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NASL announces suspension of operations and hopes to return in 1986. It never did. England – FA Cup – Manchester United won 1-0 (aet) over Everton. Kevin Moran of MU receives first-ever red card in an FA Cup final.
October 1985 — Royals win team's first World Series The Kansas City Royals defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in a seven-game World Series, winning the franchise's first championship since its ...
The Snow Bowl was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 1, 1985, between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers.Contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, it is well known for its poor weather conditions, including heavy snow before and during the game.
EVENT ATHLETE MARK DATE VENUE 400 metres Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60: 6 October Canberra, Australia: Mile Mary Slaney (USA) 4:16.71: 21 August Zürich, Switzerland: 5,000 metres Zola Budd (GBR)
In 1985, the St. Louis Cardinals met their cross-state rivals Kansas City Royals for the first time in a non-exhibition setting. They won 101 regular-season games and the league behind the MVP performance of center fielder Willie McGee (he led the league in batting (.353), triples (18) and hits (216)), and John Tudor's 21 wins and 10 shutouts.
Ronald Reagan was president. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the U.S., along with the Sony Walkman. The Titanic wreckage was discovered. The ill-fated New Coke made its debut. So ...
Sport on Film and Video. New-York: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810827394. Sicks, Kai Marcel and Stauff, Markus (eds.) (2010). Filmgenres: Sportfilm [sic]. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam . ISBN 978-3-15-018786-9. Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H. (1989). Sports Movies: A Guide to Nearly 500 Films Focusing on Sports. CineBooks. ISBN 9780933997240.
A rule change in college basketball left teams unable to replicate Villanova's ball control strategy from the 1985 national championship game. After several conferences used a shot clock during the previous few seasons, the NCAA instituted a 45-second clock for the 1985–86 season. The clock was reduced to 35 seconds in 1993–94 and 30 in ...