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Friday, December 21, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY DECEMBER 22

1999  Last game played on Boston Garden’s parquet floor
1996  Steelers QB Kordell Stewart runs for a 80 yard TD – longest TD run by a NFL QB in history
1983  Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
1974  Phil Esposito of the Bruins becomes the 6th NHL player to score 500 goals
1971  LA Lakers win their 27th consecutive NBA game – most wins by any major sports organization (baseball NY Giants won 26 in 1916) – they will end with 33 straight
1962  The 1,000,000th NBA point is scored
1956  Bill Russell plays in his 1st NBA game – 5 time MVP, 11 time NBA champion, 2 time NCAA champion, Olympic gold medal winner, career average 15.1 points, 22.5 rebounds
1944  Steve Carlton born – 4 time Cy Young winner, won 329 games, 3.22 ERA, 4,136 strikeouts in 24 seasons

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