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Scores On This Historic Day: October 6, 1993, Michael Jordan Retires (For the...
October 6, 1993: Michael Jordan retires from professional basketball. He is only 30 years old, and is coming off 3 straight NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls.The next issue of Sports Illustrated...
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Twelve Years a Failure
How Cole is it?The New York Yankees' 2021 season came down to one question: Could Gerrit Cole, the team's $324 million pitching ace hold the hated Boston Red Sox to as few runs as the Yankee bats...
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Eddie Robinson, 1920-2021
This is an update of the post I wrote for his 100th Birthday.Believe it or not, there are 4 men named Robinson in the Baseball Hall of Fame:* Jackie Robinson was the man who reintegrated baseball in...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 7, 1972, The New York Islanders Debut
October 7, 1972: The NHL's 2 new expansion teams, the New York Islanders and the Atlanta Flames, play their 1st regular-season games, against each other, at the Nassau County Veterans Memorial...
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Crunching the Numbers That Have Crunched the Yankees
Brian Cashman (left) and Hal SteinbrennerTake a look at these numbers. The 1st is team ERA, the 2nd is team WHIP (walks plus hits, divided by innings pitched), the 3rd is team fielding percentage......
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Roger Hunt, 1938-2021
One by one, the members of the only England team to win the World Cup are slipping away.Roger Hunt (no middle name) was born on July 20, 1938 in Glazebury, Cheshire, England. A forward, he was signed...
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If Brian Cashman Managed Don Larsen
October 8, 1956: Don Larsen pitches a perfect game for the New York Yankees over the heavy-hitting Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series, at the original Yankee Stadium.Starting for the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 8, 1921, The 1st Football Game on Radio
The 1921 University of Pittsburgh football teamOctober 8, 1921, 100 years ago: For the 1st time, a football game is broadcast on radio. KDKA in Pittsburgh, who had debuted by broadcasting the previous...
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The 1961 New York Yankees: The Best Team Ever?
October 9, 1961, 60 years ago: Led by a pair of 5-run innings at Crosley Field, the Yankees win the World Series, beating the Reds in Game 5, 13-5. Johnny Blanchard, a reserve player who will collect...
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October 9, 1996: The Jeffrey Maier Game, 25 Years Later
October 9, 1996, 25 years ago today: Game 1 of the American League Championship Series is held at the original Yankee Stadium. The Yankees trail the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in the bottom of the 8th. The...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 10, 1904, The Jack Chesbro Game
Photo colorized, but otherwise real.October 10, 1904: For the first time, and not for the last, an American League Pennant comes down to New York and Boston. The last day of the season features a...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 10, 1976, Giants Stadium Opens
October 10, 1976: Giants Stadium opens at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey. For the 1st time in their 52-season history, the New York Giants football team...
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October 10, 1871: Octavius Catto, the Forgotten Hero
October 10, 1871, 150 years ago: Octavius Valentine Catto is murdered in Philadelphia. He was an abolitionist and educator, and also an early black baseball player.He was born on February 22, 1839 in...
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October 11, 1946: The Blockbuster Trade That Didn't Happen
October 11, 1946, 75 years ago: Game 5 of the World Series. Leon Culberson hits a home run to back up Joe Dobson, and the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 at Fenway Park. They need 1...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 11, 1952, The 1st NHL Game On Television
October 11, 1952: For the 1st time, a National Hockey League game is shown on television.It is broadcast in French on CBFT, Channel 2 in Montreal. The producer and announcer is René Lecavalier, who...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 11, 1967, The NHL's Great Expansion
October 11, 1967: A huge day in the history of the National Hockey League, as five of its "Second Six" expansion teams play their 1st regular season games:* At the Oakland Coliseum Arena (now named the...
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Scores On This Historic Day: October 11, 1972, The World Hockey Association...
October 11, 1972: This was the opening night of the World Hockey Association. The 1st game is played at the Edmonton Gardens, and the Alberta Oilers -- they would switch from the Province's name to the...
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Football vs. Football
The New York Jets went to London, and got embarrassed by the Atlanta Falcons.The Atlanta Falcons.The New York Giants aren't doing much better.Face it: The "New York" football teams are making the New...
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How to Go to a New Jersey Devils Game -- 2021-22 Edition
The 2021-22 National Hockey League season began tonight. And my beloved, if frequently irritating, New Jersey Devils, open the season on Friday night, at 7:00 PM, at the Prudential Center in Newark,...
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October 13, 1996: The Torch Is Passed at Camden Yards
October 13, 1996, 25 years ago: The Yankees win the American League Pennant. As with their regular season, it wasn't easy.On October 1, at Yankee Stadium, they began the Playoffs in the American League...
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