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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...
In 1954, tiny Milan High School beat Muncie High to win the Indiana State Basketball Championship and inspired the movie ‘Hoosiers.’ In 2016, Northern Iowa gave up a 12 point lead in the final minute against Texas A&M and lost in overtime. In 2010, Northern Iowa upset top-seed Kansas behind the hot shooting of Ali...
In 1993, LaBradford Smith scored 37 against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in a five point loss. It’s supposed to be what happened after the game that led to the story. In 1981, Danny Ainge went end-to-end to hit the game winning layup vs. Notre Dame to advance to the Elite Eight. In 1955,...
In 1981, Carlton Fisk became a member of the Chicago White Sox. In 1953, the Boston Braves packed up the moving vans and moved to Milwaukee. In 1985, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were reinstated by new baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth. In 1993, the Santa Clara Broncos featuring a baby-faced Steve Nash stunned Arizona in...