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Saturday, January 14, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 14

2003  Pat Summit wins her 800th game at Tennessee
2002  Barry Bonds agrees to a 5 year $90 million deal with San Francisco
2000  Mark Cuban purchases a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks
1994  Robert Parish of the Boston Celtics becomes the 12th NBA player to score 22,000 points
1993  Mark Eaton of the Utah Jazz records his 3,000th career block – at the time the only player other than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to do so
1987  Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams elected to the Hall of Fame – Hunter: 224 wins, 3.26 ERA, 5 straight 20 wins seasons, Cy Young winner – Williams: .290 average, 426 HRs, 1,475 RBI
1985  Martina Navratilova wins her 100th tournament
1973  Super Bowl VII is won by Miami as they defeat Redskins 14-7 – Miami safety Jake Scott MVP – Miami’s undefeated season
1968  Super Bowl II is won by Green Bay as they beat Oakland Raiders 33-14 – Bart Starr MVP
1966  Philadelphia 76ers win their 1st of 36 consecutive home games – a NBA record broken by the Celtics 21 years later with 38
1954  Joe DiMaggio married Marilyn Monroe
1932  Legendary jockey Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race – won 4,779 in his career

1 comment:

  1. I wonder how much Barry Bonds made for the Giants in those 5 years??

    I bet not as much as Mark Cuban added to his bank roll in those 5 years.

    But the real winner was Joe Dimaggio! LOL

    http://sportschatterings.blogspot.com/

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