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Today in Sports History: April 26th
(Hal McRae loses it in front a camera crew.) 4/26/1993 - Put that in your pipe and smoke it Kansas City manager Hal McRae was known as a mild-mannered guy. But after a tough 5-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers, there was nothing mild about him. One reporter, of several who had followed him in to his...
Today in Sports History: March 22nd
3/22/1986 - Jordan scores only eight In his fifth game back from a foot injury that kept him out most of the season, Michael Jordan scores just eight points as his Chicago Bulls fall to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 123-97. Defending him was the Cavaliers' World B. Free, who in 1981 had legally changed...
Today in Sports History: January 9th
1/09/1953 - Francis scores 116 6-foot-9-inch Clarence "Bevo" Francis, a freshman center for Rio Grande, scores 116 points against Ashland college, setting a new collegiate single-game scoring record. Francis had 61 points through three 10-minute quarters and turned it on down the stretch, scoring...
Today in Sports History: January 30th
1/30/1958 - Frick removes fan voting Baseball commissioner Ford Frick announces that fans will no longer decide the starters for the MLB All-Star Game. The year before, Cincinnati fans had voted all but one of the Reds' position players into the National League's starting lineup; the only one who...
Today in Sports History: February 2nd
2/02/1936 - Cobb highlights first Hall of Famers Major League Baseball announces the first members of its Hall of Fame. The five players to receive the prestigious honor were home run slugger Babe Ruth, Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner, strikeout king Walter Johnson, screwball-thrower Christy...
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