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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 21, 2015 18:51:05 GMT -5
Lets see how long this can last
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1891 - 1st game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts 1918 - Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore & Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell & Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters & $15,000 1926 - Soccer team DOS Struggle forms 1932 - Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach 1936 - Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80 1937 - O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust 1941 - Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point 1941 - Chicago bears win the NFL championship 1948 - 1949 NFL Draft: Chuck Bednarik from University of Pennsylvania first pick by Philadelphia Eagles 1959 - Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988) 1969 - Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game 1973 - 3rd Fiesta Bowl: #10 Arizona State beats Pittsburgh, 28-7 1975 - 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2) 1975 - Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 1979 - Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game 1980 - Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions 1981 - Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record) 1983 - NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak 1983 - NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule 1985 - Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship 1986 - Amy Alcott/Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship 1995 - SF Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000 1997 - Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season 1997 - Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game 2005 - Joe Sakic is named captain of the 2006 Team Canada Olympic team 2012 - The NHL announces a further cancellation of games until January 14 brining the total number of cancelled games to 625
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2015 19:36:35 GMT -5
what was this rule?
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 21, 2015 19:44:20 GMT -5
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 22, 2015 17:37:24 GMT -5
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1877 - "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass) 1888 - Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain 1890 - Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kingsport and Kentville, Nova Scotia. 1894 - United States Golf Association forms (NYC) 1915 - Federal Baseball League disolved 1915 - Organized baseball & Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati 1924 - Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 1941 - 1942 NFL Draft: Bill Dudley from University of Virginia first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers 1943 - Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1946 - Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game 1951 - Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide 1953 - Jack Dunn III, owner of Balt Orioles in Intl League, turns name over to newly relocated St Louis Browns 1959 - NY Ranger goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask 1962 - 1,000,000th NBA point scored 1969 - Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots 1974 - Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals 1980 - Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds 1982 - William Mastrosimone's "Extremities" premieres in NYC 1984 - Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG 1985 - 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2) 1986 - India score 7-676 v Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket 1990 - Paul Coffey becomes the second NHL defenceman to record 1000 points, doing so in a record-breaking 770 games 1995 - David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with NY Yankees 1996 - Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD 1996 - Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge 1996 - Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England needing 1 run to win 2003 - The New York Knicks hire Isiah Thomas as President of Basketball Operations 2012 - Tomasz Adamek outpoints Steve Cunningham in a split decision in the IBF heavyweight title eliminator at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Post by karl100589 on Dec 22, 2015 18:26:38 GMT -5
NASCAR legend David Pearson was born on this day in 1934.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 23, 2015 20:25:27 GMT -5
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1923 - Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000 1933 - Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251 1951 - 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) LA Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game 1953 - Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year 1957 - Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v South Africa 1972 - "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7 1972 - 2nd Fiesta Bowl: #15 Arizona State beats Missouri, 49-35 1978 - Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against NY Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period 1979 - NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1981 - Geoffrey Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Cricket with 8033 1984 - Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG 1994 - Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players 1997 - Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games) 1997 - Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals 2000 - Cricket Women's World Cup: New Zealand defeats Australia by 4 runs
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 24, 2015 18:29:20 GMT -5
1889 - Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake 1894 - Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes 1927 - Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af 1950 - Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game 1961 - Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game 1974 - Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year 1982 - Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic 1990 - Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones 2000 - The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2015 12:06:41 GMT -5
1990 - Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones To Sox fans, it was a crap shoot. Yeah, the team's getting Rock Raines. A new stadium will open up next season. But losing Calderon hurt the offense. (Did not know how good Frank Thomas would become.)
