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January 2, 1984: Miami Shocks Nebraska In the Orange Bowl
Bernie Kosar, on an NBC screen captureJanuary 2, 1984, 40 years ago: The Orange Bowl is played, at the stadium of the same name in Miami. The usual date, New Year's Day, fell on a Sunday, so, not...
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January 4, 1999: The 1st Bowl Championship Series Game
January 4, 1999, 25 years ago: The Fiesta Bowl is played at Sun Devil Stadium on the campus of Arizona State University, in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, Arizona. It was the 1st game played under the...
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January 5, 1964: A Title for San Diego
January 5, 1964, 60 years ago: The American Football League Championship Game is played for the 1963 season. It marks a turning point for the League. In its 1st 3 seasons, it was a pass-happy league,...
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January 6, 1934: The Death of Herbert Chapman
January 6, 1934, 90 years ago: Herbert Chapman dies of pneumonia, just short of his 56th birthday, at his home in Hendon, North-West London.Chapman was born on January 19, 1878, in Kiveton Park, South...
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January 6, 1994: Harding vs. Kerrigan
January 6, 1994, 30 years ago: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked while preparing to compete in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, at Cobo Hall (now named Huntington Place) in downtown...
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Do NOT Mess With the Terrible Towel
December 27, 1975: The Pittsburgh Steelers, the defending NFL Champions, host the Baltimore Colts in an AFC Divisional Playoff at Three Rivers Stadium. In the stands, fans wave yellow dish towels,...
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Mário Zagallo, 1931-2024; Franz Beckenbauer, 1945-2024
A caption out of date since 2018.There are 3 men who have won soccer's World Cup as both a player and a manager. And 2 of them have just died.Take care of yourself, Didier Deschamps (France, 1998 as...
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January 10, 1999: "The Sopranos" Premieres
January 10, 1999, 25 years ago: The Sopranos premieres on HBO. James Gandolfini plays Tony Soprano, a man working his way up through organized crime in northern New Jersey, while juggling raising a...
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Bud Harrelson, 1944-2024
The New York Mets have won the World Series twice. there were 3 men in uniform both times. but only one man wore. A mixed uniform both times.Derrel McKinley Harrelson was born on June 6, 1944 -- D-Day...
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Top 10 NFL Coaches
Left: The most important coach in NFL history.Right: The greatest coach in NFL history.Don't tell me that Bill Belichick, who was fired as head coach of the New England Patriots yesterday, is "the...
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January 14, 1954: Joe DiMaggio Marries Marilyn Monroe
January 14, 1954, 70 years ago: Joe DiMaggio marries Marilyn Monroe at City Hall in Joe's hometown of San Francisco.Joe, the biggest baseball star of his generation, was 39 years old. Marilyn, one of...
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January 15, 1974: "Happy Days" Premieres
Top row, left to right: Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Anson Williams.Bottom row, left to right: Donny Most, Erin Moran,Marion Ross and Ron Howard.January 15, 1974. 50 years ago: Happy Days premieres on...
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Superhero TV Shows > Superhero Movies
Are superhero TV shows are better than superhero movies? I say yes, because they don't have to follow the same rules:1. You can take 45 minutes to show the hero's origin story, and instead of, "Enough...
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January 19, 1974: Notre Dame Ends UCLA's 88-Game Winning Streak
January 19, 1974, 50 years ago: UCLA loses a basketball game. This is a big deal: It hadn't happened in 3 years.The basketball team at the University of California at Los Angeles had been coached by...
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Sports Illustrated, 1954-2024
The 1st cover, dated August 16, 1954.Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves,Wes Westrum of the New York Giants,and umpire Augie Donatelli,at Milwaukee County Stadium.Today, Sports Illustrated laid off...
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My Evil Twin
How ya doin'? My name is Bernard. I'm Mike's evil twin. You can tell I'm the evil twin, because I have a goatee.I do everything the opposite of Mike. I root for the Mets, the Rangers, Penn State and...
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Analyzing the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote
Last night, the Baseball Writers Association of America balloting for the 2024 election to the Baseball Hall of Fame was released. This election was for players who retired between 2009 and...
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Top 10 Sports "Spoke Too Soon" Moments
Bill TerryJanuary 24, 1934, 90 years ago: Interviewed by the New York Herald Tribune, Bill Terry, the manager and hard-hitting 1st baseman for the previous year's World Series winners, the New York...
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Baseball Hall-of-Famers By Team, 2024 Edition
Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.They will be inducted on July 28, at the Clark Sports...
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January 26, 2014: Hockey at Yankee Stadium
January 26, 2014, 10 years ago: The NHL Stadium Series comes to the new Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.The New York Rangers are, by far, the oldest NHL team in the New York Tri-State Area. They were...
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