Tuesday, January 29, 2013
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 29
2000 Karl Malone becomes the 3rd player
in NBA history to score 30,000 points – Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar are the others
1995 Super Bowl XXIX won by 49ers as they beat San Diego 49-26 – 5th
title for 49ers – Steve Young MVP – threw 325 yards and 6 TDs also
rushed for 49 yards
1989 The game winning RBI stat was dropped from
official use after 9 years – NY Mets Keith Hernandez was the leader at 129
1984 1st NBA slam dunk contest won by
Larry Nance
1980 Norm Nixon of LA Lakers plays 64 minutes in a
4 OT loss to Cleveland
154-153 – record broken by Dale Ellis in 1989 with 69 minutes in 5 OTs
Monday, January 28, 2013
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 28
2001 Super Bowl XXXV won by Ravens over Giants
34-7 – Giants had 5 turnovers
1998 Reggie Miller of Indiana gets his 1,000th steal
1996 Super Bowl XXX won by Dallas over Pittsburgh 27-17 – Larry Brown MVP – had 2
interceptions
1990 Super Bowl XXIV won by 49ers as they beat
Denver 55-10 – Joe Montana MVP – 297 yards passing and 5 TDs – 3 to Jerry Rice
who had 148 yards
receiving
1988 Michael Adams of Nuggets begins a streak of
79 consecutive games with a 3 point FG – ends January 23, 1989
1985 Bill Fitch gets his 600th NBA
coaching win
1958 Roy Campanella is paralyzed in a car accident
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 27
1991 Super Bowl XXV won by NY Giants over Buffalo 20-19 – Otis Anderson
MVP – Scott Norwood FG was wide right at the end of the game
1982 Geoff Huston of Cavaliers hands out 27 assist
in win over Golden
State
1982 UCLA basketball team wins their 61st
consecutive game
1982 Philadelphia
trades Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Chicago
1959 Chris Collinsworth born – NFL receiver/sports
announcer
1910 North
Carolina plays and wins its 1st college
basketball game
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 26
2003 Super Bowl XXXVII is won y Tampa Bay as they
beat Oakland
48-21 – Rich Gannon of Oakland
threw 5 interceptions
1997 Super Bowl XXXI won by Green Bay over New
England – 35-21 – Desmond Howard MVP – he had 154 yards in kickoff
returns for a TD and 90 in
punt returns
1992 Super Bowl XXVI won by Redskins over Buffalo
37-24 – QB Mark Rypien MVP – threw for 292 yards and 2 TDs – Jim
Kelly of Bills threw 4 interceptions
1991 Vernon Maxwell scored 30 points in a quarter
– only 4 others had done so
1990 Cleveland Cavaliers Lenny Wilkens wins his
700th NBA game as coach
1986 Super Bowl XX won by Chicago over Patriots 46-10 – Richard Dent
MVP
1973 George Gervin debuts with Virginia of ABA
1961 Wayne Gretzky born
1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Hall of
Fame – Ott: .304 average, 511 HRs, 1,860 RBI – Foxx: .325 average, 534 HRs,
1,922 RBI, 3 time MVP
Friday, January 25, 2013
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JANUARY 25
1998 Super Bowl XXXII won by Denver over Green Bay 31-24 – Terrell Davis MVP – ran for
157 yards
and 3 TDs
1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th
point in his 5th year in the league
1987 Super Bowl XXI won by NY Giants over Denver 39-20 – Phil Simms
MVP – threw 3 TDs and completed 22 of 25 passes for 268 yards
1986 Manute Bol blocks 15 shots in a win over Atlanta – 2nd
most in NBA history – (17 by Elmore Smith in 1973)
1981 Super Bowl XV won by Oakland over Philadelphia 27-10 – Jim Plunkett MVP
1978 San Diego Padres trade for Gaylord Perry –
will be 21-6, 2.73 ERA in 1978 and win Cy Young
1974 Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres for $12
million
1960 Wilt Chamberlain scores 58 points – NBA
rookie record
1924 1st Winter Olympics open in France
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