1 minute read 1916: Brown University’s Fredrick “Fritz” Pollard becomes the first African American back named to an All-American team in football. December 30, 1916 0 71
1 minute read Wilbert Robertson agrees to try to catch a baseball dropped from a plane October 13, 2025 0 76
1 minute read Nov. 21, 1914: The Yale Bowl opens with a Yale vs. Harvard football game. November 21, 1914 0 75
1 minute read Dec. 29, 1910: The IAAUS is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association. December 29, 1910 0 81
1 minute read 1907: James Naismith, credited with the invention of basketball, steps down as men’s basketball coach at the University of Kansas, where his teams compiled a 55-60 record beginning in 1898. May 1, 1907 0 76
