Today in
Sports History
1923 - George Halas (Chicago Bears) picked up an Oorang Indians fumble and ran it 98 yards for a touchdown.
1954 - The Philadelphia A's moved to Kansas City.
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) set an NBA record when he missed all 10 of his free throws.
1972 - The L.A. Kings scored 3 goals within 45 seconds against the New York Islanders.
1973 - The Chicago Bears set an NFL record when they held the Green Bay Packers to -12 yards passing.
1976 - Major league baseball held its first free-agent draft. 24 players were available from 13 teams.
1994 - United Center in Chicago, IL, opened.
1994 - The San Antonio Spurs' season opener was delayed for 50 minutes when a fireworks display triggered the sprinkler system in the Alamodome.
2001 - Randall Cunningham (Baltimore Ravens) achieved 30,000 career passing yards.
2001 - The Arizona Diamondbacks won their first World Series. They beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in game 7.
2001 - Former Dallas Cowboy Nate Newton was arrested in Louisiana after police found 213 pounds of marijuana in a van he was driving.
2003 - Mark Messier (New York Rangers) scored two goals and moved into second place in career points. The goals were points 1850 and 1851 of his career.
Sports Quote
Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical.
- Yogi Berra |
