HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE!!
1870 - Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years is born.
1918 - Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager.
1928 - Amarillo Slim [Thomas Preston], Amarillo Texas, hall of fame
professional poker player (1971 World Series main event), (d. 2012) is born.
1958 - Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X.
1961 - Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game.
1962 - American Basketball League announces suspension of operation.
1961 - Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game.
1962 - American Basketball League announces suspension of operation.
1967 - 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, LA Lakers beat Houston 147-118.
1967 - Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game.
1967 - "The Ice Bowl", Packers beat Cowboys
1967 - Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game.
1967 - "The Ice Bowl", Packers beat Cowboys
21-17 in NFL championship game (-13°F).
1968 - NY Jets win AFL championship.
1968 - NY Jets win AFL championship.
1972 - Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pittsburgh Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38.
1972 - AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7.
1972 - NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3.
1972 - 39th Sugar Bowl: #2 Oklahoma beats #5 Penn State, 14-0.
1972 - NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3.
1972 - 39th Sugar Bowl: #2 Oklahoma beats #5 Penn State, 14-0.
1973 - 40th Sugar Bowl: #3 Notre Dame beats #1 Alabama, 24-23.
1974 - NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 yrs for a record $3.75 million.
1974 - 41st Sugar Bowl: #8 Nebraska beats #18 Florida, 13-10.
1975 - 42nd Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #7 Penn State, 13-6.
1974 - NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 yrs for a record $3.75 million.
1974 - 41st Sugar Bowl: #8 Nebraska beats #18 Florida, 13-10.
1975 - 42nd Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #7 Penn State, 13-6.
1989 - Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year.
1990 - George Allen, US football coach (LA Rams, Wash Redskins), dies.
1991 - Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner.
1991 - J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner.
1995 - 62nd Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech beats #9 Texas, 28-10.
1996 - 63rd Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #10 Virginia Tech, 41-21.
1997 - Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills.
1997 - 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18.
2014 - 44th Fiesta Bowl: #20 Boise State beats #10 Arizona, 38-30.
2014 - 81st Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #8 Mississippi State, 49-34.
1991 - Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner.
1991 - J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner.
1995 - 62nd Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech beats #9 Texas, 28-10.
1996 - 63rd Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #10 Virginia Tech, 41-21.
1997 - Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills.
1997 - 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18.
2014 - 44th Fiesta Bowl: #20 Boise State beats #10 Arizona, 38-30.
2014 - 81st Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #8 Mississippi State, 49-34.
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