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Historical Events
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1621-10-25 - Gov Bradford of US colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day
1793-09-29 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1876-02-03 - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1876-02-12 - Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
1883-05-01 - NY Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer
1884-10-22 - Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion
1890-12-22 - Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia.
1897-09-07 - George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
1904-01-28 - 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on U of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
1919-07-06 - William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president
1921-04-11 - KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1921-04-11 - First sports broadcast on the radio takes place.
1921-10-31 - Federation Sportive Feminine Intl forms (1st woman track & field assn)
1922-05-29 - US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport & not a business & thus not subject to antitrust laws
1930-11-25 - Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
1931-02-17 - 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
1931-04-20 - British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday
1931-07-12 - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32
1932-02-06 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
1933-10-01 - Antwerp Sports arena opens
1933-11-07 - Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
1935-04-26 - Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
1939-05-17 - 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball
1940-05-24 - 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940-06-04 - 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
1940-07-09 - 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1944-02-14 - Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial & Sport Fishing
1944-10-04 - 1st All St Louis World Series, all games played at Sportsman's Park
1946-06-19 - 1st TV sports/boxing spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
1947-09-17 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
1948-07-13 - 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1948-10-03 - NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week
1949-03-01 - The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals
1949-07-02 - "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
1950-01-23 - AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
1951-07-14 - 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)
1952-06-05 - 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
1952-09-23 - 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
1953-02-20 - US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1953-09-27 - St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1953-10-28 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1953-11-19 - US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
1954-01-01 - Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
1954-05-30 - Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs
1954-08-16 - "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing
1956-02-05 - NY Mayor Robert Wagner & Bkln Boro Pres Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
1956-08-05 - WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957-02-25 - Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
1957-07-09 - 24th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
1957-08-05 - Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million
1958-12-05 - Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila
1960-07-16 - 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
1961-04-29 - ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
1962-05-28 - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
1964-05-15 - Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1964-08-14 - Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer
1964-11-03 - Phila voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
1967-07-27 - Helmond Sport soccer team forms
1967-12-01 - Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1968-04-06 - Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
1969-01-02 - "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
1970-01-17 - Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
1970-03-21 - Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
1972-06-23 - Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
1973-06-28 - Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis & Althea Gibson elected
1973-08-26 - David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
1974-12-24 - Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year
1975-03-19 - Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
1975-08-22 - McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens
1975-10-25 - Denv Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits
1977-11-06 - 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation
1978-09-26 - NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
1979-02-13 - 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1979-05-24 - Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
1979-09-07 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1980-01-08 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1980-03-14 - 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation
1980-09-18 - "Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris
1981-09-24 - Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air
1981-12-15 - 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1982-03-01 - 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1982-11-13 - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
1982-11-18 - Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
1983-11-06 - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament
1983-11-30 - 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1984-11-01 - 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105
1985-08-12 - 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1985-12-20 - Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
1986-10-13 - IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
1987-07-01 - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
1987-09-29 - 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1988-06-09 - "Bloodsport (1987)," premieres in Germany
1988-07-13 - 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1988-09-11 - Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world
1989-02-03 - Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989-02-10 - To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
