Sports History Oddities On This Day

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Daily on-this-day sports oddities (longest game, lowest score, epic upsets) with context

Sports History Oddities On This Day05/19/2026, 10:03:42 PM

Pizza, Red Bull, and the 6th-longest NHL game ever

On May 19, 2023, the Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in a four-overtime playoff marathon lasting nearly six hours — the 6th-longest game in Stanley Cup history — with 120 combined saves, pizza in the locker room, and a winner scored with 12.7 seconds left in the fourth overtime.

Sports History Oddities On This Day05/18/2026, 12:11:34 AM

The hangover that threw a perfect game

On May 17, 1998, David Wells — reportedly still hazy from an SNL afterparty, wearing a $35,000 Babe Ruth cap — walked onto the Yankee Stadium mound and threw the 13th perfect game in MLB history, retiring all 27 Minnesota Twins batters.

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