Sports History Questions

Basketball Founder

Basketball Founder

James Naismith

First University with Sports

Harvard University

Definition of Stacking

Illegal formation in sports

Greatest American Athlete 1912 Olympics

Jim Thorpe

Father of American Football

Walter Camp

Branch Rickey's Contribution

Breaking baseball's color barrier

President on Collegiate Football Violence

Theodore Roosevelt

Non-Blood Sport

Baseball

Football Rule Changes 1905

Legal forward pass

First Football in Collegiate Athletics

Northeastern United States

Sport Introduced by Native Americans

Lacrosse

First Professional Baseball Team

Cincinnati Red Stockings

Dominate Pitcher 1890-1908

Cy Young

Legal Technique in Early Baseball

Spitball

Coach of Carlisle Indian School

Pop Warner

USFL vs. NFL Court Case 1986

Declared NFL a monopoly

Dominant Collegiate Football Team late 1800s

Yale University

MLB Commissioner Introducing Wild-Card

Bud Selig

Galloping Ghost of Football

Red Grange

Separate but Equal Court Case

Plessy v. Ferguson

Female Tennis Player Defeating Bobby Riggs

Billie Jean King

Sanity Code in College Sports

Academic standards for athletes

Event Cancelling 1994 World Series

Players' strike

Frank Hogan's Association with College Basketball

Legal counsel for NCAA

Carnegie Report Discovery

Corruption in college football

Founder of First Major League Baseball

William Hulbert

Importance of Title IX

Gender equality in sports

Elements of Reserve Clause in Baseball

Player contract restriction

Coaching Rival of Woody Hayes

Bo Schembechler

Significance of Rube Foster to Baseball

Negro National League founder

John Wooden's College Basketball Coaching Location

UCLA

Founding Father of NASCAR

Bill France Sr.

Famous NHL Hockey Player

Wayne Gretzky

NFL Parity Creation

Salary cap

NFL Franchise Leaving Baltimore

Baltimore Colts

Famous Four Horsemen University

University of Notre Dame

International Player Bringing Soccer Celebrity

David Beckham

First African American Woman Wimbledon Winner

Althea Gibson

Famous Women's Basketball Coach at Tennessee

Pat Summitt

Jackie Robinson's Convincer to Sign with Dodgers

Branch Rickey

Historic NFL Game 'The Greatest Game'

1958 NFL Championship

African American Boycotting South Africa Tennis Open

Arthur Ashe

First Latino MLB Player

Adrian Anson

NASCAR Start

Bootleggers racing

Creator of 'Baseball's Great Experiment'

Branch Rickey

Defeated by Cassius Clay in 1964 World Boxing

Sonny Liston

Teams in 'The Greatest Game'

Baltimore Colts vs. New York Giants

First African American Woman 3 Gold Medals

Wilma Rudolph

Famous NYC Sports Arena

Madison Square Garden

First Televised Sporting Event

College baseball game between Columbia and Princeton, 1939

First Monday Night Football Broadcasting Duo

Howard Cosell and Don Meredith

Joe Louis' Symbolic Defeat

Max Schmeling

NFL Commissioner 1960-1989

Pete Rozelle

Invented "Wide World of Sports"

Roone Arledge

Babe Ruth Nickname

teammates

mlb urban relocation

yankee stadium, fenway park, wrigley field

black sox

white sox players intentionally lose 1919 world series for gambling

who borrowed money to start espn

Bill Rasmussen

Frank gifford played for?

NY Giants

who started playbooks and film?

Paul Brown

Marquess Queensberry rules

basic rules of modern boxing

small town hs that won IN state

Milan

first american to win tour de france

gred lemond

famous Mexican champ on pga 1970s

lee trevino

who won NASCAR 63 jacksonville

wendell scott

nfl team to employ full-time assistants

packers

who was put in catholic protectory school after mom died

babe ruth

13 consecutive tournaments

byron nelson

parity in nfl

salary caps and revenue sharing

how many majors did Nicklaus win

18

little league founder

carl stotz

thrill of victory and agony of defeat

abc

Alabama coach known for brutal bootcamps

Bear Bryant

ncaa rule for female athletes 1965

limited scholarships and opportunities

muhammad ali name pre islam conversion

cassius clay

first african american hc

fritz pollard

pete rose barred from hall of fame

betting on games

pennsylvania homemade swing

arnold palmer

tour de france 7x

lance armstrong

gambler hired by cbs

jimmy the greek

massilon high school

football

youngest amateur champ

tiger woods

Title IX Co-Sponsors

Birch Bayh and Patsy Mink

End of Lance Armstrong's Career

Doping scandal

Oldest NFL Rivalry

Packers vs. Bears

Biggest NBA Player Rivalry 1980s

Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson

Racial Boycott Leader 1968 Olympics

Tommie Smith

First MMA/UFC Promoter

Art Davie

Reason for Cassius Clay Stripping 1967

Refusing Vietnam draft

Great Hispanic MLB Player

Roberto Clemente

Mike Tyson's Fight Promoter

Don King

Olympics during Israeli Village Massacre

1972 Munich

Winter Olympics during 'Hockey Miracle'

Lake Placid 1980

NBA Player Scoring 100 Points

Wilt Chamberlain

Youngest US Amateur Champion

Tiger Woods

President of Olympics 1896-1925

Pierre de Coubertin