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This match was broadcast in April 1960, shortly after Congressional hearings into the quiz show scandals after it was discovered major big-money quiz shows were fixed, leading to the cancellation of such programs across all broadcast networks. Modern game shows state the disclaimer, "Portions of the Program not affecting the outcome have been ...
A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes, affecting participants, [1] management, and supporters all to varying degrees. The intensity of the rivalry can range anywhere from a light hearted banter to serious violence.
This was the first time in the sport's history that an entire team had been penalised for unsporting behaviour, with the Competition Director applying a penalty of 25 points per pilot per day. Controversially the pilots involved were spared disqualification only receiving a relatively trivial points reduction (compared to a competing pilot who ...
Sports can be a source of joy that brings people together, but it is not free from controversy. Here is a look at the biggest sports scandals of all-time. 20 biggest sports scandals of all time
The rivalry between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys is one of the most ferocious in the NFL and all of sports in general — and the hard feelings came to a boil on Thanksgiving Day ...
Entire team (save one player) and coaching staff, along with members of the press, boosters, and plane crew, were all killed in a crash shortly after take-off from Evansville en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State University. The sole team member who did not board the plane died in a car crash two weeks later. 16 March 1978
NBA: 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats, 7-59,.106 winning percentage; 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers, 9-73, .110 winning percentage There are two teams that can technically claim to be the worst NBA team of ...
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders own the worst single-season record of all time (minimum 120 games) and for all eras, finishing at 20–134 (.130 percentage) in the final year of the National League's 12-team era in the 1890s; for comparison, this projects to 21–141 under the current 162-game schedule, and Pythagorean expectation based on the Spiders' results and the current 162-game schedule ...