1989-02-26 - NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
1989-04-10 - 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989-07-11 - President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
1989-10-21 - 1st black owners (Betram Lee & Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m
Famous Birthdays
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1850-09-02 - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company
1865-03-10 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/writer/sport-organizer
1870-11-21 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964)
1876-05-17 - Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist
1877-02-27 - Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
1879-05-23 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
1880-03-22 - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
1880-11-01 - Grantland Rice, sportswriter (NY Her Trib 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37)
1882-09-09 - Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
1884-09-26 - J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. 1951)
1888-07-10 - Graham McNamee, sportscaster (1st Rose Bowl)
1893-05-08 - Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
1896-12-27 - Arch Ward, sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game)
1897-04-26 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
1898-02-20 - Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)
1898-02-27 - Allison Danzig, sports writer (Tennis Pictorial History)
1901-07-02 - Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator
1901-11-27 - Ted Husing, NYC, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
1903-01-17 - Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World)
1904-07-31 - Arthur Daley, sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956)
1905-02-10 - Walter Brown, sports organizer (NBA)
1905-09-25 - Red Smith, Green Bay Wisc, sportscaster/columnist (Fight Talk)
1906-11-04 - Bob Considine, sports columnist (Bob Feller Story)
1906-11-06 - James D. Norris, sportsman and businessman (Chicago Black Hawks) (d. 1966)
1907-02-11 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator
1907-07-01 - Bill Stern, Rochester NY, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights)
1907-10-14 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter
1908-02-17 - Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks)
1909-07-01 - Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)
1909-12-11 - John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d.1989)
1910-02-21 - Eddie Waring, British sports commentator (d. 1986)
1911-06-11 - Russ Hodges, Dayton Tn, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights)
1911-12-26 - Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (d. 1962)
1912-01-20 - Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (d. 1970)
1912-07-01 - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer
1913-02-09 - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
1913-02-14 - Mel Allen, Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees)
1913-02-14 - Mel Allen, American sports reporter (d. 1996)
1914-03-01 - Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
1915-08-28 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator
1916-01-24 - Jack Brickhouse, American sports broadcaster (d. 1998)
1916-08-06 - Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
1916-11-27 - Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
1917-01-30 - Paul Frère, Belgian racing driver and motorsport journalist d. 2008)
1917-04-11 - Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
1918-01-25 - Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster
1918-02-22 - Charlie Finley, American sports entrepreneur (d. 1996)
1918-03-18 - Bob Broeg, American sports writer (d. 2005)
1918-03-21 - Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1918-09-25 - Phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950)
1919-05-25 - Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
1919-07-31 - Curt Gowdy, Green River Wyo, sportscaster (ABC)
1919-09-09 - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1)
1919-09-28 - Tom Harmon, Rensselaer Indiana, sportscaster/NFL tailback (Heisman)
1920-08-12 - Peter West, British sports commentator
1920-09-14 - Bud Palmer, Hollywood Calif, NBAer (NY Knicks)/sportscaster
1921-04-09 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French motorsports official (FIA) (d. 2008)
1921-09-24 - Jim McKay, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
1922-03-13 - Jim Rodger, sports writer
1922-10-27 - Ralph Kiner, HR hitter (Pitts Pirates)/sportscaster (NY Mets)
1922-10-29 - Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)
1923-03-18 - Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur
1923-04-22 - Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
1923-08-21 - Chris Schenkel, Biuppus Ind, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
1923-09-08 - Alan Weeks, sports commentator
1924-05-18 - Jack Whitaker, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
1924-08-21 - Jack Buck, American sports announcer (d. 2002)
1924-09-14 - Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
1924-12-21 - Joe Paterno, football coach (Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986)
1925-06-16 - Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians)
1926-02-12 - Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show)
1926-04-26 - David Coleman, sports commentator
1926-09-03 - Bill Flemming, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
1927-03-18 - George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)
1927-03-19 - Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster
1927-07-03 - Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
1927-11-29 - Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster (NBC Baseball Game of the Week)
1927-12-20 - Jim Simpson, sportscaster
1927-12-29 - Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1928-05-19 - Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)
1928-10-18 - Keith Jackson, Carrolton Ga, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Football)
1928-11-27 - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman
1929-07-20 - Mike Ilitch, American businessman and sports executive
1930-05-10 - Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/alchoholic
1930-08-16 - Frank Gifford, Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
1930-10-28 - Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports impresario (F1)
1930-11-09 - Charlie Jones, Ft Smith Ark, sportscaster (Almost Anything Goes)
1931-04-09 - Bill Gilbert, Wash DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E)
1931-05-28 - Raymond Miquel, chairman (Scottish Sports Council)
1931-07-08 - Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
1931-09-23 - Ruud van den Hende, sports reporter
