1780s 1786: AN ADVERTISEMENT IN A NYC NEWSPAPER BY A MR. HULL OF 76 CHATHAM STREET ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD START MANUFACTURING ICE CREAM ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. IT WAS THE FIRST KNOWN U.S. AD FOR COMMERCIAL ICE CREAM. 1810s BORN 1810: ROBERT SCHUMANN (COMPOSER) […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Senior Deputy Athletics Director Janine Oman announced today that Jocelyn Gates, Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator at Boston College and with prior positions at South Florida, Duke and the NCAA, has been named a Senior Associate Director of Athletics […]

THREE HARD LAPS * After becoming the 16th and final team to clinch a spot in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Canadiens can become the first to advance to the Stanley Cup Semifinals with a victory tonight. * Jonathan Marchessault scored the third-ever playoff hat trick by a Golden Knights player […]

Fan Vote to Help Determine Award Winner Opens Today, June 7-11 at NHL.com/OReeAward NEW YORK (June 7, 2021) – The National Hockey League (NHL®) today announced Renee Hess (founder of the Black Girl Hockey Club), Kevin Hodgson (executive director of HEROS), and Howard Smith (co-founder of Pittsburgh I.C.E.) have been named the three […]

NEW YORK (June 7, 2021) – The National Hockey League today announced the following updates to the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round schedule:  Thursday, June 10 The start time of Game 6 (if necessary) of the Second Round series between the Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning has been set for 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June […]

NEW YORK (June 6, 2021) – Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov, Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron and Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone are the three finalists for the 2020‑21 Frank J. Selke Trophy, awarded “to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game,” the National Hockey […]

NEW YORK (June 6, 2021) –Boston Bruins forward David Krejci been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for slashing New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal during Game 4 of the teams’ Second Round series in New York on Saturday, June 5, the National Hockey League’s Department […]

NEW YORK (June 6, 2021) – The National Hockey League today announced starting times and national broadcast information for Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round games scheduled on June 9: The start time of Game 6 of the Second Round series between the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders has been set for 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June […]

NEW YORK (June 5, 2021) – Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews, Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin and Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon are the three finalists for the 2020-21 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, awarded “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability,” […]

NEW YORK (June 5, 2021) – The National Hockey League today announced the following updates to the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs Second Round schedule: Tuesday, June 8 The start time of Game 5 of the Second Round series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes has been set for 6:30 p.m. ET on […]

NEW YORK (June 4, 2021) – San Jose Sharks right wing Kurtis Gabriel, Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne and New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban are the three finalists for the 2020‑21 King Clancy Memorial Trophy, which is presented “to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice […]

NEW YORK (June 3, 2021) – Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele has been suspended for four games for charging Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans during Game 1 of the teams’ Second Round series in Winnipeg on Wednesday, June 2, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today. If […]

1650s 1654: LOUIS XIV CROWNED KING OF FRANCE 1770s 1776: IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, RICHARD HENRY LEE OF VIRGINIA PROPOSED A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BORN 1778: BEAU BRUMMEL (FASHION LEADER) 1810s BORN 1811: SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON (ONE OF THE FOUNDERS […]

6/3/2021 The United States Football League, an upstart spring league that launched in 1983 and lasted for three seasons, will officially return next spring, the USFL announced Thursday morning.  The new league will target at least eight teams and will retain the rights to key […]

June 4, 2021 The Penguins announced earlier this weekend that forward Evgeni Malkin underwent successful surgery on his right knee.   The procedure was performed by head team physician Dr. Dharmesh Vyas and Freddie H Fu of UPMC Sports Medicine, at UPMC Montefiore Hospital.  Malkin was […]

1430s BORN 1436: REGIOMONTANUS, AKA JOHANN MULLER (ASTRONOMER) 1750s BORN 1755: NATHAN HALE (PATRIOT) 1790s BORN 1799: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN (POET) 1820s 1829: POINSETTIA DEBUTED AT THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURE SOCIETY EXHIBITION 1840s 1844: THE YMCA WAS ORGANIZED IN LONDON BY GEORGE WILLIAMS 1860s BORN 1868: […]

Jon Rahm was having a great day finishing off Friday’s 2nd round and the 3rd round on Saturday. He was at 18-under for the tournament and was at -6 for the 3rd round. Then he walks off the 18th green at the Memorial after tying […]

6/5/2021 The Wright State baseball team saw its 2021 season come to an end on Saturday afternoon in the Knoxville Regional, falling to Duke 14-6. Wright State finishes the season with a 35-13 record and won their fourth Horizon League Championship in the last six seasons. On […]

 The 2021 Memorial Tournament has seen alot in two days of action. There was a rainy day on Thursday that led to play being suspended and a fog delay early Friday morning, and the second round was suspended once again at 8:44 p.m. Friday due […]

 6/4/2021 Despite five home runs, the Wright State baseball team dropped a heartbreaker on Friday night thanks to a walkoff grand slam from regional host Tennessee to hand the Raiders a 9-8 loss in the opening game of the NCAA Knoxville Regional. Wright State (35-12) now […]