The Amazing History of Sports

Love-15-30-40-Match! Why is tennis scored this way? Who came up with this unique scoring system and when did it start? Where does the term Love come from? All this today on The Amazing History of Sports.

Why is a strikeout scored as "K"? We discuss the origins of the box scoring system in baseball, and the reason Henry Chadwick decided to use "K" for strikeout. We also discuss a pitching feat more rare than a no-hitter and hitting for a cycle.

3 outs, 4 balls, 9 innings, and 9 players all explained on this episode. Early days of baseball consisted of constant trial-&-error in order to perfect base-path lengths and pitcher's mound distance. Join Don and Tommy this week as they discuss the structure and origins of baseball.

Yes, you read the title correctly! This episode Tommy and Don discuss the year in which the NFL gave their MVP award to a kicker. Mark Moseley is undoubtedly one of the most unexpected MVP winners in all of sports.

Lamar Hunt, late owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, was the founder of the AFL and was monumental in turning the NFL into the powerhouse that it is today. The NFL Conference that we know today as the AFC, was once known as the AFL, American Football League, and operated completely independently of the NFL. Not only did they operate independently, they were in direct competition with the NFL. Today we discuss the origins of the AFL, as well as the AFL-NFL merger.

Do you call it football or soccer? Today we discuss where the word "soccer" came from and why American's refer to the game as soccer, and not football. Don and Enrique settle the football vs soccer argument today!

Birdie, Bogey, Eagle! These are all terms that golfers regularly use today, but where did they start? We take a dive into Scottish history to determine how these terms came to be, yet most of them did not even originate in Europe. You'll be surprised at how much influence Americans have had on the game of golf.

Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson were Yankee teammates, and even roommates when they first met as Yankee pitchers. Kekich and Peterson pulled off the most bizarre trade in sports history when they completely swapped lives, wives and kids included. Join Don and Tommy today for a ride through this bizarre story, and hear where both couples are today.

American Football has had roots in The United States since the early 1800’s; however, the earliest mentions of a game most similar to American Football date back to Europe. Tommy and Don go back to the early 1800’s this week to discuss the origins of American Football. Also, more of “what grinds my gears.”

Pro football is one of the youngest sports, only a century old, yet the NFL has grown to become the largest sports league in the world. Many would be surprised to find out that professional baseball team owners were the first ones to attempt the creation of a professional football league; however, they were motivated solely by money and their attempts would ultimately fail. Listen to hear about the early days of professional football, and how a betting scandal almost killed the entire sport in the States.