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Missouri
Missouri hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics at St. Louis , the first time the games were hosted in the United States . The
FIFA World Cup
With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams , Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament in Turin in 1909 . The Lipton tournament was a championship between individual clubs ( not national teams ) from different nations , each one of which represented an entire nation . The competition is sometimes described as The First World Cup , and featured the most prestigious professional club sides from Italy , Germany and Switzerland , but the FA of England refused to be associated with the competition and declined the offer to send a professional team . Lipton invited West Auckland , an amateur side from County Durham , to represent England instead . West Auckland won the tournament and returned in 1911 to successfully defend their title .
Congressional Baseball Game
Games were initially held at American League Park , and later Griffith Stadium in Northwest Washington , D.C. In 1962 , the game was moved to the new District Stadium ( later known as Robert F. Kennedy Stadium ) , where it remained until 1972 , with the departure of the second iteration of the Washington Senators to Texas and RFK therefore no longer needing a long - term baseball seating layout or field . For the next two decades , the teams played at the Memorial Stadium in Baltimore , Maryland ; one year ( 1977 ) at Langley High School in McLean , Virginia ; and Four Mile Run Park in Alexandria , Virginia . From 1995 to 2004 , the game was played in Prince George 's Stadium in Bowie , Maryland . From 2005 to 2007 , the event temporarily returned to RFK Stadium -- following the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington as the Nationals -- while they awaited construction of Nationals Park , which opened in 2008 .
FIFA World Cup
Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments , FIFA , with President Jules Rimet as the driving force , again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics . On 28 May 1928 , the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship itself . With Uruguay now two - time official football world champions and to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930 , FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament .
Congressional Baseball Game
Year Inductee Notes 1993 John Tener Organized the first Congressional Baseball Game Wilmer Mizell William M. Wheeler Ron Mottl Silvio Conte Robert H. Michel Marty Russo 1995 Dave McCurdy Mike Synar 1997 Bill Richardson 1998 Sid Yudain Founder of Roll Call 1999 Dan Schaefer 2000 Carl Pursell 2002 Steve Largent 2003 David Bonior Charlie Brotman Helped Sid Yudain revive Congressional baseball in the 1960s 2006 Martin Sabo 2007 Mike Oxley 2008 Lou Frey 2009 Kenny Hulshof 2011 Mel Watt 2012 Ron Paul Hit first over-the - wall home run in 1979 2013 Zach Wamp 2014 Bart Stupak 2015 Skip Maraney Pioneered Roll Call 's sports coverage
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe began his athletic career at Carlisle in 1907 when he walked past the track and beat all the school 's high jumpers with an impromptu 5 - ft 9 - in jump still in street clothes . His earliest recorded track and field results come from 1907 . He also competed in football , baseball , lacrosse and even ballroom dancing , winning the 1912 intercollegiate ballroom dancing championship . Jim
Football
In Canada , the first documented football match was a practice game played on November 9 , 1861 , at University College , University of Toronto ( approximately 400 yards west of Queen 's Park ) . One of the participants in the game involving University of Toronto students was ( Sir ) William Mulock , later Chancellor of the school . In 1864 , at Trinity College , Toronto , F. Barlow Cumberland , Frederick A. Bethune , and Christopher Gwynn , one of the founders of Milton , Massachusetts , devised rules based on rugby football . A `` running game '' , resembling rugby football , was then taken up by the Montreal Football Club in Canada in 1868 .
National Football League on television
On November 8 , 1987 , the very first NFL game ever aired on ESPN was played between the New England Patriots and New York Giants . Technically , the game was only simulcast in the Boston market , with a separate broadcast produced for the New York market by ESPN sister property WABC - TV -- at the time , WABC 's union contract prohibited non-union workers ( like those of ESPN ) from working on live events broadcast on the station . This marked the only time since the AFL -- NFL merger that a regular season game was locally produced for TV . The WABC broadcast featured WABC 's own Corey McPherrin doing play - by - play , and Frank Gifford and Lynn Swann from Monday Night Football doing color commentary .
United Kingdom
A 2003 poll found that football is the most popular sport in the United Kingdom . England is recognised by FIFA as the birthplace of club football , and The Football Association is the oldest of its kind , with the rules of football first drafted in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley . Each of the Home Nations has its own football association , national team and league system . The English top division , the Premier League , is the most watched football league in the world . The first - ever international football match was contested by England and Scotland on 30 November 1872 . England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland compete as separate countries in international competitions . A Great Britain Olympic football team was assembled for the first time to compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games . However , the Scottish , Welsh and Northern Irish football associations declined to participate , fearing that it would undermine their independent status -- a fear confirmed by FIFA . The
No-hitter
Six current NL teams -- the Braves , Dodgers , Giants , Phillies , Cubs and Reds -- all pitched their first no - hitters before the advent of the American League in 1901 . Among the early National League teams still playing , the last to get their first no - hitter was the St. Louis Cardinals , when Jesse Haines pitched one on July 17 , 1924 . Of the original American League teams , the last team to get their first no - hitter was the New York Yankees , when George Mogridge pitched one on April 24 , 1917 . There are a number of short - lived Major League franchises from the nineteenth century that folded without ever recording a no - hitter .
