This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In 2005, Laker Kobe Bryant outscored the entire Dallas Mavericks team through 3 quarters.

In 1980, NBC broadcast an NFL game without announcers.

In 1996, 3-time Indy 500 winner Bobby Unser and a friend got lost while snowmobiling in Colorado and spent 2 days in frigid conditions.

In 1981, Winnipeg Jets Doug Smail scored the game's opening goal just 5 seconds after puck drop.

In 2003, former Jet QB Joe Namath embarrassed himself during a mid-game interview with Suzy Kolber.

In 1985, Howard Cosell left ABC.

THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND

Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.