Sports on the Timeline

Iconic moments across every sport — order them on the timeline. Here’s a taste of the Sports pack — 683 verified moments and counting.

1. 1869 Rutgers beats Princeton 6-4 in the first intercollegiate (college) football gameNovember 6 →
2. 1886 Curt Welch scores the winning run in the tenth inning as the St. Louis Browns win the championship series over Chicago.October 23 →
3. 1899 James Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the eleventh round to claim the world heavyweight championship.June 9 →
4. 1912 Jim Thorpe wins the Olympic decathlon in Stockholm, hailed by the King of Sweden as the world's greatest athlete.July 15 →
5. 1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English ChannelAugust 6 →
6. 1934 Babe Ruth becomes the first player to hit 700 career home runs, at Detroit's Navin FieldJuly 13 →
7. 1939 The National Baseball Hall of Fame is dedicated in Cooperstown with its first induction classJune 12 →
8. 1946 Sugar Ray Robinson wins his first world championship, taking the vacant welterweight crown with a 15-round unanimous decision over Tommy Bell at Madison Square Garden.December 20 →
9. 1952 George Mikan scores a career-high 61 points to lead the Minneapolis Lakers over the Rochester Royals in double overtimeJanuary 20 →
10. 1956 Hungary beats the USSR 4-0 in the brutal Olympic water polo 'Blood in the Water' match amid the Hungarian RevolutionDecember 6 →
11. 1960 Bill Mazeroski hits the only Game 7 walk-off home run in World Series history to win it for the PiratesOctober 13 →
12. 1964 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) upsets Sonny Liston to win his first world heavyweight championship in Miami BeachFebruary 25 →
13. 1967 Mickey Mantle hits his 500th career home run off Stu Miller, becoming the sixth player to reach the milestoneMay 14 →
14. 1969 Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from the New York YankeesMarch 1 →
15. 1972 Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal at Munich — each with a world record — completing the greatest individual Olympic swimming performanceSeptember 4 →
16. 1974 Dwight Clay's corner jumper lifts Notre Dame past UCLA 71-70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streakJanuary 19 →
17. 1976 James Hunt claims the Formula 1 world championship by a single point at a rain-soaked Japanese Grand Prix, as rival Niki Lauda withdrawsOctober 24 →
18. 1979 Magic Johnson's Michigan State beats Larry Bird's Indiana State 75-64 in the NCAA championship gameMarch 26 →
19. 1981 Larry Holmes defends his heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Trevor BerbickApril 11 →
20. 1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passes Wilt Chamberlain to become the NBA's all-time leading scorerApril 5 →
21. 1986 The Chicago Bears demolish the New England Patriots 46–10 — the most dominant Super Bowl performance everJanuary 26 →
22. 1988 Steffi Graf wins the US Open to complete a Golden Slam — the only player ever to win all four Grand Slams plus Olympic gold in a single yearSeptember 10 →
23. 1989 Michael Jordan’s buzzer-beater “The Shot” eliminates the CavaliersMay 7 →
24. 1991 Dennis Martinez of the Expos throws a perfect game against the Dodgers, the first by a pitcher born outside the U.S.July 28 →
25. 1993 Notre Dame beats top-ranked Florida State in the 'Game of the Century'November 13 →
26. 1995 Michael Jordan announces his return to the NBA with a two-word 'I'm back' statementMarch 18 →
27. 1997 A visibly ill Michael Jordan scores 38 points to lead the Bulls past the Jazz in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, the 'Flu Game'June 11 →
28. 1999 Manchester United score two stoppage-time goals to beat Bayern Munich and complete the Treble in the Champions League finalMay 26 →
29. 2001 Wildcard Goran Ivanisevic, ranked 125th, edges Patrick Rafter 9-7 in the fifth on People's Monday to finally win Wimbledon.July 9 →
30. 2004 Derek Fisher catches and shoots a game-winner with just 0.4 seconds left, stunning the Spurs in San Antonio.May 13 →
31. 2007 Tom Brady throws his record 50th touchdown pass of the season as the Patriots beat the Giants to finish the regular season 16-0December 29 →
32. 2009 Barcelona beat Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome to complete a historic trebleMay 27 →
33. 2010 Graeme McDowell holds his nerve in the final singles match to clinch a rain-delayed Monday Ryder Cup for Europe.October 4 →
34. 2013 LeBron James becomes the youngest player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points, in a Heat win over the WarriorsJanuary 16 →
35. 2015 Stephen Curry is named NBA Most Valuable Player for the first timeMay 4 →
36. 2016 Kyrie Irving hits the go-ahead three over Stephen Curry in Game 7 to clinch the title for the Cavaliers.June 19 →
37. 2017 Cleveland wins its 22nd straight on Jay Bruce's extra-inning double, setting the American League record for consecutive victories.September 14 →
38. 2019 Eliud Kipchoge runs the first sub-two-hour marathon (1:59:40)October 12 →
39. 2021 Phil Mickelson becomes the oldest player to win a major championship, capturing the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course.May 23 →
40. 2022 Devin Booker scorches the Bulls for 51 points in just three quarters, shooting 20-of-25 in a Suns rout.November 30 →