This Day in Sports History

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 point shaving scandal. In 1979, the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets replayed the final 17 minutes of a game that started in November 1978. A few of the players had been traded since the first game and Eric Money became the first NBA player...

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 scored 10 points in the final 45 seconds to lift Barton from certain defeat to a D-2 National Championship. In 1990, Duke's Christian Laettner hit the game winner in an Elite Eight game against UConn. In 1962, St. John's Head Coach Joe...

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 Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scored career goal 802, passing his childhood idol Gordie Howe and becoming the all-time leading scorer in the NHL at that point.

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 a game against St. Louis.Here's the article referenced in the episode:https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/clint-malarchuk-bleeding-outIn 1969, two-time Olympic Marathon gold medalist Abebe Bikila was paralyzed after a car accident in his home country of Ethiopia.<...

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 tour. In 1987, the Providence Friars continued to surprise folks in the NCAA Tournament, beating Georgetown to advance to the Final Four. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter formally announced the US would boycott the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union due to...

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 Faroukmanesh.In 1934, Babe Didrikson faced 3 major league batters in an spring training exhibition.In 1975, Texas Manager Billy Martin ordered his starting pitcher to plunk New York's Eliot Maddux. It led to a brawl later in the game.

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, Indianapolis' Crispus Attucks High School led by Oscar Robertson beat Roosevelt High (Gary, IN) to win the Indiana State High School Championship, becoming the first all-black team to win a state title in any integrated sport in the US.In 1966, the all-black...

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 the first round of the NCAA Tournament.In 1983, NC State survived a 2OT scare against Pepperdine to advance in the NCAA Tournament.In 1990, Loyola Marymount and Michigan combined for the highest scoring NCAA Tournament game.

In 1955, the Richard Riot started in Montreal. It was political bonfire with the suspension of Maurice 'the Rocket' Richard as the lit match.In 1982, a horrible oversight during a routine knee surgery led to a respected French footballer slipping into.a coma for 39 years. In 2012, Bolton's Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field during an FA Cup match against Tottenham.In 1973, the Philadelphia 76ers lost their 68th game of the season to set a new record. They eventually lost 73.In 1963, Raymond Floyd won his first PGA Tournament at the age of 20 yrs, 6...

In 2018, the UMBC Retrievers beat top-seed Virginia.In 1980, Louisville's Dr. Dunkenstein and the Doctors of Dunk destroyed LSU to advance to the Final Four.In 1958, Cincinnati Royals player Maurice Stokes collapsed on the airline ride home from a game. The seizure he suffered left him incapacitated, ending his career. Most figured he would have been compared with the likes of Bill Russell and Elvin Hayes. In 1974, the Oakland A's signed Herb Washington who holds the distinction of being the only non-pitcher in MLB to appear in 100+ games without an official at-bat....

In 1985, 16th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson came within a whisker of beating #1 seeded Michigan. It was the first year the tournament expanded to 64 teams. In 1989, Michigan Head Basketball coach Bill Frieder was fired two days before he was to coach his #3 seeded Wolverines in the NCAA Tournament. 'A Michigan man will coach Michigan!' said, Bo Schembechler.In 1963, the all-white Mississippi State Bulldogs played Loyola-Chicago in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs had to sneak out of Starkville to play it. The pre-game handshake between a white and black player contributed to integration of universities in the south. <...

On March 10th, 2001, current Louisville Head Football Coach and former XFL QB with the Orlando Rage started a game just six days after getting literally 'knocked out' of a game. On March 10th, 1976, the origin of 'Ain't over 'til the fat lady sings' can be tracked back to an article written in that days' Dallas Morning News.On March 9th, 1946, baseball’s Ted Williams turned down a $500,000 contract to play in Mexico.On March 11th, 1974, MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered Hank Aaron to play to start the season. On March 14th, 1980, tr...

In 1937, Howie Morenz, known by some as 'the Babe Ruth of hockey' died as a direct result of an injury suffered in a hockey game a month earlier.In 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met at Madison Square Garden in the 'Fight of the Century.'In 1930, Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract paying him $80,000 a season and was asked after why he deserved more money than the President of the US to which he answered, 'I had a better year than he did.'In 1936, the first Daytona race was run. It...

In 1964, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali.In 1967, Ali was ordered to report to military service.In 1954, the ACC crowned its first men's basketball champ, sending that team to the NCAA tournament.In 2015, the NCAA penalized Syracuse men's basketball and head coach Jim Boeheim after an investigation found misconduct and impermissible booster activity.In 2000, Laker Shaquille O'Neal celebrated his 28th birthday taking out some frustration on the crosstown rival Clippers.Mentioned in this episode:Stirling Roastery - This DiSH

In 1922, Babe Ruth won a coin flip that gave him a bigger contract and a bonus for every home run he hit.In 1973, Yankees teammates Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson traded wives.In 1931, Fort Wayne’s WGL Radio broadcast the first game of the American Basketball League’s championship series between the Brooklyn Visitations and the Fort Wayne Hoosiers.In 1985, New York Islander Mike Bossy scored his 50th goal of the year, becoming the first NHL player to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons.

In 2006, the North Carolina Tar Heels spoiled JJ Redick's final game at Cameron Indoor.In 1990, Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers collapsed during a game and later died at a hospital.In 1891, MLB pitcher Dazzy Vance was born.In 1991, golfer Rocco Mediate became the first player to win on the PGA tour with an anchored putter.

In 1974, North Carolina's Walter Davis hit a 30-footer as time expired to complete an 8-point comeback in 17 seconds against Duke.In 2023, Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis came up 3 points shy of equaling LSU's Pete Maravich as the NCAA All-Time Leading scorer.In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks.In 2024, LeBron James scored his 40,000th point.In 2012, New Orleans' bounty program was revealed.

In 1986, the Barkley ultramarathon raced for the first time. In 1993, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was reinstated by Faye Vincent after serving 2 1/2 years of a lifetime ban. In 1969, New York Yankee Mickey Mantle retired after 18 years in MLB. In 1971, Spencer Haywood won his court case against the NBA, allowing players less than four years removed from high school to play.In 1998, Tiger Woods lost his first and only playoff in his PGA career. In 1997, Hector 'Macho' Camacho knocked out Sugar Ray Leonard, ending Leonard's career.

In 2001, a last lap crash at the Daytona 500 claimed the life of Dale Earnhardt.In 1979, a last lap crash between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison and subsequent fight made NASCAR more popular across the country.In 1944, the Cincinnati Reds signed 15 year old Joe Nuxhall.In 2005, the mom of Detroit Tigers pitcher Ugueth Urbina was rescued after being kidnapped and held for 4 months.In 2008, Houston pitcher Hunter Pence was involved in a freak accident.

In 1998, the US Women's Olympic Hockey beat the Canadian women to win the first Women's Hockey Olympic Gold Medal.In 1968, Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won his third alpine gold medal.In 2003, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler collapsed and later died. His death was attributed to ephedra.In 2001, Charlotte Hornet Baron Davis hit an 89-foot shot to set the NBA record for the longest shot in NBA history.In 1924, Olympian Johnny Weissmuller set a new world record that would stand for another 10 years and mostly due to technological advances.