1950s

1. CCNY wins its second national championship .º.º. of the month, March 28, 1950, Madison Square Garden

2. The Giants win but the Dodgers come from 6–1, 8–5 down on the final day against Philadelphia in 14 innings to force a playoff, September 30, 1951, Shibe Park, Philadelphia

3. The Giants win the pennant, October 3, 1951, Polo Grounds

4. St. John’s wins down south, March 22, 1952, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina

5.  The Knicks win at the buzzer in double-overtime in the deciding playoff game against the Celtics, March 26, 1952, Boston Garden

6. Sugar Ray Robinson melts against Joey Maxim, June 25, 1952, Yankee Stadium

7. Billy Martin saves the Yankees, October 7, 1952, Ebbets Field

8.  The Yankees win a fifth straight World Series, October 5, 1953, Yankee Stadium

9. Rocky has to go the distance, July 17, 1954, Yankee Stadium

10. Willie Mays makes “the Catch,” September 29, 1954, Polo Grounds

11. “Next year” finally arrives for Brooklyn, October 4, 1955, Yankee Stadium

12. Don Larsen achieves perfection, October 8, 1956, Yankee Stadium

13. The Giants crush the Bears in the NFL Championship, December 30, 1956, Yankee Stadium

14. Althea Gibson wins the U.S. National Championships, September 8, 1957, West Side Tennis Club

15. Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray Robinson go to war, September 23, 1957, Yankee Stadium

16. Lew Burdette slays the mighty Yankees, October 10, 1957, Yankee Stadium

17. The Yankees resurrect themselves with a 10th-inning win, October 8, 1958, County Stadium, Milwaukee

18. Pat Summerall kicks a field goal in the snow, December 14, 1958, Yankee Stadium

19. Johnny U. changes pro football, December 28, 1958, Yankee Stadium

20. Ingemar Johansson’s “Toonder and Lightning” strikes Floyd Patterson, June 26, 1959, Yankee Stadium

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