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 25, 2015 14:01:15 GMT -5
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1862 - 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1888 - 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia 1928 - Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic v NSW) Australia is 14,887 1951 - 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust v WI at Adelaide 1951 - West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket 1971 - Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24 1972 - England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Cricket Test in Delhi 1976 - 6th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Oklahoma beats Wyoming, 41-7 1977 - 7th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Penn State beats #15 Arizona State, 42-30 1978 - 8th Fiesta Bowl: #8 Arkansas ties #15 UCLA, 10-10 1979 - Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur 1979 - 9th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats Arizona, 16-10 2008 - Phil Jackson becomes the sixth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 26, 2015 21:25:08 GMT -5
1908 - Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title, becomes 1st black heavyweight champion 1917 - 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron 1918 - 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW) 1919 - Yankees & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth the Yankees 1925 - NHL record 141 shots as NY Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 1934 - Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms 1938 - Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa 1940 - 1st-class cricket debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148 1943 - Chicago Bears win NFL championship, defeating Washington Redskins 41-21 in Chicago 1946 - 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) 1950 - Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) 1954 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10 1955 - Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Los Angeles Rams 38-14 1960 - Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game 1964 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game 1965 - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game 1968 - Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a game against NY Rangers in NY's Madison Square Garden 1974 - Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout 1975 - A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket 1975 - 5th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Arizona State beats #6 Nebraska, 17-14 1976 - AFC Championship Game: Oakland Raiders beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-7 1976 - NFC Championship Game: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams 24-13 1980 - 10th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Penn State beats #11 Ohio State, 31-19 1981 - One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust v WI 1983 - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan MCG 1985 - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG 1986 - Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games 1986 - Mark Messier is suspended for 10 games for instigating a fight with Jamie Macoun and breaking his cheekbone 1989 - ODI debut for Mark Taylor & Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG 1990 - Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-NJ Knights 1990 - Senior Professional Baseball Association folds 1991 - Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years 1991 - NY Islander Derek King ties NJ Devils 5-5 with ½ second left 1993 - Floyd, Nicklaus & Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn 1995 - Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 yrs 340 days
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 27, 2015 18:03:01 GMT -5
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1892 - N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game 1897 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2 1919 - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season 1937 - German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany 1942 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14 1951 - 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) 1953 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game 1956 - 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0) 1956 - Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1959 - Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game 1960 - 1961 NFL Draft: Tommy Mason from University of Tulane first pick by Minnesota Vikings 1962 - 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB) 1964 - Cleveland Browns beat Balt Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game 1971 - 1st Fiesta Bowl: #8 Arizona State beats Florida State, 45-38 1972 - LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak 1973 - LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8 1974 - 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) 1979 - Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden 1980 - Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78 1981 - Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310 1981 - Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game) 1984 - Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees 1987 - Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass 1989 - Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games 1991 - Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32) 1991 - Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach 1992 - Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament 1995 - Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG) 1999 - Joe Sakic records his 1,000th career point, an assist against the St. Louis Blues
