THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - DECEMBER 29TH

1933 - Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds.

1936 - Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers) is  born.
1938 - Wayne Huizenga, CEO (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 - Baltimore Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL Championship game.

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.

1979 - Red 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.