1900's

1900 Olympics held in Paris, Cricket made its only appearance and a British team won the only match against a French team, making them the only Olympic gold medalists in cricket, and therefore the current Olympic Champions.

 

Another interesting fact from the 1900 Olympic was the discontinuation of the 200m Swimming obstacle races

 

Tug of war, which was played at a number of Olympic games during the 1900’s has been discontinued but has potential come back- since it was a part of ancient games in Athens.

 

1916 and 1940, Olympic games were cancelled because of World War I and II resepectivley

 

The 1936 Jesse Owens Olympics was the world's first televised sporting event, but the United States quickly jumped on the bandwagon in May of 1939.

 

1920 first African American plays in NFL

 

In 1924 the Americans played Olympic games volleyball as a demonstration sport. It did not become an Official sport until 1964 in Tokyo.

 

1921 live sports games from the radio

 

In May of 1973, Bobby Riggs was 55 years old, but defeated Margaret Court, then the top-ranked female tennis player in the world at 30 years old. Riggs used the victory to taunt all female tennis players, which led to King stepping up to take him on. By this time it had turned into a national spectacle. When King finally beat Riggs in straight sets, it was a victory for women everywhere. “Battle of the sexes”