TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 15

2003  Florida comes back with 3 straight wins vs. the Cubs to advance to the World Series

2001  NYY Beat Oakland 5-2 to advance to the ALCS – 1^st team ever to lose first 2 games at home and advance – Derek Jeter gets his 87^th postseason hit – a record

1989  Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe as the NHL’s all time scorer

1989  Eagles beat Phoenix Cardinals 17-5 as teams combine for 12 turnovers – 3 interceptions by QB Randal Cunningham and 6 by QB Tom Tupa

1988  Injured Dodger Kurt Gibson hits a HR with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9^th to give the Dodgers a 5-4 win in game 1 of the World Series

1986  NY Mets advance to the World Series by beating Houston 7-6 in 16 innings – longest postseason game in MLB history

1983  Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football – Columbia will lose their next 44 games

1975  Luis Tiant of the Red Sox throws 163 pitches to beat Cincinnati 5-4 in the World Series

1971  Julius Erving makes his debut with Virginia of the ABA

1969  Orioles Earl Weaver is the first manager to be ejected from a World Series game since 1935

1966  Bill Russell becomes the NBA’s first black coach – will be player/coach of the Boston Celtics

1965  Rick Barry makes his NBA debut with the San Francisco Warriors – they win 122-115

1923  The New York Yankees win their first World Series