This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network – The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport’s Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1974, Notre Dame beat UCLA 71-70 ending the Bruins 88-game winning streak.
In 1975, UCLA legendary big men Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played against each other for the first time in the NBA.
In 1981, Muhammad Ali talked a suicidal man off a ledge in Los Angeles.
In 1983, minor league hockey player Tom Martin was traded for a bus.
In 2002, did Tom Brady fumble or simply throw an incomplete pass? It was the genesis of the ‘Tuck Rule.’
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.