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 28, 2015 18:02:00 GMT -5
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1887 - Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted 1905 - Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) 1938 - Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa 1940 - Cricketer Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 1944 - Former Wash 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross 1947 - Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game 1952 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game 1954 - 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) 1955 - 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) 1957 - CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on 1957 - 46th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Melbourne (3-2) 1958 - "The Greatest Game Ever Played", Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in the first every sudden-death overtime game in NFL history (17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game) 1960 - 49th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Sydney (4-1) 1961 - 50th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Melbourne (5-0) 1962 - 51st Davis Cup: Australia beats Mexico in Brisbane (5-0) 1963 - 14th Formula One WDC: Jim Clark wins by 21 points 1966 - 55th Davis Cup: Australia beats India in Melbourne (4-1) 1967 - 56th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Brisbane (4-1) 1968 - 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1) 1974 - 4th Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State beats #17 BYU, 16-6 1975 - Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut 1975 - Red Army beats NY Rangers 7-3 at Madison Square Garden 1975 - "The Hail Mary", with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a desperate 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, and the "Hail Mary" play is born 1978 - 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy) 1983 - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) 1986 - 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2), helped by Pat Davis ranked 412th in the world 1991 - 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC 1993 - John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time NJ Devils scorer (521 pts) 1994 - Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG) 1996 - India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st innings 2008 - The Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the Green Bay Packers The first time in National Football League history that a team went winless in a 16-game season.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 29, 2015 15:22:40 GMT -5
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1906 - Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906) 1933 - Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds 1934 - 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (Madison Square Garden) 1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14 1957 - Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game 1958 - Balt Colts beat NY Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game 1962 - 13th Formula One WDC: Graham Hill wins by 12 points 1963 - 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) 1963 - Chicago Bears win NFL championship, defeating New York Giants 14-10 in Chicago 1965 - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1965 - 54th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Sydney (4-1) 1968 - Balt Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game 1968 - NY Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game 1969 - NY Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball & challenge the reserve clause 1972 - Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson & Max Walker v Pakistan at MCG 1974 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Oakland Raiders 24-13 1974 - NFC Championship Game: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams 14-10 1978 - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG 1979 - Red Army beats NY Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1983 - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* v WI 1983 - Graeme Yallop completes 268 v Pakistan at cricket MCG 1983 - 2nd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 19-18 in Memphis 1988 - Soviet Red Army Team edges NY Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1989 - Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP 1994 - Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG 1997 - Cricket Women's World Cup: Australia defeats New Zealand by 5 wickets 2007 - Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th TD pass, and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL history to finish the regular season 16-0.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 30, 2015 15:08:27 GMT -5
