Sports History and Awards

Sam Lacy was an American sportscaster who is best known for being the first African-American to broadcast a major league baseball game. He did so in 1954, when he called a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants for the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Johnny Most was an American sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of Boston Celtics basketball games from 1953 to 1990. He was known as "The Voice of the Boston Celtics" and was one of the most popular sportscasters in Boston history.

Curt Gowdy was an American sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the Olympics. He was the first sportscaster to broadcast a Super Bowl game, which he did in 1967 for NBC.

Chick Hearn was an American sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of Los Angeles Lakers basketball games from 1961 to 2002. He was known as "The Voice of the Los Angeles Lakers" and was one of the most popular sportscasters in Los Angeles history.

Graham McNamee was an American sportscaster who is widely credited as the first person to broadcast a play-by-play account of a sporting event. He began his career in 1923, broadcasting boxing matches and other sporting events for radio station WEAF in New York City. In 1926, he became the first sportscaster to broadcast a World Series game, when he called Game 7 of the 1926 World Series between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Marv Albert is an American sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of New York Knicks basketball games from 1967 to 2004. He was known as "The Voice of the New York Knicks" and was one of the most popular sportscasters in New York history.

Foster Hewitt was a Canadian sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey games from 1927 to 1967. He was the first sportscaster to broadcast a Stanley Cup Finals game, which he did in 1931.

Russ Hodges was an American sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of San Francisco Giants baseball games from 1958 to 1970. He was known as "The Voice of the San Francisco Giants" and was one of the most popular sportscasters in San Francisco history.

Ken Squier was an American sportscaster who is best known for his broadcasts of NASCAR races from 1979 to 2009. He was the first sportscaster to broadcast a NASCAR race, which he did in 1979 for CBS.

India first participated in the Olympic Games in wrestling in 1920. The Indian team was led by The Great Gama, who won a silver medal in the heavyweight division.

KD Jadhav won the first Olympic gold medal for India in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. He defeated the reigning world champion, Nasuh Akar of Turkey, in the final.

Geeta Phogat won the first Olympic medal for India in women's wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics. She won a bronze medal in the 55 kg weight class.

Sushil Kumar is the only Indian wrestler to have won two Olympic medals in wrestling. He won a bronze medal in the 66 kg weight class at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal in the same weight class at the 2012 London Olympics.

Bajrang Punia won the gold medal in the 65 kg weight class at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He defeated Takuto Otoguro of Japan in the final.

Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the silver medal in the 57 kg weight class at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He lost to Zavur Uguev of Russia in the final.