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Annual sporting events in the United States
- NBA FinalsThe Basketball Association of America completed its inaugural season in April 1947 with the Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Chicago Stags.
- Super BowlIn 1960, the American Football League formed as a direct rival to the National Football League. AFL commissioner Joe Foss sent an invitation letter on the…
- Pro BowlThe first Pro All-Star Game took place on the 15th of January 1939 at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. The NFL All-Stars faced the league champion New York…
- Pro Football Hall of Fame GameThe first Pro Football Hall of Fame Game took place on the 11th of August 1962. It featured a tie between the New York Giants and the St.
- NBA All-Star GameThe basketball world reeled from a college point-shaving scandal in the early 1950s. NBA President Maurice Podoloff met with publicity director Haskell Cohen…
- NBA playoffsThe first NBA playoffs began in 1947 when the league was still called the Basketball Association of America. That year, six teams competed in a complex…
- Major League Baseball postseasonIn 1903, the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates met to decide the first modern champion of Major League Baseball. This single best-of-seven series…
- NFL playoffsThe first NFL Championship Game took place in 1933. It featured the two division winners of that single season. No other teams qualified for postseason play…