1896 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5 1907 - Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball 1908 - Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set 1911 - Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG 1926 - Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated) 1932 - Bradman out for a duck v England at cricket MCG 1939 - Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century 1943 - Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps & cash 1947 - 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1956 - NY Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game 1962 - Green Bay Packers beat NY Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game 1971 - Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders) 1973 - AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 1973 - NFC Championship Game: Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 1981 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season 1982 - England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney 2008 - NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Denver Broncos 2013 - NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Washington Redskins
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 31, 2015 16:11:22 GMT -5
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1906 - 2nd Australasian Championships: Antony Wilding beats Francis Fisher (6-0, 6-4, 6-4) 1914 - Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Cap Huston purchase NY Yankees for $460,000 1918 - Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager 1920 - Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG 1921 - 14th Australasian Championships: Rhys Gemmell beats Alf Hedeman (7-5, 6-1, 6-4) 1950 - Jockeys W Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year 1952 - 41st Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (4-1) 1953 - 42nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Melbourne (3-2) 1958 - 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2) 1958 - Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X 1961 - Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game 1962 - American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 1966 - Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India v WI Calcutta, 2-92 1967 - 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, LA Lakers beat Houston 147-118 1967 - Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game 1967 - "The Ice Bowl", Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13°F) 1968 - NY Jets win AFL championship 1970 - Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out 1972 - AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 1972 - NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 1972 - 39th Sugar Bowl: #2 Oklahoma beats #5 Penn State, 14-0 1973 - Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year 1973 - 40th Sugar Bowl: #3 Notre Dame beats #1 Alabama, 24-23 1974 - NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 yrs for a record $3.75 million 1974 - 41st Sugar Bowl: #8 Nebraska beats #18 Florida, 13-10 1975 - 42nd Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #7 Penn State, 13-6 1977 - 66th Men's Australian Open: Vitas Gerulaitis beats John Lloyd (6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2) 1977 - 66th Women's Australian Open: Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Helen Gourlay Cawley (6-3, 6-0) 1980 - NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1984 - Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta 1989 - Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year 1991 - Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner 1991 - J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner 1995 - Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria 1995 - 62nd Sugar Bowl: #13 Virginia Tech beats #9 Texas, 28-10 1996 - 63rd Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #10 Virginia Tech, 41-21 1997 - Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills 1997 - 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18 2014 - 44th Fiesta Bowl: #20 Boise State beats #10 Arizona, 38-30 2014 - 81st Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #8 Mississippi State, 49-34
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 1, 2016 16:13:54 GMT -5
1838 - 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide 1902 - 1st Rose Bowl: Michigan beats Stanford 49-0 1909 - Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) 1913 - 8th Australasian Championships: James Cecil Parke beats Alfred Beamish (3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5) 1916 - 2nd Rose Bowl: Washington State beats Brown 14-0 1917 - 3rd Rose Bowl: Oregon beats Pennsylvania 14-0 1918 - 4th Rose Bowl: Mare Island - USMC beats Camp Lewis - US Army 19-7 1919 - 5th Rose Bowl: Great Lakes - US Navy beats Mare Island - USMC 17-0 1920 - 6th Rose Bowl: Harvard beats Oregon 7-6 1921 - 7th Rose Bowl: California beats Ohio State 28-0 1923 - 9th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Penn State, 14-3 1924 - 10th Rose Bowl: Washington ties Navy, 14-14 1925 - 11th Rose Bowl: Notre Dame beats Stanford, 27-10 1926 - 12th Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Washington, 20-19 1927 - Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat 