50 years later, TV hoops legacy of Eddie Einhorn and UCLA-Houston looms large
Posted Jan 20, 2018
Considering all that transpired in 1968, what occurred 50 years ago Saturday may represent the most benign sort of upheaval. But there’s no denying it too changed the world. Everything that major college basketball would become began Jan. 20, 1968, when UCLA met Houston at the Astrodome before an unprecedented crowd of 52,693 and a national television audience.
(Chicago Tribune)
Related: Other News
Takeaways from Week 7 of College Football: Indiana earns defining win, James Franklin on the hot seaIndiana just had its biggest win in program history. I have seen all sorts of stats celebrating the Hoosiers’ win over then-No. 3 Oregon. Probably...
Sun Oct 12, 2025Big Ten Basketball Media Days news, nuggets and takeaways
Minnesota was picked 16th in the Big Ten's media poll, which is a different neck of the woods for new coach Niko Medved, who led...
Sun Oct 12, 2025
Stanford football receives $50 million gift from former player
Stanford football has received the largest non-facilities gift in its history, a $50 million gift from former player and longtime supporter Bradford Freeman ’64. The...
Sat Oct 11, 2025
Fed-Up NIL Collectives Are Bypassing NIL Deal Approval Process
Multiple major power conference collectives are giving up on trying to work through the NIL Go clearinghouse and within the bounds of the new rules...
Sat Oct 11, 2025