Monday, December 29, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 29TH

1933 - Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds.
1934 - 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (Madison Square Garden).
1936 - Ray Nitschke, Elmwood Park IL, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers) is born.
1938 - Wayne Huizenga, (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins) is born.
1946 - Laffit Pincay Jr, jockey (Ky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982-84, Swale) is born.
1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL Championship game.
1958 - Balt Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL Championship game.
1963 - Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints football coach is born.
1968 - Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL Championship game.
1968 - NY Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game.
1969 - NY Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball & challenge the reserve clause.
1973 - Theo Epstein, general manager (Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs) is born.
1979 -  SovietRed Army beats NY Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
1988 - Soviet Red Army Team edges NY Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP.
2009 - "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American former professional
wrestler and football player (b. 1960) dies.

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