FIFA World Cup
After FIFA was founded in 1904 , it tried to arrange an international football tournament between nations outside the Olympic framework in Switzerland in 1906 . These were very early days for international football , and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been a failure .
Michigan
The Pistons played at Detroit 's Cobo Arena until 1978 and at the Pontiac Silverdome until 1988 when they moved into The Palace of Auburn Hills . The Detroit Lions played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit until 1974 , then moved to the Pontiac Silverdome where they played for 27 years between 1975 and 2002 before moving to Ford Field in Detroit in 2002 . The Detroit Tigers played at Tiger Stadium ( formerly known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium ) from 1912 to 1999 . In 2000 they moved to Comerica Park . The Red Wings played at Olympia Stadium before moving to Joe Louis Arena in 1979 . Professional hockey got its start in Houghton , when the Portage Lakers were formed .
Royal Rumble (2008)
Royal Rumble ( 2008 ) was the twenty - first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on January 27 , 2008 , at Madison Square Garden in New York , New York and featured talent from the Raw , SmackDown , and ECW brands . The event was also the first WWE pay - per - view broadcast in high definition . As has been customary since 1993 , the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year 's WrestleMania , ( in this instance : WrestleMania XXIV ) for his choice at either the WWE Championship , the World Heavyweight Championship , or the ECW World Championship .
Stanley Cup
The Cup was awarded every year until 2005 , when a labour dispute between the NHL 's owners and the NHL Players Association ( the union that represents the players ) led to the cancellation of the 2004 -- 05 season . As a result , no Cup champion was crowned for the first time since the flu pandemic in 1919 . The lockout was controversial among many fans , who questioned whether the NHL had exclusive control over the Cup . A website known as freestanley.com ( since closed ) was launched , asking fans to write to the Cup trustees and urge them to return to the original Challenge Cup format . Adrienne Clarkson , then Governor General of Canada , alternately proposed that the Cup be presented to the top women 's hockey team in lieu of the NHL season . This idea was so unpopular that the Clarkson Cup was created instead . Meanwhile , a group in Ontario , also known as the `` Wednesday Nighters '' , filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court , claiming that the Cup trustees had overstepped their bounds in signing the 1947 agreement with the NHL , and therefore must award the trophy regardless of the lockout .
History of the Buffalo Bills
The Bills were not the first professional football team to play in Buffalo , nor was it the first NFL team in the region . Professional football had been played in Buffalo and in upstate New York since the beginning of the 20th century . In 1915 , Barney Lepper 's `` Buffalo All - Stars '' were founded ; the team would later be replaced by the Niagaras in 1918 , then the Prospects in 1919 . The Prospects were the basis of what would become the `` Buffalo All - Americans , '' who joined what would become the NFL in 1920 . After changing their name to the Bisons in 1924 ( and , for one season , the Rangers in 1926 ) , the team suspended operations in 1927 , then came back in 1929 and re-folded at the end of that season .
Masters Tournament
The Masters is the first major championship of the year . Since 1948 , its final round has been scheduled for the second Sunday of April , with several exceptions . It ended on the first Sunday four times ( 1952 , 1957 , 1958 , 1959 ) and the 1979 and 1984 tournaments ended on April 15 , the month 's third Sunday . The first edition in 1934 was held in late March and the next ten were in early April , with only the 1942 event scheduled to end on the second Sunday .
FIFA World Cup
The 1950 World Cup , held in Brazil , was the first to include British participants . British teams withdrew from FIFA in 1920 , partly out of unwillingness to play against the countries they had been at war with , and partly as a protest against foreign influence on football , but rejoined in 1946 following FIFA 's invitation . The tournament also saw the return of 1930 champions Uruguay , who had boycotted the previous two World Cups . Uruguay won the tournament again after defeating the host nation Brazil , in the match called `` Maracanazo '' ( Portuguese : Maracanaço ) .
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League ( SPL ) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland . The league was founded in 1998 , when it broke away from the Scottish Football League ( SFL ) . It was abolished in 2013 , when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League , with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership . A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL , but only the Old Firm clubs , Celtic and Rangers won the league championship .
