All posts tagged "this day in sports history"
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Prep Sports
/ 2 years agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/9
1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspends player Hal Chase on suspicion of fixing games. 1925 – Babe Ruth is subbed...
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/ 2 years agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/8
1976 – The White Sox debut uniforms which feature the players wearing shorts. They don’t last long. 1984 – Carl Lewis...
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/ 2 years agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/7
1907 – Walter Johnson gets his first of what would be 416 career pitching wins. 1960 – Arnold Palmer gets his...
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Prep Sports
/ 2 years agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/3
1852 – The first American intercollegiate athletic competition takes place as Harvard defeats Yale in a crew event on Lake Winnipesaukee...
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Prep Sports
/ 2 years agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 8/1
1933 – New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell sets an MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3. 1941 –...
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/ 5 years agoTHIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY: 9/4
1920 – Race horse Man O’War wins the Lawrence Realization Stakes by 100 lengths, the largest winning margin in modern racing...