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Showing posts with label Julius Erving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Julius Erving. Show all posts
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sports History
1920 - The National Negro Baseball League was organized.
1923 - "The Renaissance," the first black pro basketball team, was organized.
1937 - The NFL's Boston Redskins moved to Washington.
1953 - The Oakland Athletics changed the name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium. The change was in honor of their longtime owner and manager.
1965 - Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.
1973 - Frank Mahovlich (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1,000th career point in the NHL
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1977 - Julius "Dr. J" Erving played in his first NBA All-Star Game. He was voted MVP with 30-points and 12-rebounds.
1982 - Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders) scored five goals against the Philadelphia Flyers.
1983 - Marvin Gaye sang the U.S. national anthem at the NBA All-Star game.
1983 - The World Boxing Council became the first to cut matches from 15 to 12 rounds.
1990 - Bryan Trottier (New York Islanders) scored his 500th career goal in the NHL.
2002 - Bill Simpson filed a defamation suit against NASCAR for blaming a seat belt made by Simpson Performance Products for the death of Dale Earnhardt a year before. Simpson said that all he wanted was an apology, but when NASCAR refused he filed the suit.
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2008 - Roger Clemens denied having taken performance-enhancing drugs in testimony before Congress.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sports History
1926 - The Chicago Tribune broke a store that the Detroit Tigers threw a 4-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917.
1934 - Two NHL games ended in a scoreless tie. The games were Boston at the New York Rangers and the New York Americans at Detroit.
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1954 - The 24-second shot clock was used for the first time in professional basketball.
1961 - Jack Nicklaus lost his first attempt at pro golf to Gary Player in an exhibition match in Miami, FL.
1978 - Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched Clemson University player Charlie Bauman during the Gator Bowl. Bauman had intercepted an Ohio pass.
1983 - Julius "Dr. J" Erving (Philadelphia 76ers) became the 9th basketball player to reach 25,000 points.
1996 - Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers) became only the second player to win consecutive NFL MVP Awards.
1997 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored more than 10 points in 788 consecutive games.
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