Sports History 1923 - George Halas (Chicago Bears) picked up an Oorang Indians fumble and ran it 98 yards for a touchdown. 1954 - The Philadelphia A's moved to Kansas City. 1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) set an NBA record when he missed all 10 of his free throws. 1972 - The L.A. Kings scored 3 goals within 45 seconds against the New York Islanders. 1973 - The Chicago Bears set an NFL record when they held the Green Bay Packers to -12 yards passing. 1976 - Major league baseball held its first free-agent draft. 24 players were available from 13 teams. 1994 - United Center in Chicago, IL, opened. 1994 - The San Antonio Spurs' season opener was delayed for 50 minutes when a fireworks display triggered the sprinkler system in the Alamodome. 2001 - Randall Cunningham (Baltimore Ravens) achieved 30,000 career passing yards. 2001 - The Arizona Diamondbacks won their first World Series. They beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in game 7. 2001 - Former Dallas Cowboy Nate Newton was arrested in Louisiana after police found 213 pounds of marijuana in a van he was driving. 2003 - Mark Messier (New York Rangers) scored two goals and moved into second place in career points. The goals were points 1850 and 1851 of his career. |