Every Year ST. SWITHIN’S DAY 1600s BORN 1606: REMBRANDT (ARTIST) 1770s BORN 1779: CLEMENT MOORE (WRITER) 1790s 1799: IN THE EGYPTIAN VILLAGE OF RASHID, FRENCH CAPTAIN PIERRE BOUCHARD FOUND THE ROSETTA STONE 1850s BORN 1850: SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (MISSIONARY) 1870s 1870: GEORGIA BECAME THE […]

Every Year BASTILLE DAY 1220s 1223: LOUIS VIII BECAME KING OF FRANCE UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER 1790s 1791: THE PRIESTLEY RIOTS TOOK PLACE IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND 1850s 1853: THE FIRST WORLD’S FAIR TO BE HELD IN THE UNITED STATES OPENED IN NEW YORK […]

Every Year BORN : JULIUS CAESAR (ROMAN STATESMAN) 1780s 1787: THE AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PASSED THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE CREATION OF NEW STATES 1790s BORN 1793: JOHN CLARE (POET) 1810s BORN 1816: GUSTAV FREYTAG (NOVELIST) 1830s 1836: CURRENT U.S. PATENT NUMBERING […]

Every Year ORANGEMEN’S DAY (N.L., CAN.) 1530s DIED 1536: ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM (WRITER & PHILOSOPHER) 1730s BORN 1730: JOSIAH WEDGWOOD (POTTER) 1800s DIED 1804: ALEXANDER HAMILTON (STATESMAN AND FOUNDING FATHER) 1810s BORN 1817: HENRY DAVID THOREAU (WRITER) 1840s DIED 1849: DOLLEY MADISON (U.S. FIRST LADY) […]

Every Year WORLD POPULATION DAY 1270s BORN 1274: ROBERT THE BRUCE, KING OF SCOTLAND 1760s BORN 1767: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (6TH U.S. PRESIDENT) 1790s 1798: THE U.S. MARINE CORPS WAS REESTABLISHED 1798: U.S. MARINE BAND ESTABLISHED 1800s 1804: U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AARON BURR FATALLY SHOT […]

Of the 10 officials who will call Finals games in 2021, three are making their debut in the championship series. NEW YORK — The NBA today announced the list of referees assigned to the NBA Finals 2021 presented by YouTube TV. The championship series between the […]

The NBA and NBPA have announced results for players tested since June 30. NEW YORK – Of the 106 players tested for COVID-19 since June 30, zero new players have returned a confirmed positive test. Anyone who has returned a confirmed positive test, or has been […]

The broadcast experienced 20-year ratings records in Phoenix and Milwaukee markets. Viewership for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on ABC was up 13 percent from last year’s Game 1, according to Nielsen. The ABC broadcast averaged 8,560,000 viewers, peaking with nearly 10 million viewers […]

The Hall of Famer is the only coach to lead eight different NBA teams to the playoffs. NEW YORK — Larry Brown, widely and highly regarded as one of the game’s premier teachers, and the only coach in history to have won both an NBA and […]

Longtime NBA assistant spent the past two seasons as the associate head coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The Brooklyn Nets have named David Vanterpool as an assistant coach on Head Coach Steve Nash’s staff. Vanterpool comes to Brooklyn after serving the past two […]

The Hawks were only 14-20 under former coach Lloyd Pierce when then-assistant coach Nate McMillan, who is 56, was named interim coach after Pierce was fired. McMillan, who was more experienced than Pierce, with being a former head coach in Portland and Seattle, would not […]