1956-1970s: Early Years and Legends The inaugural NBA MVP award, in 1956, was claimed by Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks, who set the standard for future MVPs with his remarkable scoring and rebounding abilities. Wilt Chamberlain was the dominant force in the late 1950s and 1960s, se...
Later, the temperature dropped down to minus-18, and the battle between the Packers and Dallas Cowboys was dubbed “The Ice Bowl.” The Packers went on to win what is believed to be the coldest game in NFL history. 1962: Wilt Chamberlain reaches the century mark Bettmann // Getty Images...
Tiger Woods made his Mastersdebut in 1995as a 19-year-old amateur. Two years later, the golf world was already waiting for his coronation, and the21-year-old phenomset the Augusta National Golf Club ablaze with a dominant victory. At 20 years old, Jordan Spiethalmost broke the record in ...
This demonstrates how assists can actually be a selfish statistic. If you’re looking to rack up a bunch of them, it can lead to being as ball dominant as a black hole scorer, and focusing on making the assist pass rather than the right pass. It can also lead to a plethora of turno...
pushed everyone around him to be better. In doing so, he set a new template for players and alongside that, Bryant showed that older players can continue to be just as dominant as younger players, if not more. At the core of his work ethic was unwavering self-belief, forcing himself to...
The Rays, which started out hot certainly don't seem to be burning up at the box office, and they also point out, a new ballpark was supposed to help attendance in Miami. It hasn't. As for the Royals, they note we have a great ballpark, but the team's play and lousy home ...
But Shaq’s Lakers took over Jordan’s legacy, winning three consecutive titles from 2000 – 2002. A little fella named Kobe Bryant had a hand in it but Shaq was the man. O’Neal deserves special mention here for the most dominant NBA Finals performances of any man in history. ...
Mr. Jordan. The company was in the red for two straight years and laid off 400 workers prior to Mr. Jordan's rise to prominence. But by 1996, Nike was the dominant manufacturer in its business, with 44 percent of the athletic shoe market in the United States and $3.6 billion in ...