2008 Tennessee
beats KC 34-10 – Titans had 332
yards on the ground
2008 Tampa
Bay beats Boston in the ALCS to
advance to the World Series
2005 Houston
advances to the World Series for the 1st time – 44 years
2004 Red Sox tie ALCS at 3-3 with a 4-2 win over
NYY – Curt Schillings “bloody Sock” game
2003 Philadelphia
beats NY Giants 14-10 despite having only 134 total yards – Brian Westbrook’s 84 yard punt return for a
TD did it
1999 A bases loaded walk by Kenny Rogers in the 11th
inning lets Atlanta
beat NY Mets and advance to the NLCS
1998 Mike Tyson gets his license back after he
lost it for biting Evander Holyfield
1987 Billy Martin is hired as manager of the NYY
for the 5th time
1986 49ers and Atlanta play to a 10-10 tie as teams combine
for 8 turnovers
1986 Red Sox beat NY Mets 9-3 – get 18 hits to win
game 2 of the World Series
1975 Miami
beat the Jets 43-0 as Joe Namath throws for 96 yards and 6
interceptions
1972 A’s score 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th
to beat Reds 3-2 – they had 4 straight singles – 3 by pinch hitters
1969 Daryl Lamonica throws 6 TDs in first half as Oakland beats Buffalo 50-21
1963 Nate Thurmond makes his NBA debut with the
Warriors – 1st of only 4 players to have a quadruple double
1961 Wilt Chamberlain begins a streak of 126 games
with 20 or more points
1960 Oscar Robertson debuts with Cincinnati and
Jerry West with the Lakers as Cincinnati beats the Lakers 140-123 – Oscar will
be the only player in NBA history to average a triple double in a season –
1961-62 had 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds, and 14.4 assists – career: 25.7/7.5/9.5
– West will have 27.0 points, 6.7 assists, and 5.8 rebounds in his career
1957 Maurice Richard becomes the 1st
NHL player to score 500 goals
1933
The Olympic Committee votes to play basketball in the 1936 Berlin games
1932 Jimmie Foxx wins what is now considered the
MVP award - .364 average, 58 HRs, and 169 RBI
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