THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JANUARY 29TH

1900 - American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee & Minneapolis.
1936 - First players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame:

Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson.
1948 - Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, & Phillies $500 each for signing high school players.
1951 - Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million.

1964 - Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana).
1964 - NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million.
1967 - Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

1980 - Cleveland Cavaliers beat LA Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT.
1981 - AL approves sale of the White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf & Eddie Einhorn for $20 million & 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million.
1982 - Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak.
1982 - Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians.

1985 - Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th point of season in game 39.

1988 - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938).

1989 - Game-winning RBI official statistic dropped after 9 years of use;

NY Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129.

1995 - Superbowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami
Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB.