The Atlantic takes a look back at the New York Times sports section on New Year's Day of 1912, 1937, 1962, and 1987.
From the piece...
Twenty-five years later we encounter a vastly different sports world, as reflected on the Times's sports "page" that day (now pages, 4 in all). College football—that day's Bowl Games—leads the coverage, with an eight-column headline, "Pitt and Washington Rated Even for Rose Bowl Battle Today Before 87,000." Previews of the Sugar Bowl ("Rain Threat to L.S.U. Passes in Santa Clara Contest Today"), the Orange Bowl ("Mississippi State Set for Duquesne"), and the Cotton Bowl ("Air Battle Looms" between Marquette and Texas Christian), along with an East-West all-star game in San Francisco and news of "Havana Awaiting Gridiron Contest" between Auburn and Villanova, filled out most of the rest of the first sports page. The radio listings included that day's broadcast schedule for the bowl games, starting at 2:15 in the afternoon (Eastern Time) and continuing until 8 pm, with several sports highlights shows on the air in the evening as well. "Football," the paper's sports columnist wrote, "had a great year in 1936 and the chances are that it is starting a bigger and better one this very day."
Featured on the first sports page along with all the Bowl game reporting was the news that heavyweight contender Louis had been signed to fight Bob Pastor, who had boxed as an amateur for New York University, at Madison Square Garden in late January; it would be Louis's fifth fight since losing to Max Schmeling in June.
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