FIFA World Cup
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , football became an official competition . Planned by The Football Association ( FA ) , England 's football governing body , the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition . Great Britain ( represented by the England national amateur football team ) won the gold medals . They repeated the feat at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm .
2018 FIFA World Cup
For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup , all eligible nations -- the 209 FIFA member associations minus automatically qualified hosts Russia -- applied to enter the qualifying process . Zimbabwe and Indonesia were later disqualified before playing their first matches , while Gibraltar and Kosovo , who joined FIFA on 13 May 2016 after the qualifying draw but before European qualifying had begun , also entered the competition . Places in the tournament were allocated to continental confederations , with the allocation unchanged from the 2014 World Cup . The first qualification game , between Timor - Leste and Mongolia , began in Dili on 12 March 2015 as part of the AFC 's qualification , and the main qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna , Saint Petersburg , on 25 July 2015 .
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
On September 10 , 2017 , the Falcons announced that , contrary to earlier plans , the stadium roof would in fact be open during the Falcons home opener on September 17 against the Green Bay Packers if weather permitted . On October 6 , 2017 , stadium officials announced that the roof would be opened , weather permitting , for Atlanta United 's regular season finale against Toronto FC on October 22 ; stadium officials also stated that the roof would remain closed for the remainder of the Falcons ' regular season as well as for any home matches hosted by Atlanta United during the 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs as contractors continue to work on fully mechanizing the roof .
History of the National Football League
In 1987 , through a short stint with NBC Sports , Gayle Sierens became the first woman to do play - by - play for an NFL regular season football game when she called the December 27 game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Kansas City Chiefs . She was originally to be a regular play - by - play announcer for the season , but a contract dispute with WFLA prevented her from continuing in that role beyond her lone game . In May 2017 , Beth Mowins was reported by Sports Illustrated 's Richard Deitsch to be the chosen play - by - play announcer on ESPN 's Monday Night Football opening week late broadcast between the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos . She did that announcing job in September of that year , and thus became the first woman to call a nationally televised NFL game .
2017 World Series
This was the first World Series matchup , and second postseason meeting overall , between the Astros and Dodgers . Los Angeles defeated Houston in the 1981 National League Division Series in five games en route to its World Series championship that year . The teams also met in the 1980 National League West tie - breaker game . This was the first Fall Classic since 1970 , and the eighth overall , in which both participants had 100 or more wins during the regular season .
Battle of Long Island
The Battle of Long Island is also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights . It was fought on August 27 , 1776 and was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the United States declared its independence on July 4 , 1776 . It was a victory for the British Army and the beginning of a successful campaign that gave them control of the strategically important city of New York . In terms of troop deployment and fighting , it was the largest battle of the entire war .
Artificial turf
A full international fixture for the 2008 European Championships was played on 17 October 2007 between England and Russia on an artificial surface , which was installed to counteract adverse weather conditions , at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow . It was one of the first full international games to be played on such a surface approved by both FIFA and UEFA . However , UEFA ordered that the 2008 European Champions League final hosted in the same stadium in May 2008 must take place on grass , so a temporary natural grass field was installed just for the final .
First indoor ice hockey game
On March 3 , 1875 , the Rink hosted what has been recognized as the first organized ice hockey game , between members of the Victoria Skating Club , organized by Creighton . The match lays claim to this distinction because of factors which establish its link to modern ice hockey : it featured two teams ( nine players per side ) with a recorded score . Games prior to this had mostly been outdoors . In order to limit injuries to spectators and damage to glass windows , the game was played with a `` flat block of wood '' instead of a lacrosse ball . The two teams , members of the club , included a number of McGill University students . Sticks for this game were imported from Nova Scotia . This first game was pre-announced to the general public in the pages of The Montreal Gazette :
Helsinki
Helsinki has a long tradition of sports : the city gained much of its initial international recognition during the 1952 Summer Olympics , and the city has arranged sporting events such as the first World Championships in Athletics 1983 and 2005 , and the European Championships in Athletics 1971 , 1994 , and 2012 . Helsinki hosts successful local teams in both of the most popular team sports in Finland : football and ice hockey . Helsinki houses HJK Helsinki , Finland 's largest and most successful football club , and IFK Helsingfors , their local rivals with 7 championship titles . The fixtures between the two are commonly known as Stadin derby . Helsinki 's track and field club Helsingin Kisa - Veikot is also dominant within Finland . Ice hockey is popular among many Helsinki residents , who usually support either of the local clubs IFK Helsingfors ( HIFK ) or Jokerit . HIFK , with 14 Finnish championships titles , also plays in the highest bandy division , along with Botnia - 69 . The Olympic stadium hosted the first ever Bandy World Championship in 1957 .