1927 - 13th Rose Bowl: Stanford ties Alabama, 7-7 1929 - 15th Rose Bowl: Georgia Tech beats California, 8-7 (Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with fumble recovery) 1930 - 16th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Pittsburgh, 47-11 1931 - 17th Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Washington State, 24-0 1932 - 18th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Tulane, 21-12 1934 - 20th Rose Bowl: Columbia beats Stanford, 7-0 1935 - 21st Rose Bowl: Alabama beats Stanford, 29-13 1935 - 1st Sugar Bowl: Tulane beats Temple, 20-14 1935 - 1st Orange Bowl: Bucknell beats Miami (FL), 26-0 1936 - 22nd Rose Bowl: Stanford beats SMU, 7-0 1936 - 2nd Sugar Bowl: TCU beats LSU, 3-2 1936 - 2nd Orange Bowl: Catholic University beats Mississippi, 20-19 1937 - 23rd Rose Bowl: #3 Pittsburgh beats #5 Washington, 21-0 1937 - 3rd Sugar Bowl: Santa Clara beats LSU, 21-14 1937 - 3rd Orange Bowl: #14 Duquesne beats Mississippi State, 13-12 1938 - 24th Rose Bowl: #2 California beats #4 Alabama, 13-0 1938 - 4th Sugar Bowl: Santa Clara beats LSU, 6-0 1938 - 4th Orange Bowl: Auburn beats Michigan State, 6-0 1939 - 25th Rose Bowl: #7 Southern California beats #3 Duke, 7-3 1940 - 26th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #2 Tennessee, 14-0 1940 - 6th Sugar Bowl: #1 Texas A&M beats #5 Tulane, 14-13 1940 - 6th Orange Bowl: #16 Georgia Tech beats #6 Missouri, 21-7 1941 - 27th Rose Bowl: #2 Stanford beats #7 Nebraska, 21-13 1941 - 7th Sugar Bowl: #4 Boston College beats #6 Tennessee, 19-13 1941 - 7th Orange Bowl: #9 Mississippi State beats #13 Georgetown, 14-7 1942 - 28th Rose Bowl: #12 Oregon State beats #2 Duke, 20-16 (played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat) 1942 - 8th Sugar Bowl: #6 Fordham beats #7 Missouri, 2-0 1942 - 8th Orange Bowl: #14 Georgia beats TCU, 40-26 1943 - 29th Rose Bowl: #2 Georgia beats #13 UCLA, 9-0 1943 - 9th Sugar Bowl: #7 Tennessee beats #4 Tulsa, 14-7 1943 - 9th Orange Bowl: #10 Alabama beats #8 Boston College, 37-21 1944 - 30th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats #12 Washington, 29-0 1944 - 10th Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech beats Tulsa, 20-18 1944 - 10th Orange Bowl: LSU beats Texas A&M, 19-14 1945 - 31st Rose Bowl: #7 Southern California beats #12 Tennessee, 25-0 1945 - 11th Sugar Bowl: #11 Duke beats Alabama, 29-26 1945 - 11th Orange Bowl: Tulsa beats #13 Georgia Tech, 26-12 1946 - 32nd Rose Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #11 Southern California, 34-14 1946 - 12th Sugar Bowl: #5 Oklahoma State beats #7 Saint Mary's (CA), 33-13 1946 - 12th Orange Bowl: Miami (FL) beats #16 Holy Cross, 13-6 1947 - 33rd Rose Bowl: #5 Illinois beats #4 UCLA, 45-14 1947 - 13th Sugar Bowl: #3 Georgia beats #9 North Carolina, 20-10 1947 - 13th Orange Bowl: #10 Rice beats #7 Tennessee, 8-0 1948 - 34th Rose Bowl: #2 Michigan beats #8 Southern California, 49-0 1948 - 14th Sugar Bowl: #5 Texas beats #6 Alabama, 27-7 1948 - 14th Orange Bowl: #10 Georgia Tech beats #12 Kansas, 20-14 1949 - 35th Rose Bowl: #7 Northwestern beats #4 California, 20-14 1949 - 15th Sugar Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #3 North Carolina, 14-6 1949 - 15th Orange Bowl: Texas beats #8 Georgia, 41-28 1951 - 37th Rose Bowl: #9 Michigan beats #5 California, 14-6 1951 - 17th Sugar Bowl: #7 Kentucky beats #1 Oklahoma, 13-7 1951 - 17th Orange Bowl: #10 Clemson beats #15 Miami (FL), 15-14 1952 - 38th Rose Bowl: #4 Illinois beats #7 Stanford, 40-7 1952 - 18th Sugar Bowl: #3 Maryland beats #1 Tennessee, 28-13 1952 - 18th Orange Bowl: #6 Georgia Tech beats #9 Baylor, 17-14 1953 - 39th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #11 Wisconsin, 7-0 1953 - 19th Sugar Bowl: #2 Georgia Tech beats #7 Mississippi, 24-7 1953 - 19th Orange Bowl: #9 Alabama beats #14 Syracuse, 61-6 1954 - Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts 1954 - 40th Rose Bowl: #3 Michigan State beats #5 UCLA, 28-20 1954 - 20th Sugar Bowl: #8 Georgia Tech beats #10 West Virginia, 42-19 1954 - 20th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #1 Maryland, 7-0 1955 - 41st Rose Bowl: #1 Ohio State beats #17 Southern California, 20-7 1955 - 21st Sugar Bowl: #5 Navy beats #6 Mississippi, 21-0 1955 - 21st Orange Bowl: #14 Duke beats Nebraska, 34-7 1957 - 43rd Rose Bowl: #3 Iowa beats #10 Oregon State, 35-19 1957 - 23rd Sugar Bowl: #11 Baylor beats #2 Tennessee, 13-7 1957 - 23rd Orange Bowl: #20 Colorado beats #19 Clemson, 27-21 1958 - 44th Rose Bowl: #2 Ohio State beats Oregon, 10-7 1958 - 24th Sugar Bowl: #7 Mississippi beats #11 Texas, 39-7 1958 - 24th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #16 Duke, 48-21 1959 - 45th Rose Bowl: #2 Iowa beats #16 California, 38-12 1959 - 25th Sugar Bowl: #1 LSU beats #12 Clemson, 7-0 1959 - 25th Orange Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #9 Syracuse, 21-6 1960 - 46th Rose Bowl: #8 Washington beats #6 Wisconsin, 44-8 1960 - 26th Sugar Bowl: #2 Mississippi beats #3 LSU, 21-0 1960 - 26th Orange Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #18 Missouri, 14-0 1962 - 48th Rose Bowl: #6 Minnesota beats #16 UCLA, 21-3 1962 - 28th Sugar Bowl: #1 Alabama beats #9 Arkansas, 10-3` 1962 - 28th Orange Bowl: #4 LSU beats #7 Colorado, 25-7 1963 - 49th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #2 Wisconsin, 42-37 1963 - 29th Sugar Bowl: #3 Mississippi beats #6 Arkansas, 17-13 1963 - 29th Orange Bowl: #5 Alabama beats #8 Oklahoma, 17-0 1964 - 50th Rose Bowl: #3 Illinois beats Washington, 17-7 1964 - 30th Sugar Bowl: #8 Alabama beats #7 Mississippi, 12-7
