Stampeders; sixth Calgary Grey Cup, Cenovus Energy festival, Riley Green halftime, Saskatchewan Roughriders defending champions.
114th Grey Cup
114th Grey Cup, CFL championship game awarded to Saskatchewan, to be played at Mosaic Stadium, Regina, on November 7, 2027, the earliest Grey Cup ever, with a fully indoor festival; announced October 27, 2025.
15th NFL Honors
15th NFL Honors, the NFL's 2025-season awards show, held February 5, 2026 at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Matthew Stafford won AP MVP over Drake Maye; Bobby Wagner won Walter Payton Man of the Year; Hall of Fame Class of 2026 revealed.
1903 World Series
1903 World Series: first modern World Series, best-of-nine, Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 after trailing 3-1; 100,429 attendance, 70% player share, origin of Red Sox lineage.
1904 World Series
1904 World Series: the cancelled championship between NL champion New York Giants and AL champion Boston Americans, called off when Giants owner John T. Brush and manager John McGraw refused to play the "inferior" American League.
1919 World Series
1919 World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox 5-3 in a best-of-nine Series; eight White Sox (Black Sox) later indicted for fixing it, acquitted in 1921, banned for life by Commissioner Landis.
1936 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
1936 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting: inaugural BBWAA election, announced February 2, 1936, electing Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson from 226 ballots.
1954 Milan High School basketball team
1954 Milan High School Indians (Milan Miracle): tiny Indiana team, enrollment 161, coached by Marvin Wood, beat Muncie Central 32-30 on Bobby Plump's shot, March 20, 1954, Butler Fieldhouse; inspired Hoosiers.
1960 World Series
1960 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat New York Yankees 4-3, October 5-13, 1960, ending on Bill Mazeroski's Game 7 walk-off homer despite a 55-27 Yankees run advantage.
1963 Federation Cup (tennis)
1963 Federation Cup, first edition of the Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, held 17-20 June 1963 at Queen's Club, London; 16 nations; United States beat Australia 2-1 in the final via the decisive doubles.
1967 NFL Championship Game
1967 NFL Championship Game, the "Ice Bowl": Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 on December 31, 1967 at Lambeau Field in minus-13 degree cold, the coldest NFL game, on Bart Starr's one-yard sneak, giving the Packers a third straight title.
1967 NHL expansion
1967 NHL expansion, the "Second Six": NHL doubled from six to twelve teams for 1967-68, adding the Seals, Kings, North Stars, Flyers, Penguins, and Blues at $2 million per franchise, creating the West Division.
1969 NBA Finals
1969 NBA Finals: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 for their 11th title; Bill Russell retired as player-coach, and Jerry West won the first Finals MVP, still the only one awarded to a losing player.
1969 New York Mets season
1969 New York Mets season, the Miracle Mets: 100-62 NL East champions under Gil Hodges, swept the Braves in the first NLCS, and beat the 109-win Orioles 4-1 for the franchise's first World Series title.
1969 World Series
1969 World Series: New York Mets (Miracle Mets) upset the heavily favored 109-53 Baltimore Orioles four games to one, October 11-16, 1969; first expansion team to win a World Series title.
1970 NBA Finals
1970 NBA Finals: New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 4-3 for their first NBA title. Willis Reed's injured Game 7 return and Walt Frazier's 36 points, 19 assists defined the series.
1971 NBA Finals
1971 NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks swept the Baltimore Bullets 4-0 (April 21-30, 1971) for their first title, led by Finals MVP Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Oscar Robertson; second Finals sweep in NBA history.
1972 Miami Dolphins season
1972 Miami Dolphins season: Don Shula's Dolphins went 17-0, the only perfect season in NFL history, beating Washington 14-7 in Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973; still unmatched, closest being 2007 Patriots at 18-1.
1972 NBA Finals
The 1972 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 4-1 for the franchise's first title since 1954; Wilt Chamberlain won Finals MVP after the Lakers' 69-13, 33-game-streak season.
1973 NBA Finals
1973 NBA Finals: the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 for their second title, avenging the 1972 Finals loss; Willis Reed was Finals MVP in Wilt Chamberlain's last Finals.
1974 Davis Cup final
The 1974 Davis Cup final was scheduled for whites-only Ellis Park in Johannesburg, but India's government boycotted apartheid-era South Africa, and the title was awarded by walkover.
1975 World Series
The 1975 World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox 4-3 in seven games, with Carlton Fisk's 12th-inning Game 6 walk-off homer and Joe Morgan's Game 7 ninth-inning single; Pete Rose was MVP.
1977 NBA Finals
1977 NBA Finals: Portland Trail Blazers beat Philadelphia 76ers 4-2 (May 22-June 5, 1977), first post-merger Finals; Blazers overcame 0-2 deficit, Bill Walton Finals MVP (18.5 ppg, 19.0 rpg), Portland's only title.
1978 NBA draft
1978 NBA draft: annual NBA player selection best known for Boston taking Larry Bird No. 6 via a loophole a year early; Michael Ray Richardson went No. 4; Magic Johnson followed in 1979.
1979 NBA draft
1979 NBA draft: June 25, 1979, New York; 202 picks, 55 reached the NBA. Lakers took Magic Johnson first overall via compensation from the Jazz's Gail Goodrich signing; eight All-Stars resulted.
1979 NBA Finals
1979 NBA Finals: Seattle SuperSonics beat the Washington Bullets 4-1 for the franchise's only NBA title; Dennis Johnson Finals MVP, Game 5 won 97-93 on June 1, 1979.
1979–80 Los Angeles Lakers season
1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers season: Showtime era opener; 60-22, Pacific Division title, seventh NBA championship beating Philadelphia 4-2. Magic Johnson's rookie year, McKinney's bike crash, Westhead's takeover, Abdul-Jabbar's sixth MVP, Johnson's 42-point Game 6 at center.
1979–80 NBA season
1979-80 NBA season, the NBA's 34th season: Lakers beat 76ers 4-2 for the title; Magic Johnson's 42-point Game 6 as rookie Finals MVP; Larry Bird Rookie of the Year; three-point line adopted; Utah Jazz relocation.