History of the Houston Oilers
The Oilers won the AFL Eastern Division title again in 1967 , then became the first professional football team to play in a domed stadium , when they moved into Houston 's Astrodome then home of the Houston Astros of the MLB for the 1968 season . Previously , the Oilers had played at Jeppesen Stadium at the University of Houston ( later called Robertson Stadium ) from 1960 to 1964 , and Rice University 's stadium from 1965 to 1967 . Adams had intended the team play at Rice from the first , but Rice 's board of regents initially rejected the move . After the Astrodome opened for business , Adams attempted to move there , but could not negotiate an acceptable lease with the Houston Sports Association ( owners of the Houston Astros ) from whom he would sublease the Dome . The 1969 season , the last as an AFL team , saw Houston begin 3 -- 1 , but tumble afterwards . They qualified for the playoffs , but were defeated by the Raiders 56 -- 7 , to finish the year with a record of 6 -- 7 -- 2 .
U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
Seattle Reign FC and U.S. women 's national soccer team player Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem in a game on September 5 , 2016 , explaining that her decision was a `` nod to Kaepernick and everything that he 's standing for right now '' . In a subsequent match at the Washington Spirit , Spirit owner Bill Lynch -- anticipating Rapinoe 's protest -- moved the national anthem 's performance without warning or notice to occur before the players ' appearances on the pitch . Jeff Plush , the league 's commissioner , was present at the game and told reporters that he was unaware of Lynch 's plans and disagreed with the act of moving the anthem 's performance . The Spirit 's players issued a joint statement also disagreeing with Lynch 's decision to move the anthem without first consulting the team 's players or coaches .
National Football League on television
Doubleheader allotments were often assigned with restrictions because of other network commitments . This happened during Finals Sunday of the U.S. Open tennis championships ( September ) ( Week 1 , for CBS 1975 -- 1993 , 1998 -- 2014 ) , or Major League Baseball playoffs in October ( NBC , typically during League Championship Series from 1976 to 1989 , and again in 1996 and 1997 , World Series 1978 to 1984 , when Sunday games were afternoon games , and CBS , League Championship Series , 1990 to 1993 ) . During the restricted zones , the AFC West and NFC West ( depending on the network with the restriction ) teams in the Mountain and Pacific time zones could not play at home during the weekend in question , unless they either hosted an interconference game , or were scheduled in prime time ( regardless of opponent ) . The rule was effectively eliminated by the new cross-flex rule in 2014 , meaning the NFL could apply the new rule and assign games that would be on the restricted network to the other network . In 1991 and 1995 , NBC did not allow their games to be played in the early slot ( 1 : 00 p.m. ET ) in order to cover the final day of matches in golf 's Ryder Cup . However , conference regulations such as those used in the past no longer apply as the NFL can apply cross-flexing rules to allow games where the NFC team is the visiting team to air on CBS at 1 : 00 p.m. ET . Restrictions
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
Prior to the AFL -- NFL merger , the Hall of Fame Game was played in August or September , in some cases at the end of the preseason . In 1970 , it was moved to the beginning of the preseason . Prior to 2002 , it was not uncommon for the game to be played in July . Since 2002 , when the league permanently moved the start of the season to the weekend after Labor Day , the game has always been played in early August .
Jim Thorpe
James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox ( Sauk ) : Wa - Tho - Huk , translated as `` Bright Path '' ; May 22 or 28 , 1887 -- March 28 , 1953 ) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist . A member of the Sac and Fox Nation , Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country . Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports , he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon , and played American football ( collegiate and professional ) , professional baseball , and basketball . He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics , thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place . In 1983 , 30 years after his death , the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) restored his Olympic medals .
New Jersey
New Jersey prospered through the Roaring Twenties . The first Miss America Pageant was held in 1921 in Atlantic City , the Holland Tunnel connecting Jersey City to Manhattan opened in 1927 , and the first drive - in movie was shown in 1933 in Camden . During the Great Depression of the 1930s , the state offered begging licenses to unemployed residents , the zeppelin airship Hindenburg crashed in flames over Lakehurst , and the SS Morro Castle beached itself near Asbury Park after going up in flames while at sea .
Congressional Baseball Game
In 1917 , Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana tossed out the first pitch and kept score , becoming the first woman to participate in the annual event . More than 70 years later , in 1993 , Representatives Ileana Ros - Lehtinen of Florida , Maria Cantwell of Washington , and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas became the first women to break into the starting lineup .
San Jose, California
In August 2004 , the San Jose Seahawk Rugby Football Club hosted the USA All - Star Rugby Sevens Championships at Watson Bowl , east of Downtown . San Jose State hosted the 2011 American Collegiate Hockey Association ( ACHA ) national tournament . The NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament is also frequently held in San Jose .