TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 29TH

1933 - Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati 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, CEO

(Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins) is born.
1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14.

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 - Baltimore Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game.

1963 - Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints coach is born.

1963 - Chicago Bears win NFL championship,

defeating New York Giants 14-10 in Chicago.

1968 - Baltimore 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.

1974 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Oakland Raiders 24-13.
1974 - NFC Championship Game: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams 14-10.

1989 - Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP.

2007 - Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th TD pass,

and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL

history to finish the regular season 16-0.

2009 - "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American former

professional wrestler and football player (b. 1960) dies.

 

FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS THIS  BLOG HAS BEEN DEDICATED JUST TO SPORTS. STARTING FRIDAY I'M GOING TO IMPROVE IT A LITTLE BIT. IN ADDITION TO FOCUSING ON SPORTS I WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING INFLUENTIAL WORLD EVENTS THAT ALSO OCCURED ON THE SPECIFIC DATE.  HOPE YOU ENJOY THE CHANGES.