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 1, 2016 16:14:44 GMT -5
1964 - 30th Orange Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #5 Auburn, 13-7 1965 - 51st Rose Bowl: #4 Michigan beats #8 Oregon State, 34-7 1965 - 31st Sugar Bowl: #7 LSU beats Syracuse, 13-10 1965 - 31st Orange Bowl: #5 Texas beats #1 Alabama, 21-17 1966 - 52nd Rose Bowl: #5 UCLA beats #1 Michigan State, 14-12 1966 - 32nd Sugar Bowl: #6 Missouri beats Florida, 20-18 1966 - 32nd Orange Bowl: #4 Alabama beats #3 Nebraska, 39-28 1967 - CRU becomes the CAFA & turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL 1967 - Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game 1967 - KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game 1968 - 54th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #4 Indiana, 14-3 1968 - 34th Sugar Bowl: LSU beats #5 Wyoming, 20-13 1968 - 34th Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #2 Tennessee, 26-24 1969 - Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee 1969 - 55th Rose Bowl: #1 Ohio State beats #2 Southern California, 27-16 1969 - 35th Sugar Bowl: #9 Arkansas beats #4 Georgia, 16-2 1969 - 35th Orange Bowl: #3 Penn State beats #6 Kansas, 15-14 1970 - Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League 1970 - 56th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #7 Michigan, 10-3 1970 - 36th Sugar Bowl: #13 Mississippi beats #3 Arkansas, 27-22 1970 - 36th Orange Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #6 Missouri, 10-3 1971 - 57th Rose Bowl: #12 Stanford beats #2 Ohio State, 27-17 1971 - 37th Sugar Bowl: #4 Tennessee beats #11 Air Force, 34-13 1971 - 37th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 17-12 1972 - 58th Rose Bowl: #16 Stanford beats #4 Michigan, 13-12 1972 - 38th Sugar Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #5 Auburn, 40-22 1972 - 38th Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #2 Alabama, 38-6 1973 - 61st Men's Australian Open: John Newcombe beats Onny Parun (6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-1) 1973 - 61st Women's Australian Open: Margaret Court beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley (6-4, 7-5) 1973 - 59th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #3 Ohio State, 42-17 1973 - 39th Orange Bowl: #9 Nebraska beats #12 Notre Dame, 40-6 1974 - 62nd Men's Australian Open: Jimmy Connors beats Phil Dent (7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3) 1974 - 62nd Women's Australian Open: Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Chris Evert (7-6, 4-6, 6-0) 1974 - 60th Rose Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #7 Southern California, 42-21 1974 - 40th Orange Bowl: #6 Penn State beats #13 LSU, 16-9 1975 - 63rd Men's Australian Open: John Newcombe beats Jimmy Connors (7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6) 1975 - 63rd Women's Australian Open: Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Martina Navratilova (6-3, 6-2) 1975 - 61st Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #3 Ohio State, 18-17 1975 - 41st Orange Bowl: #9 Notre Dame beats #2 Alabama, 13-11 1976 - 42nd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #5 Michigan, 14-6 1977 - 63rd Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #2 Michigan, 14-6 1977 - 43rd Sugar Bowl: #1 Pittsburgh beats #4 Georgia, 27-3; Tony Dorsett runs for record 202 yards 1977 - 43rd Orange Bowl: #11 Ohio State beats #12 Colorado, 27-10 1978 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Oakland Raiders 20-17 1978 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat Minnesota Vikings 23-6 1979 - 65th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #5 Michigan, 17-10 1979 - 45th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Penn State, 14-7 1979 - 45th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #6 Nebraska, 31-24 1980 - 66th Rose Bowl: #3 Southern California beats #1 Ohio State, 17-16 1980 - 46th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #6 Arkansas, 24-9 1980 - 46th Orange Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #4 Florida State, 24-7 1981 - 67th Rose Bowl: #5 Michigan beats #16 Washington, 23-6 1981 - 47th Sugar Bowl: #1 Georgia beats #7 Notre Dame, 17-10 1981 - 47th Orange Bowl: #4 Oklahoma beats #2 Florida State, 18-17 1982 - 68th Rose Bowl: #12 Washington beats #13 Iowa, 28-0 1982 - 48th Sugar Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats #2 Georgia, 24-20 1982 - 11th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State beats #8 Southern California, 26-10 1982 - 48th Orange Bowl: #1 Clemson beats #4 Nebraska, 22-15 1983 - PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour 1983 - 69th Rose Bowl: #5 UCLA beats #19 Michigan, 24-14 1983 - 49th Sugar Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Georgia, 27-23 1983 - 12th Fiesta Bowl: #11 Arizona State beats #12 Oklahoma, 32-21 1983 - 49th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #13 LSU, 21-20 1985 - 71st Rose Bowl: #18 Southern California beats #6 Ohio State, 20-17 1985 - 51st Sugar Bowl: #5 Nebraska beats #11 LSU, 28-10 1985 - 14th Fiesta Bowl: #14 UCLA beats #13 