2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 1989 Event U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule 1987 Event NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption 1986 Event IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule 1962 Event NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule 1946 Event Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it 1946 Event 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season