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Today in Sports History: May 28th
(Mackowiak, still wearing the hospital bracelet. Photo by Peter Diana, Post-Gazette) 5/28/1998 - Bonds walked with bases full With two outs and the bases loaded in bottom of the ninth inning, Barry Bonds stepped to the plate. The Diamondbacks held an 8-6 lead with Gregg Olson on the mound,...
Today in Sports History: May 24th
5/24/1935 - Reds play Phillies at night The Cincinnati Reds host big league baseball's very first night game as they take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Crosley Field. For more than 50 years, National League and American League games were played exclusively in the daytime, with a few games here...
Today in Sports History: May 23rd
5/22/2002 - Green has his day Shawn Green's finest moment as a major leaguer came at Milwaukee's Miller Park, where he put on one of the greatest batting displays in baseball history. He went 6-6 with four home runs, seven RBI, six runs, and 19 total bases. The four homers tied the record held by...
Today in Sports History: May 22nd
5/22/2003 - Annika plays in men's tourney As tremendous a golfer as Tiger Woods was, there was a time when many thought Annika Sorenstam was just as, if not more dominant. In 2002, Sorenstam won 13 of the 25 LPGA events she competed in. She had won five Player of the Year awards, once shot a 59...
Today in Sports History: May 17th
5/17/1925 - Speaker joins 3,000 club Tris Speaker collects the 3,000th hit of his career off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators. Speaker would wind up with 3,514 hits and a .345 batting average, one of the highest averages in baseball history. Speaker also acted as manager for the Cleveland...
Today in Sports History: May 10th
5/10/1974 - Kareem sky-hook beats Celtics One of the best games in the 1970's ends on a signature move from one the league's best players. In Game 6 of the 1974 NBA Finals, John Havlicek hit an impossible shot over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with only seven seconds remaining in double overtime. The Boston...
Today in Sports History: May 9th
5/09/1984 - White Sox beat Brewers in 25 The Chicago White Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 after 25 innings of baseball. The game finished one inning shy of the record for most innings -- in 1920, the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers played 26 innings before the game was called a tie due to...
Today in Sports History: May 8th
(Willis Reed after his heroic Game 7. Photo courtesy of Focus on Sport/Getty Images) 5/08/1970 - Willis Reed limps onto the court There are only a few moments in sports that can accurately be described as legendary. The Willis Reed game is one of them. The New York Knicks were heavy underdogs...
Today in Sports History: May 5th
(Spiderman 2 briefly joined forces with Major League Baseball. Photo by AP) 5/05/1969 - Celtics hold on to beat L.A. Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell meet for the final time in their careers as the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-106, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Lakers owner Jack...
Today in Sports History: May 4th
Charles Barkley Greatest Games:56 Points Against Warriors(1994 Playoffs R1 G3) (via king1991c) 5/04/1994 - Barkley torches Warriors for 56 Six months earlier, Warriors rookie Chris Webber had posterized Charles Barkley with a behind-the-back dunk that you still see clips of today. Now...
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