Miami, 39-37 1985 - 51st Orange Bowl: #4 Washington beats #2 Oklahoma, 28-17 1986 - 72nd Rose Bowl: #13 UCLA beats #4 Iowa, 45-28; Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game. 1986 - 52nd Sugar Bowl: #8 Tennessee beats #2 Miami, 35-7 1986 - 15th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Michigan beats #7 Nebraska, 27-23 1986 - 52nd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #1 Penn State, 25-10 1987 - 73rd Rose Bowl: #7 Arizona State beats #4 Michigan, 22-15 1987 - 53rd Sugar Bowl: #6 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 30-15 1987 - 53rd Orange Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #9 Arkansas, 42-8 1988 - Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen 1988 - Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship 1988 - 74th Rose Bowl: #8 Michigan State beats #16 Southern California, 20-17 1988 - 54th Sugar Bowl: #4 Syracuse ties #6 Auburn, 16-16 1988 - 17th Fiesta Bowl: #3 Florida State beats #5 Nebraska, 31-28 1988 - 54th Orange Bowl: #2 Miami (FL) beats #1 Oklahoma, 20-14 1990 - Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1990 - 76th Rose Bowl: #12 Southern California beats #3 Michigan, 17-10 1990 - 56th Sugar Bowl: #2 Miami beats #7 Alabama, 33-25 1990 - 19th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Florida State beats #6 Nebraska, 41-17 1990 - 56th Orange Bowl: #4 Notre Dame beats #1 Colorado, 21-6 1991 - 77th Rose Bowl: #8 Washington beats #17 Iowa, 46-34 1991 - 57th Sugar Bowl: #6 Tennessee beats Virginia, 23-22 1991 - 20th Fiesta Bowl: #18 Louisville beats #25 Alabama, 34-7 1991 - 57th Orange Bowl: #1 Colorado beats #5 Notre Dame, 10-9 1992 - 78th Rose Bowl: #2 Washington beats #4 Michigan, 34-14 1992 - 58th Sugar Bowl: #18 Notre Dame beats #3 Florida, 39-28 1992 - 21st Fiesta Bowl: #6 Penn State beats #10 Tennessee, 42-17 1992 - 58th Orange Bowl: #1 Miami (FL) beats #11 Nebraska, 22-0 1993 - 79th Rose Bowl: #7 Michigan beats #9 Washington, 38-31 1993 - 59th Sugar Bowl: #2 Alabama beats #1 Miami, 34-13 1993 - 22nd Fiesta Bowl: #6 Syracuse beats #10 Colorado, 26-22 1993 - 59th Orange Bowl: #3 Florida State beats #11 Nebraska, 27-14 1994 - 80th Rose Bowl: #9 Wisconsin beats #14 UCLA, 21-16 1994 - 60th Sugar Bowl: #8 Florida beats #3 West Virginia, 41-7 1994 - 23rd Fiesta Bowl: #16 Arizona beats #10 Miami, 29-0
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 1, 2016 16:15:05 GMT -5
1994 - 60th Orange Bowl: #1 Florida State beats #2 Nebraska, 18-16 1995 - 61st Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #3 Miami (FL), 24-17 1996 - 82nd Rose Bowl: #17 Southern California beats #3 Northwestern, 41-32 1996 - 62nd Orange Bowl: #6 Florida State beats #8 Notre Dame, 31-26 1997 - 83rd Rose Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #2 Arizona State, 20-17 1997 - 26th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State beats #20 Texas, 38-15 1998 - 84th Rose Bowl: #1 Michigan beats #8 Washington State, 21-16 1998 - 64th Sugar Bowl: #4 Florida State beats #9 Ohio State, 31-14 1999 - 85th Rose Bowl: #9 Wisconsin beats #6 UCLA, 38-31 1999 - 65th Sugar Bowl: #3 Ohio State beats #8 Texas A&M, 24-14 2000 - 86th Rose Bowl: #4 Wisconsin beats #22 Stanford, 17-9 2000 - 66th Orange Bowl: #8 Michigan beats #5 Alabama, 35-34 2001 - 87th Rose Bowl: #4 Washington beats #14 Purdue, 34-24 2001 - 30th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Oregon State beats #10 Notre Dame, 41-9 2002 - 68th Sugar Bowl: #12 LSU beats #7 Illinois, 47-34 2002 - 31st Fiesta Bowl: #2 Oregon beats #3 Colorado, 38-16 2003 - 89th Rose Bowl: #8 Oklahoma beats #7 Washington State, 34-14 2003 - 69th Sugar Bowl: #4 Georgia beats #16 Florida State, 26-13 2004 - 90th Rose Bowl: #1 Southern California beats #4 Michigan, 28-14 2004 - 70th Orange Bowl: #10 Miami (FL) beats #9 Florida State, 16-14 2005 - 91st Rose Bowl: #6 Texas beats #13 Michigan, 38-37 2005 - 34th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Utah beats #19 Pittsburgh, 35-7 2007 - 93rd Rose Bowl: #8 Southern California beats #3 Michigan, 32-18 2007 - 36th Fiesta Bowl: #9 Boise State beats #7 Oklahoma, 43-42 (OT) 2008 - 94th Rose Bowl: #6 Southern California beats #13 Illinois, 49-17 2008 - 74th Sugar Bowl: #5 Georgia beats #10 Hawai'i, 41-10 2009 - 95th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #6 Penn State, 38-24 2009 - 75th Orange Bowl: #21 Virginia Tech beats #12 Cincinnati, 20-7 2010 - Suicide car bomb detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 2010 - 96th Rose Bowl: #8 Ohio State beats #7 Oregon, 26-17 2010 - 76th Sugar Bowl: #5 Florida beats #3 Cincinnati, 51-24 2011 - 97th Rose Bowl: #3 TCU beats #4 Wisconsin, 21-19 2011 - 40th Fiesta Bowl: #9 Oklahoma beats #25 Connecticut, 48-20 2013 - 99th Rose Bowl: #8 Stanford beats Wisconsin, 20-14 2013 - 79th Orange Bowl: #13 Florida State beats #16 Northern Illinois, 31-10 2014 - 100th Rose Bowl: #4 Michigan State beats #5 Stanford, 24-20 2014 - 43rd Fiesta Bowl: #15 UCF beats #6 Baylor, 52-42 2015 - 101st Rose Bowl: #2 Oregon beats #3 Florida State, 59-20 (National Championship Playoff Semi-Final) 2015 - 81st Sugar Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #1 Alabama, 42-35 (National Championship Playoff Semi-Final Game)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2016 15:59:50 GMT -5
January 1st has also become the day of the NHL Winter Classic.
