TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 24

2000  Mark McGwire hits his 550^th HR – ends with 583

1998  Milwaukee trades Dirk Nowitzki to the Dallas Mavericks

1997  Mariners Randy Jones strikes out 19 Oakland A’s but loses the game 4-1

1996  John Smoltz loses to St. Louis 9-2 – record now 14-2, 2.71 ERA – ends season 24-8, 2.94 ERA and wins Cy Young award

1995  New Jersey sweeps the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup

1994  Jeff Bagwell hits 2 HRs in one inning and 3 for the day as Astros beat Dodgers 16-4

1992  Steve Howe is permanently banned from baseball for drug use

1989  Vince Coleman steals his 40^th straight base over 2 seasons without being caught for MLB record – ends career with 752 in 13 seasons

1983  Don Sutton of Braves gets his 3,000^th strikeout – ends with 3,574

1979  Rickey Henderson makes his MLB debut – goes 2 for 4 with 1^st career stolen base – will play 25 years, 3,081 games, 3,055 hits, 2,190 walks, and 1,406 steals

1968  Jim Northrup of Tigers hits grand slam HRs in consecutive innings

1962  NYY beat Detroit 9-7 in 22 innings – Rocky Colavito of Tigers gets 7 hits – 14 pitchers used

1955  Harmon Killebrew hits his 1^st MLB HR – ends with 573

1947  Jackie Robinson steals home for the 1^st time in his career – will do it 18 more times

1933  Sam Jones born – won 10 NBA titles with the Boston Celtics

1895  Jack Dempsey born – heavyweight champion 1919 to 1926 – 61 wins, 5 losses, 9 draws