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In 2010, JamesOn Curry came off the bench for the Los Angeles Clippers and played 3.9 seconds. He was subbed for and never played again. In 1972, the Ohio State vs. Minnesota basketball game ended in a horrible brawl that sent three Buckeye players to the hospital. In 1924, the first Winter Olympics got started...
In 1981, New York Islanders’ Mike Bossy scored a pair of goals in the closing minutes to score his 50th goal in the first 50 games of the season. In 1999, David Duval carded 11 birdies and an eagle en route to the third 59 in a PGA Tour Event. In 1982, a Super Bowl...
In 1971, ABA commissioner Jack Dolph left his briefcase open courtside during the ABA All Star game exposing pro contracts for two college basketball players who still had eligibility. The contracts were noticed and led to an NCAA investigation. When the investigation ended, Villanova had its entire season vacated while Western Kentucky had its postseason...
In 1973, the Sunshine Showdown in Jamaica between Joe Frazier and Joe Foreman. After Foreman put Frazier on the mat, Howard Cosell screamed, ‘Down Goes Frazier!’ In 1989, Super Bowl XXIII in Miami between San Francisco and Cincinnati. But there was more going on in Miami that week that nearly caused the game to be...
In 1952, Seattle University shocked the Harlem Globetrotters 84-81. In 1979, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII. The game is known for Jackie Smith’s dropped TD pass. In 1990, John McEnroe became the first player ever disqualified from the Australian Open for misconduct. In 1984, Bobby Knight unloaded on Michigan...
In 1970, Muhammad Ali vs. Rocky Marciano in the ‘Super Fight.’ This was a movie version of a computer generated outcome between the two heavyweights. In 1968, UCLA played Houston in the Astrodome in college basketball’s ‘Game of the Century.’ Elvin Hayes outdueled Lew Alcindor to snap the Bruins 47-game winning streak. In 1996, Fox...
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...
In 1971, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to Super Bowl X. This was also the first Super Bowl that featured a halftime show. In 1958, Willie O’Ree became the first black player to play in the NHL when he played for the Boston Bruins. In 1896, the University of Chicago played the...
In 1971, Jim O’Brien kicked the game winner in an error-filled Super Bowl V. In 1999, Minnesota’s Gary Anderson picked a bad time to miss his first field goal in two years. In 1988, Cleveland’s Earnest Byner fumbled inside the five to give Denver the ball and the Browns missed out on a Super Bowl....
In 2000, Paul Azinger won the Sony Invitational. It was his first win in 7 years and it came three months after his good friend Payne Stewart died in a plane accident. In 1977, the smooth-swinging Bruce Lietzke won the Tucson Open for his first tour win. In 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets traveled 4000...