Episode 763

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31st Dec 2025

The Coldest Game Ever Played, the Greatest Game Nobody Saw, and a Tie in Basketball? - This DiSH for Dec .31

In 1967, the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to win the NFL Championship. It was the coldest game in NFL history and became known as 'The Ice Bowl.'

In 1988, the Chicago Bears beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a dense fog at Soldier Field.

In 1972, the plane carrying Pittsburgh Pirate Roberto Clemente to Nicaragua crashed, killing all on board.

In 1935, Notre Dame and Northwestern ended their basketball game in a 20-20 tie. It was the result of a scoring error. It's the only tie game in college basketball history.

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This Day in Sports History
Remember and relive the greatest moments in sports history every day of the year.
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact. 

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