Things we missed: Only our sport's anniversary, that's all

So, today is February 9, at least for a couple more hours. You know what happened on this day in history? Besides the Beatles playing on "The Ed Sullivan Show," of course. It's the birthday of our sport.

Yes, in 1895, William G. Morgan invented the game we know today as volleyball. We're not going to bore you with details about the origin, how whacky the original rules were, and so on and so forth. Let's just reflect for a moment that we have a sport that let's us appreciate raw athleticism, a dynamic level of play, cat-like quickness, big jumps and big swings...

...basically Rachel Wacholder, is what we're saying.