Wednesday, January 23, 2013

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 23RD

1857 - National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY.
1960 - Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title.
1968 - NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee & Phoenix.
1969 - Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1973 - George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2nd Round for Heavyweight boxing title.
1983 - Houston is first NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96.
1984 - Superbowl XVIII: LA Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9 in Tampa 
Superbowl MVP: Marcus Allen, LA Raiders, RB.
1987 - Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5.
1988 - Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4th Round for Heavyweight boxing title.
1989 - Superbowl XXIII: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 20-16 in Miami 

Superbowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR.
1998 - NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild.
1998 - Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for the 4th time.

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