Moments in Time – March 31, 2024

#MiddleburyCT On April 8, 1930, baseball legend Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract for a then enormous sum of $160,000 with the New York Yankees, prompting the team’s general ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – December 27, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On Jan. 8, 1310, near the beginning of the Little Ice Age, when average temperatures around the world dropped by as much as 3.6 F (particularly in Europe and North America), ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – December 8, 2023

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions Who succeeded Larry O’Brien as commissioner of the NBA in 1984? What LPGA Tour golfer, nicknamed “Bam-Bam” for her long tee shots, ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 5, 2023

#MiddleburyCT On July 17, 1941, New York Yankees center fielder Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 consecutive games ended as 67,468 people watched him at bat against the Cleveland ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – April 28, 2023

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions In March 1973, what two New York Yankees pitchers announced they had swapped wives and families? What basketball player from Poland, the WNBA’s ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – January 27, 2023

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions In October 2022, Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky were charged with multiple felonies in Ohio for allegedly cheating in a tournament of what sport? American ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – December 30, 2022

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions On Dec. 8, 1987, what member of the Philadelphia Flyers became the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal by intentionally shooting the puck ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – September 21, 2022

#Middlebury On Oct. 6, 1866, the Reno gang carries out the first robbery of a moving train, making off with $13,000 from a train in Indiana. This new method of sticking up moving trains ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – May 6, 2022

#Middlebury #Sports Questions The Merseyside Derby is a rivalry match between what two English football clubs? In 1979, New York Yankees manager Billy Martin was fired after getting ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – April 15, 2022

#Middlebury #Sports Questions In 1955, what catcher and outfielder became the first Black player in New York Yankees history? In an October 2000 NFL game dubbed “The Monday Night ... Continue Reading →