For the first few decades of the NFL, the league avoided Christmas games. That changed in 1971. Here's a look at the first ...

A new historic marker stands in Elmira at the site of the first professional football game played at night "under the lights.

There is a first time for everything. That was the case about 404 years ago when the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts. There was no luxury of modern technology, no oven to cook ...

The first unofficial college basketball game was played. A P.E. teacher at the University of Iowa welcomed an athletic ...

While there might be dozens of bowl games, post-season bowl games started with one. Slowly, more bowl games came about. Here are the very first college bowl games ever created.