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In 1999, Detroit Lion RB Barry Sanders retired. In 1952, Czechoslovakia’s Emil Zatopek won the Olympic Marathon a few days after he won gold in both the 5000 and 10000 meter events. He’s the only Olympian to win gold in all three in the same games. In 1988, New York Yankee pitcher Tommy John committed...
In 2009, Lance Armstrong finished third overall at the Tour de France. If he hadn’t unretired, would he have ever faced repercussions from his blood doping. In 1933, Joe DiMaggio’s 61-game minor league hitting streak broken. In 1984, KC Royal Vida Blue was suspended by the commissioner for possession of cocaine. In 1976, the US...
In 1956, Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente hit a walk-off inside the park grand slam home run. In 1961, New York Yankee Roger Maris hit four home runs against four different pitchers. In 1952, American and FBI Agent Horace Ashenfelter pulling off a surprise win in the 3000m Steeplechase in the Helsinki Olympics. In 1999, Lance Armstrong...
In 1966, Tony Lema and his wife Betty were killed in a plane crash along with the pilot and co-pilot. In 1915, George Halas, the future Chicago Bears Head Coach was supposed to be on a ship that sank in Lake Michigan. Instead, he overslept and was late. In 1983, George Brett had a little...
In 1976, the reigning Super Bowl champ Pittsburgh Steelers played a team of college all-stars in the final Chicago Charities College All-Star Game. In 2000, Tiger Woods won his first British Open and in the process, became the youngest golfer to capture the career grand slam. In 2006, Woods won his third British Open a...
In 1992, an intra-squad game between the Dream Team in Monte Carlo became a thing of legend. In 1979, St. Louis Cardinals receiver J.V. Cain collapsed during a pre-season workout and died two hours later. In 1923, Washington National Walter Johnson became the first pitcher in baseball history to strike out 3000 batters. In 2007,...
In 1959, Pumpsie Green became the first black player to play for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox were the last MLB team to integrate their roster. In 2024, San Francisco Giants’ manager Bob Melvin was ejected before the first pitch was thrown. In 2007, David Beckham made his MLS debut with the LA...
In 2003, Ben Curtis won the Open Championship at Royal St. Georges. It was first appearance in a golf major and his first professional win. In 1985, Mary Decker Slaney dusted Zola Budd and the rest of the field in a rematch of the 3000 meter debacle at the LA Olympics the previous summer. In...
In 2009, 59-year old Tom Watson came within a shot of becoming the oldest to win a major golf championship. In 1946, home plate umpire Red Jones ejected 14 players and coaches in an effort to silence a critic and yet he never found him. In 1990, Pete Rose was sentenced to prison for tax...
In 1912, tennis players Karl Behr and Richard Norris Williams, both Titanic survivors played each other in a Boston Tennis Tournament. In 1999, Jean Vandevelde came to the final hole at Carnoustie needing only a double bogey to win the Claret Jug, instead, a triple-bogey plunged him into a three-way playoff and lost. In 1962,...