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In 1919, the Spanish Flu wreaked havoc during the Stanley Cup finals and caused it to finish in a draw between Montreal and Seattle. In 1987, Indiana beat Syracuse to win the National Championship In 1981, Indiana beat North Carolina to win the National Championship In 1940, Indiana beat Kansas to win the National Championship...
In 1982, the North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Georgetown Hoyas 63-62. In 1976, the Indiana Hoosiers beat the Michigan Wolverines to win the the National Championship and finish the year a perfect 32-0. The Hoosiers are the last team to go through the season and win the title undefeated. Also Bobby Knight became the...
In 1950, Detroit Red Wing Gordie Howe crashed head first into the boards and nearly died. In 1950, CCNY became the first and forever only team to win both the NIT and the NCAA Tournament in the same season. In 1990, Michael Jordan had his best night as a pro and it is statistically the...
In 1990, Pascual Perez showed up 8 days late for training camp for the New York Yankees. He was rushed out to the mound for a photo op workout. That workout would lead to problems a month later. In 1939, Oregon beat Ohio State to win the first NCAA Tournament. In 1978, Jack ‘Goose’ Givens...
In 1977, Marquette’s Jerome Whitehead scored the game winner in the National Semifinal game to beat Cornbread Maxwell and the UNC Charlotte 49ers. In 2005, Illinois erased a 15 point second deficit to beat Arizona. In 2009, Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds dribbled length of the court to hit the game winner. In 1983, NC State beat...
In 1967, Evel Knievel made his debut on Wide World of Sports, nine months before his attempt over the Caesar’s Palace Fountains. In 1961, the Cincinnati Bearcats beat Ohio State to win the NCAA title. In 1961, in the third place game, St. Joe’s beat Utah but that win was later vacated due the 1961...
In 2001, Arizona Diamondback Randy Johnson obliterated a bird on a pitch to the plate in a spring training game. In 2001, Tiger Woods hit a slippery 60-foot triple breaker putt to make birdie at the 17th island green of TPC Sawgrass. CBS announcer Gary Koch called it ‘Better than Most.’ In 2007, Anthony Atkinson...
In 1957, the North Carolina Tar Heels finished a perfect 32-0 after beating Kansas to win the National Title. In 1962, a shocking exposé by The Saturday Evening Post was released with accusations leveled against Alabama Head Football Coach Bear Bryant and Georgia’s Athletics Director Wally Butts colluding to fix a game. In 1994, Los...
In 1993, Cleveland Indians pitchers Tim Crews and Steve Olin were killed in a boating accident in Florida during Spring Training. Pitcher Bob Ojeda was also severely injured but survived. In 1989, Buffalo Sabre goalie Clint Malarchuk suffered a major cut across a main artery in his neck and nearly died on the ice in...
In 1970, Slovenian ski jumper Vinko Bogataj plunged off the end of the ramp, becoming the ‘Agony of Defeat’ soon after. In 1976, champion US ski racer Spider Sabich was shot and killed by his girlfriend and actress Claudine Longet. In 1940, golfer Ben Hogan won his first golf tournament after years of grinding on...