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Fewer than 70 athletes are known to have played in both Major League Baseball (MLB) [a] and the National Football League (NFL). This includes two Heisman Trophy winners (Vic Janowicz and Bo Jackson) [1] and seven members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Red Badgro, [2] Paddy Driscoll, [3] George Halas, [4] Ernie Nevers, [5] Ace Parker, [6] Jim Thorpe, [7] and Deion Sanders). [8]
MLB's 20 Greatest Games is an American television series that aired in 2011 on MLB Network. Hosted by Bob Costas [ 1 ] and Tom Verducci [ 2 ] , the series counted down and dissected the 20 greatest games in Major League Baseball history since 1961 [ 3 ] .
The running, swimming, and cycling events were relays, with the cycling done on tandem bicycles. The obstacle course's blocking sleds were replaced with monkey bars, due to the perceived advantage the football teams had with using them. The team that won the most events over the course of the competition was declared the winner. [1]
1934 NFL Championship Game. Giants players switched to basketball sneakers in the middle of the game. [2] 73–0: December 8, 1940 Chicago Bears: 73–0 Washington Redskins: The Chicago Bears scored 11 touchdowns and won 73–0, the most lopsided victory in NFL history. [3] The Greatest Game Ever Played: December 28, 1958 Baltimore Colts: 23 ...
Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).
Our ranker of the most-watched primetime telecasts in 2023 found that 56 slots went to sports — broken down by 45 NFL games, six for the NBA Finals, three for NCAA Basketball March Madness, and ...
The "crowdless game", an 8–2 victory by the Baltimore Orioles over the Chicago White Sox on April 29, 2015, played without allowing fans to attend due to security concerns in the wake of civil unrest in Baltimore, the only such game in Major League Baseball history until the COVID-19 pandemic forced the MLB to go without fans for the 2020 season.
[citation needed] It started airing as prime-time specials on ESPN in the 1997 fall season. [1] They are condensed versions of some of the most famous games in the history of the National Football League, using footage and sound captured by NFL Films, as well as original interviews. All installments produced before 2015 are 90 minutes in length ...