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Today in Sports History: May 17th
5/17/1925 - Speaker joins 3,000 club Tris Speaker collects the 3,000th hit of his career off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators. Speaker would wind up with 3,514 hits and a .345 batting average, one of the highest averages in baseball history. Speaker also acted as manager for the Cleveland...
Today in Sports History: April 4th
4/04/2003 - Sosa joins 500 clubSammy Sosa waited a long time to hit his 500th home run. He ended the 2002 season with 499 homers and waited 187 days to knock #500, which he did on the road against the Reds' Scott Sullivan. Sosa, who was a beloved figure before the steroid allegations and corked bat...
Today in Sports History: January 28th
1/28/2005 - Sosa traded to the Orioles After 13 years with the Chicago Cubs, Sammy Sosa is traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston Jr. and a pair of minor leaguers. For most of his time with the Cubs, Sosa was a one-man wrecking crew; in 2001, Sosa hit 64 home runs (one-third of his...
Today in Sports History: May 12th
(Joe Namath in a Rams uniform. Photo courtesy of Getty Images) 5/12/1970 - Banks deposits No. 500 Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks hits a home run off Pat Jarvis of the Atlanta Braves -- giving him 500 for his career. As historic a home run as this was in Cubs history, rough weather limited the...
Today in Sports History: May 16th
5/16/1980 - Magic brilliant against SixersIt's the greatest performance in an NBA Finals game, ever. In Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Magic Johnson fills in at center for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had sprained his ankle in the previous game. Playing in Philadelphia, the...
4/25/1976 - Monday saves the American flag
(The famous photo of Monday. Photo by James Roark, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner) On the 100th anniversary of their very first game, the Chicago Cubs were in Los Angeles to face the Dodgers. Before the Dodgers went to bat in the bottom of the fourth inning, two protesters ran onto the field and...
Today in Sports History: August 17th
8/17/1957 - Foul ball hits woman twice It was not a good day to be Alice Roth, the wife of Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor Earl Roth. Mrs. Roth was sitting in the stands when Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies lined a ball into foul territory. The ball came right at Alice and smacked...
Today in Sports History: March 27th
(62,046 watched Jordan's Bulls visit Atlanta. Photo by Alan Mothner, AP Photos) 3/27/1902 - Call them the Cubs The Chicago Daily News are the first to call the National League Chicago team the "Cubs." Prior to this, the team had been known as the Orphans, White Stockings, Colts, and Remnants. It...
Today in Sports History: June 2nd
6/02/1993 - Smith misses as Knicks loseWith the New York Knicks trailing, 95-94, with just a few seconds remaining in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Knicks forward Charles Smith receives the ball a few feet from the basket. Smith was surrounded by a trio of great Chicago Bulls defenders...
Today in Sports History: June 16th
(Tiger holds a trophy after winning the Open. Photo by Robyn Beck, Getty Images) 6/16/1975 - Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-JabbarAfter six years with the Milwaukee Bucks, Kareem Abdul Jabbar is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Abdul-Jabbar, whose name was Lew Alcindor when he was originally drafted,...
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