This Day in Sports

Packers Win Inaugural Super Bowl Behind Bart Starr

October 13, 2025 10

Seattle was named the 11th franchise city in

October 17, 2025 12

Rick Barry of the San Francisco Warriors made

October 17, 2025 12

1966 Heisman winner Steve Spurrier

December 5, 1966 11

Red Auerbach lights one final victory cigar. The Celtics win their eighth consecutive championship

April 28, 1966 8

April 23, 1966: The Theodore Roosevelt Award, the Association’s highest honor, is established. Dwight Eisenhower receives the first award at the 1967 Convention, where 12 astronauts who won varsity letters also are honored.

April 23, 1966 12

April 23, 1966: The National Collegiate Athletic Bureau is separated into publishing and public relations functions. The new College Athletics Publishing Service is moved to Phoenix.

April 23, 1966 14

New York Mets win Tom Seaver Lottery

April 3, 1966 10

Don Drysdale Sets Record

March 30, 1966 13

March 19, 1966: Texas Western College (now UTEP) defeats Kentucky in the basketball final with a starting team consisting entirely of black players.

March 19, 1966 12