1968 sports

1968 was one of the most difficult, tumultous years in America's history. Both Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated. America was knee-deep involved in Vietnam. There was upheaval in Paris. Upheaval in Prague. Upheaval in Chicago. Riots in every major American city.

COLUMBUS in 1968:
- The B*ckeyes win the National Championship, Big Ten, and the Rose Bowl.

LOCAL CHAMPIONS:
College Football: The Ohio State B*ckeyes
High School Football: Upper Arlington Golden Bears (AP State Champs)
High School Basketball: Columbus East Tigers

SPORTS CHAMPIONS:
NFL: Baltimore Colts
AFL: New York Jets
NBA: Boston Celtics
MLB: Detroit Tigers
NHL: Montreal Canadiens (The St. Louis Blues were the first Expansion Team to reach the Cup Finals)
Heisman Trophy: O.J. Simpson, Halfback, University of Southern California
NCAA Basketball: UCLA Bruins
NCAA Football: The Ohio State B*ckeyes
U.S. Open: Arthur Ashe
- Houston snaps UCLA's 47-game winning streak in the first Nationally Televised College Basketball Game at The Astrodome
- Vince Lombardi retires from coaching the Green Bay Packers, following Super Bowl II
- The B*ckeyes shatter Michigan, 50-14 at Ohio Stadium
- The Olympic Games are broadcast in Color for the First Time with the Winter Games in Grenoble, France
- Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American male athlete to win a Grand Slam in Tennis
- Two Olympic Track and Field Athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, stage a protest during the National Anthem at the Mexico City Summer Olympics

EMMYS:
Comedy Series: Get Smart (NBC)
Drama Series: Mission: Impossible (CBS)

ACADEMY AWARDS (for 1967 films)
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night
Actor: Rod Steiger, In The Heat of the Night
Actress: Katharine Hepburn, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Supporting Actor: George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke
Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons, Bonnie and Clyde