2007 — New York Islanders forward Chris Simon is banned for 30 games, drawing the longest suspension in NHL history again.

2018 - Houston Rockets set NBA single-game record with 26 three-pointers in 136-118 victory over Washington Wizards; ...

History is written with great deeds, but sometimes also with small, everyday objects. The latter, once involved in the ...

It is also the date that former Boston big man Steve Kuberski signed with the Celtics for the second time in his career in ...

Today in Sports, December 20 - Brett Favre is 1st NFL player to throw for more than 30 TDs in 5 different seasons ...

1921: Three days before he was scheduled to be hanged, “Terrible” Tommy O’Connor and two other prisoners escaped from jail in Chicago and were never seen again. 1945: Henrietta Bradberry earned her ...

Today in History for Dec. 21: In 1266, the last stand of the first English parliamentarians ended when rebels surrendered Kenilworth Castle to the king after a six-month siege. Their leader, Simon de ...

The Arkansas and Poteau rivers were at high flood stage, but the Army from Camp Chaffee came to help. A pontoon bridge was ...

1972: Forty-five people died when a United Airlines jet crashed into bungalows on West 70th Place while approaching Chicago’s ...

On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery, was ratified as Georgia became the 27th state to endorse it. In 1907, at least 361 men and boys died in a coal mine ...

On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than ...

On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published the first edition of On the Origin of Species in London. The book introduced the groundbreaking theory of evolution by natural selection. It challenged ...