Tag: history
Chase Burns makes history in electric Reds debut against Yankees
Last spring Chase Burns was lighting up radar guns at Wake Forest, as the big right-hander went 10-1 for the Demon Deacons while setting a new school record with 191 strikeouts. That propelled Burns to the top of the 2024 MLB Draft, where he was selected second overall by the Cincinnati Reds. Burns made his…
The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class
The idea of the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship seemed like an impossible dream as the franchise entered the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder were coming off a 24-58 season that followed a 22-60 season. They were armed with the No. 2 pick in the draft as their consolation prize for…
Men’s College World Series: Gage Wood throws third no-hitter in MCWS history to keep Arkansas’ season alive
Facing elimination Monday in Omaha, Arkansas needed a big performance from starting pitcher Gage Wood against Murray State if the Razorbacks were going to keep their title dreams alive. Arkansas got that and a whole lot more from the righty. Wood threw just the third no-hitter in Men’s College World Series history, and the first…
The Pacers were almost lost to history. Now they’re making it in the NBA Finals
The Pacers are two wins from the team’s first NBA title, with two Finals games left to play in Indianapolis. It is the closest the Pacers are to an NBA title since the team’s previous NBA Finals game in Indianapolis a quarter-century ago, when Indiana struck in the face of a 3-1 deficit to win…
2025 U.S. Open: Rory McIlroy can tie history this week
The U.S. Open will get underway on Thursday out in Oakmont and based on what the major championship season has been like so far this year we are in for quite the treat. Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler are the two who have added to their legacies this season and with all due respect to…
Vanderbilt makes the wrong kind of history in the Men’s College World Series Regionals
Vanderbilt entered the Men’s College World Series Regionals as the top-ranked squad in the 64-team field, and as winners of the SEC Tournament. But with their loss on Sunday to Wright State, the Commodores made some brutal baseball history. The 5-4 loss to the Raiders eliminated Vanderbilt from the College World Series Regionals. Despite entering…
Scottie Scheffler can join Tiger Woods in PGA Tour History this week
We are reaching absurd stages with Scottie Scheffler these days, so much so that the only comparison that makes any sort of sense (even if it doesn’t) is Tiger Woods. He has been that dominant across the PGA Tour and professional golf at large. While Scheffler did not win his last start in the Charles…