Mexico hosted the 13th World Cup finals less than a year after being hit by a massive earthquake that left 30,000 dead. As in 1970, the players had to endure searing heat and thin air -- and midday ...

A recent sports column noted that today's college students have little, if any, recollection of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly I-A) before the creation of the Bowl Championship Series in ...

Diego Maradona was inspirational as captain when Argentina won the World Cup in 1986 Football legend Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60. The former ...

Before and after every Crespi High School game in 1986, there was The Huddle: A ritual the football team eagerly looked forward to. In the middle of it stood Kyle Cummings, a junior defensive lineman ...

COLUMBIA — What could they say? Nobody was celebrating because nobody won. Nobody was (too) disappointed because nobody lost. “I talked with (Clemson quarterback Rodney Williams) after the game,” ...

The Texas football program dates back to 1893. Each day, we look at a little piece of Longhorn history. We’re starting by looking at each Longhorn football season. The Texas Longhorns suffered a ...

History will be on Trumbull’s side this weekend. Before kicking off Friday against New Canaan at McDougall Stadium, the Eagles will turn back the clock by honoring arguably the best team in their ...

As Crespi High School celebrated its 1986 CIF Southern Section Big Five championship, the Anaheim Stadium ground crew was not in a partying mood. Soon after the Celts got the plaque after defeating St ...