2008 - Penguins defeat Sabres at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo 2-1 in a shootout 2009 - Red Wings defeat Blackhawks at Wrigley Field in Chicago 6-4 2010 - Bruins defeat Flyers at Fenway Park in Boston 2-1 in overtime 2011 - Capitals defeat Penguins at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh 3-1 2014 - Maple Leafs defeat Red Wings at Michgan Stadium in Ann Arbor 3-2 in a shootout 2015 - Capitals defeat Blackhawks at Nationals Park in Washington D.C 3-2
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 2, 2016 17:11:46 GMT -5
1879 - 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG 1879 - Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill 1911 - Bkln Dodgers pres Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1918 - Dodgers trade Casey Stengel & Cutshaw to Pitts for Grimes & Mamaux 1918 - NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down 1922 - 8th Rose Bowl: California ties Washington & Jefferson, 0-0 1928 - 14th Rose Bowl: Stanford beats Pittsburgh, 7-6 1933 - 19th Rose Bowl: Southern California beats Pittsburgh, 35-0 1939 - 5th Sugar Bowl: #1 TCU beats #6 Carnegie Tech, 15-7 1939 - 5th Orange Bowl: #2 Tennessee beats #4 Oklahoma, 17-0 1945 - Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955 1950 - 36th Rose Bowl: #6 Ohio State beats #3 California, 17-14 1950 - 16th Sugar Bowl: #2 Oklahoma beats #9 LSU, 35-0 1950 - 16th Orange Bowl: #15 Santa Clara beats #11 Kentucky, 21-13 1953 - NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak 1956 - 42nd Rose Bowl: #2 Michigan State beats #4 UCLA, 17-14 1956 - 22nd Sugar Bowl: #7 Georgia Tech beats #11 Pittsburgh, 7-0 1956 - 22nd Orange Bowl: #1 Oklahoma beats #3 Maryland, 20-6 1961 - 47th Rose Bowl: #6 Washington beats #1 Minnesota, 17-7 1961 - 27th Sugar Bowl: #2 Mississippi beats Rice, 14-6 1961 - 27th Orange Bowl: #5 Missouri beats #4 Navy, 21-14 1965 - NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath 1966 - Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game 1967 - 53rd Rose Bowl: #7 Purdue beats Southern California, 14-13 1967 - 33rd Sugar Bowl: #6 Alabama beats #3 Nebraska, 34-7 1967 - 33rd Orange Bowl: Florida beats #8 Georgia Tech, 27-12 1969 - "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy 1971 - A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66 1972 - AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 1972 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 14-3 1977 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing 1978 - 64th Rose Bowl: #13 Washington beats #4 Michigan, 27-20 1978 - 44th Sugar Bowl: #3 Alabama beats #9 Ohio State, 35-6 1978 - 44th Orange Bowl: #6 Arkansas beats #2 Oklahoma, 31-6 1980 - 68th Men's Australian Open: Guillermo Vilas beats John Sadri (7-6, 6-3, 6-2) 1980 - 68th Women's Australian Open: Barbara Jordan beats Sharon Walsh (6-3, 6-3) 1982 - "The Epic in Miami", in 85 degree heat (Fahrenheit), the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records 1984 - Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century 1984 - 70th Rose Bowl: UCLA beats #4 Illinois, 45-9 1984 - 50th Sugar Bowl: #3 Auburn beats #8 Michigan, 9-7 1984 - 13th Fiesta Bowl: #14 Ohio State beats #15 Pittsburgh, 28-23 1984 - 50th Orange Bowl: #5 Miami (FL) beats #1 Nebraska, 31-30 1985 - Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score 1985 - Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions 1986 - NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal 1987 - 16th Fiesta Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Miami, 14-10 1989 - Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship 1989 - 75th Rose Bowl: #11 Michigan beats #5 Southern California, 22-14 1989 - 55th Sugar Bowl: #4 Florida State beats #7 Auburn, 13-7 1989 - 18th Fiesta Bowl: #1 Notre Dame beats #3 West Virginia, 34-21 1989 - 55th Orange Bowl: #2 Miami (FL) beats #6 Nebraska, 23-3 1995 - 81st Rose Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #12 Oregon, 38-20 1995 - 61st Sugar Bowl: #7 Florida State beats #5 Florida, 23-17 1995 - 24th Fiesta Bowl: #4 Colorado beats Notre Dame, 41-24 1996 - 25th Fiesta Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #2 Florida, 62-24 1997 - 63rd Sugar Bowl: #3 Florida beats #1 Florida State, 52-20 1998 - 64th Orange Bowl: #2 Nebraska beats #3 Tennessee, 42-17 1999 - 65th Orange Bowl: #7 Florida beats #18 Syracuse, 31-10 2000 - 29th Fiesta Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #6 Tennessee, 31-21 2001 - 67th Sugar Bowl: #3 Miami beats #7 Florida, 37-20 2002 - 68th Orange Bowl: #5 Florida beats #6 Maryland, 56-23 2003 - 69th Orange Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #3 Iowa, 38-17 2004 - 33rd Fiesta Bowl: #7 Ohio State beats #8 Kansas State, 35-28 2006 - 72nd Sugar Bowl: #11 West Virginia beats #7 Georgia, 38-35 2006 - 35th Fiesta Bowl: #4 Ohio State beats #5 Notre Dame, 34-20 2007 - 73rd Orange Bowl: #5 Louisville beats #15 Wake Forest, 24-13 2008 - 37th Fiesta Bowl: #11 West Virginia beats #3 Oklahoma, 48-28 2009 - 75th Sugar Bowl: #6 Utah beats #4 Alabama, 31-17 2012 - 98th Rose Bowl: #6 Oregon beats #9 Wisconsin, 45-38 2012 - 41st Fiesta Bowl: #3 Oklahoma State beats #4 Stanford, 41-38 (OT) 2013 - Ray Lewis announces he will retire at the end of the playoffs 2013 - 79th Sugar Bowl: #21 Louisville beats #3 Florida, 33-23 2014 - 80th Sugar Bowl: #11 Oklahoma beats #3 Alabama, 45-31
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