1931-11-25 - Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council
1931-11-30 - Bill Walsh, NFL coach (SF 49ers)/sportscaster
1932-05-02 - Maury Allen, American sportswriter
1933-04-05 - Larry Felser, American sports columnist
1933-05-04 - J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher
1934-05-22 - Arne Harris, American television sports director (d. 2001)
1934-08-13 - Gary Davidson, US sports league founder (ABA, WHA, WFL)
1934-08-23 - Sonny Jurgensen, NFL quarterback (Wash Redskins)/sportscaster
1934-09-27 - Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 90 of 90
1908-04-20 - Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
1915-09-09 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (b. 1850)
1931-10-02 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1951-08-22 - J. P. Bickell, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1884)
1954-04-12 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89
1957-12-09 - Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
1962-04-15 - Arsenio Lacson, Filipino politician and sportswriter (b. 1911)
1962-06-04 - Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
1962-08-10 - Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
1963-07-10 - Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (b. 1893)
1964-03-18 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)
1964-06-26 - Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian sports executive (b. 1889)
1966-02-25 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
1967-06-14 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897)
1970-07-31 - Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (b. 1912)
1971-11-19 - Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64
1973-01-16 - Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
1975-03-15 - Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49
1975-04-24 - William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67
1979-09-18 - Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60
1980-11-26 - Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53
1981-02-05 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
1982-01-15 - Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76
1982-01-16 - Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)
1984-04-05 - Theo Koomen, Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at 54
1984-09-27 - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
1985-06-10 - Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
1988-08-14 - Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90
1989-02-10 - Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
1989-06-07 - Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
1991-11-21 - Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
1992-09-07 - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
1992-10-22 - Red Barber, sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees), dies at 84
1993-01-03 - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
1993-02-24 - Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (b. 1917)
1993-04-01 - Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
1994-01-17 - Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
1994-07-12 - Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52
1994-08-05 - Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
1994-09-08 - Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93
1995-03-09 - Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63
1995-04-23 - Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
1995-08-02 - Brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies
1995-08-21 - Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76
1996-01-04 - Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83
1996-04-21 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
1996-06-11 - Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
1996-06-16 - Mel Allen, sportscaster (NY Yankees), dies at 83
1996-08-13 - Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46
1996-09-09 - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67
1997-01-02 - Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75
1997-07-07 - Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80
1998-02-18 - Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
1999-09-06 - René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
2001-09-01 - Brian Moore British sports commentator (b. 1932)
2001-10-06 - Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)
2001-12-21 - Dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934)
2002-09-28 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens) (b. 1907)
2002-12-05 - Roone Arledge, American sports broadcasting pioneer (b. 1931)
2003-01-09 - Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
2004-06-05 - Ronald Reagan, American radio sports announcer, western film actor, governor of California, and 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
2004-10-11 - Keith Miller, Australian sportsman (b. 1919)
2005-01-10 - Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
2005-06-02 - Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official (b. 1930)
2005-06-12 - Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
2005-09-11 - Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
2005-10-18 - Bill King, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
2005-10-28 - Bob Broeg, American sports writer (b. 1918)
2006-01-13 - Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
2006-02-20 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2006-04-24 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
2006-07-31 - Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
2006-11-27 - Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
2006-12-13 - Lamar Hunt, American sports executive (b. 1932)
2007-03-04 - Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932)
2007-04-01 - Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923
2007-06-01 - Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
2007-06-25 - J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
2007-08-13 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2007-08-15 - Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
2007-09-26 - Bill Wirtz, American sports team owner (b. 1929)
2007-11-06 - George Grljusich, Australian sports broadcaster (b. c1939)
2007-11-15 - Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2007-12-26 - Stu Nahan, American Sportscaster (b. 1926)
2008-01-05 - Clinton Grybas, Australian sports commentator (b. 1975)
2008-01-19 - Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936)
2008-02-23 - Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)
2008-02-27 - Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster (b. 1929)
2008-03-27 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA (b. 1921)
2008-06-07 - Jim McKay, American sportscaster (b. 1921)
