American organization: National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), organization in the United States that administers intercollegiate athletics. It was formed in 1906 as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association to draw up competition and eligibility rules for football and other intercollegiate sports. The NCAA adopted its current name in 1910. In 1921 it conducted its first national championship event, the National […]
The history of the Tour de France The first Tour de France was held in 1903 – with the aim of selling more newspapers… It was set up and sponsored by French sports paper L’Auto, which hoped a tough new endurance race around the country would capture the public’s attention and boost its declining sales figures. […]
History of Monday Night Football Monday Night Football has a rich history. Before 1970, ABC had televised the National Football League Championship Game in 1948 and 1950, and had broadcast regular season National Football League games in 1953, supplementing the DuMont Television Network’s NFL coverage. Advertisers were charged US$65,000 per minute by ABC during the […]
Hawaii – History and Heritage The Hawaiian Islands were first settled as early as 400 C.E., when Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands, 2000 miles away, traveled to Hawaii’s Big Island in canoes. Highly skilled farmers and fishermen, Hawaiians lived in small communities ruled by chieftains who battled one another for territory. The first European to […]