December 9, 1925: Red Grange, Chicago Bears bring professional football to Boston

From the birth of the National Football League, in 1922, it took…
Howard Ehmke (TRADING CARD DB)

April 13, 1926: First Red Sox game is broadcast on Boston radio

Few baseball writers predicted big things for the 1926 Boston…

April 13, 1926: Big Train takes a long journey to defeat Connie Mack’s Athletics

Opening Day, at least as far as the Washington Senators were…
Walter Johnson (Trading Card DB)

May 12, 1926: Walter Johnson records 403rd career win

Twenty-four major-league pitchers have won 300 or more games…

June 21, 1926: Reds’ Wally Pipp ends the longest day of 1926 in 16th inning

It began just after 3:00 in the afternoon when Cincinnati’s…

July 10, 1926: Violent vicissitudes as A’s rally to beat White Sox, 17-14

Philadelphia is not known the to be coolest place to summer…
Earl McNeely (TRADING CARD DB)

July 10, 1926: Senators explode for 12 runs in eighth inning

On Saturday, July 10, 1926, the temperature in Washington reached…

August 11, 1926: Mutinous Pirates ousted after loss to Brooklyn

The defending world champion Pittsburgh Pirates were in first…
Frankie Frisch (Library of Congress)

September 17, 1926: Frankie Frisch, Giants derail Reds’ pennant drive

On the eve of the 1926 season, the venerated New York Giants…
Claude "Red" Grier (SEAMHEADS.COM)

October 3, 1926: Red Grier throws a no-hitter in Negro League World Series

Red Grier wouldn’t have had the chance to pitch one of the…

October 9, 1926: Red Grange returns to Boston with upstart pro football league

Less than a year after Red Grange and the Chicago Bears debuted…

October 10, 1926: Pete Alexander saves the day

The seventh game of the 1926 World Series between the St. Louis…

April 12, 1927: Cubs wallop defending champion Cardinals on Opening Day

In the early part of 1927, the Midwest was bursting with anticipation…