2025 TOP 10 NATIONAL SPORTS STORIES OF THE YEAR
HM: Shohei Ohtani has greatest game in MLB history with 3 HRs and 10 Ks in same game.
HM: Dick Vitale returns to ESPN during Clemson vs. Duke game after 2 years away for Cancer.
HM: Florida Panthers repeat as NHL Stanley Cup Champions.
HM: Dover loses both NASCAR Cup series points races, but does get All-Star race in return.
HM: Los Angeles Dodgers repeat as MLB World Series Champion.
HHM: Ohio State wins first 12-team National Championship, after NOT winning Big Ten title.
HHM: LeBron James and Bronnie become the first Father & Son to play in same NBA game.
HHM: Sugar Bowl was postponed after a Terror attack in New Orleans on Bourbon Street.
HHM: Ichiro Susuki is second player to ever be elected to Baseball HOF unanimously.
HHM: Arizona State’s Cam Skattaboo donates ALL of his NIL money to a Children’s Hospital.
HHM: Kentucky Derby Winner Sovereignty pulled from The Preakness without explanation.
HHM: Shooter kills 1 and injures several others, then kills himself at NFL Offices in New York.
HHM: Former Pro players from the G-League are now being recruited to play college basketball?
HHM: Notre Dame left out of the CFP and then refuse to accept a bowl bid… Quit like a Champion!
HHM: Michigan fires Sherrone Moore over inappropriate relationship, then he’s arrested & suicidal.
10: William Byron repeats as Daytona 500 Champion!
9: Rev Sharing for College Athletes begins on July 1… Pay for Play has arrived!
8: The Year of Scottie Sheffler… POY, 6X winner w/2 Majors (PGA & Open)!
7: Rory McElroy wins The Masters, became the 6th Career Grand Slam winner!
6: Alex Ovechkin passes Wayne Gretzky to become Career Goal Leader (895)!
5: Chauncey Billups & Terry Rozier arrested on illegal gambling charges!
4: US Figure Skating Team was on board the plane that exploded when accidentally hit by a helicopter at DC airport.
3: Indiana University football goes undefeated and wins outright Big Ten Championship for the first time since 1945!
2: Philip Rivers signs with Colts & starts an NFL game for the first time in five years with only three days practice at 44 years old!
1: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred reinstates Pete Rose & Shoeless Joe Jackson, to allow them to be considered for the Baseball Hall of Fame!
January 15, 2020
