Today in Sports, January 18 - Pittsburgh Steelers win the Super Bowl for second straight year, Lynn Swann is MVP ...

The Cincinnati Royals’ 22-year-old rookie sensation, Oscar Robertson, becomes the youngest player to receive NBA All-Star MVP honors. Robertson scores 23 points and hands out 14 ...

Abercrombie went on to play in the Federal Hockey League, a minor professional circuit, and from there coached at multiple ...

This has changed somewhat since the various playoff systems have been installed. Other minor bowl games are played in the ...

1961 — Boston Bruins rookie Willie O’Ree, the first black player in NHL history, scores his first goal in a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens at Boston Garden. 1971 — Notre Dame ends Texas ...

As it happened, Willie O'Ree from Fredericton was that memorable ... His dream was realized when he had a two-game cup of coffee with the Boston Bruins, but that wasn't enough.

GLENDALE, Ariz.— Penn State defenders clogged every hole, stretched out every outside run, closed with ferocity. Everywhere that Ashton Jeanty turned, he ran into Nittany Lions. The Heisman ...

1961 — The Houston Oilers beat the Los Angeles Chargers 24-16 to win the first AFL Championship. 1961 — Boston Bruins rookie ...

1961 — Boston Bruins rookie Willie O’Ree, the first black player in NHL history, scores his first goal in a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens at Boston Garden. 1971 — Notre Dame ends Texas ...

Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers. He won the Calder Trophy, earned the Vezina Trophy in four different seasons, was a four-time Stanley Cup champion ...

Bourque was also an Olympian with Canada and became nearly synonymous with the Boston Bruins franchise, for which he played 21 seasons and became Boston’s longest-serving captain. Bourque ...