TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 28TH

1890 - Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie.
1900 - After over 5 months second Olympic games in Paris, France, close.
1924 - White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend.

1926 - Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984) is born.

1937 - Lenny Wilkens, NBA Point Guard and Head Coach

(Seattle SuperSonics), born in Brooklyn, New York.

1949 - Caitlyn (born Bruce) Jenner, American decathalete

(Olympic-gold-1976), born in Mt Kisco NY.

1953 - Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees.
1954 - Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Phila syndicate.
1959 - Buffalo Bills enter AFL.
1961 - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets.
1962 - NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34).
1970 - NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99.
1973 - Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record).

1975 - Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games.
1976 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees).
1978 - Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings).

1981 - NY Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games.

1989 - Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series.

1997 - NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as

1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league.

2000 - Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball player for the Houston Astros (b. 1969).

The Mercedes Benz he was driving collided with a truck, killing him instantly.

2006 - Red Auerbach, American basketball coach

and executive, dies of a heart attack at 89.