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Penn State's endless fountain of money
Owing to Sean Keeley's take on this subject, I felt obligated to go back and flesh out my thoughts here. Penn State lured away Cornell's lacrosse coach last week for, presumably, a major bump in salary. That's on the heels of hiring wrestling coach Cael Sanderson from Iowa State, which was doubly...
10/13/2001 - Jeter's flip saves Yankees' season
(Posada applies the tag. Photo courtesy of the New York Daily News) The 2001 New York Yankees, the winners of four World Series titles in five years, came dangerously close to getting knocked out in the first round. The Oakland Athletics, their first opponent in the postseason, were an extremely...
Today in Sports History: September 25th
(Carter posterizes Frederic Weis. Photo by Gary Cameron, Reuters) 9/25/1965 - Paige pitches at age 59Satchel Paige becomes the oldest person to play in an MLB game. At age 59 (or 60 depending on where you read it) Paige was brought in by the last-place Kansas City Athletics, who figured he could...
Today in Sports History: June 29th
(Kenny Rogers goin' crazy on a cameraman. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) 6/29/1905 - Moonlight makes lone appearanceArchibald "Moonlight" Graham comes tantalizingly close to batting in a major league game. The rookie outfielder was subbed in to play right field with his New York Giants losing to the...
Today in Sports History: September 13th
(Frank Francisco throws the chair. Photo by D. Ross Cameron, AP Photos) 9/13/1965 - Mays knocks 500th home runThe "Say Hey Kid" hits career home run #500 off the Astros' Don Nottebart. Willie Mays was the first player in history to collect both 3000 hits and 500 home runs. Adding that with his...
Today in Sports History: May 18th
(Pippen and Davis. Photo by Bill Kostroun, AP Photos) 5/18/1912 - Substitute Tigers lose to A'sThe Detroit Tigers of the American League stage the first players strike in baseball history. They were protesting the indefinite suspension of Ty Cobb, who in a game three days earlier had beaten up a...
Throwback Uniforms: A's and White Sox (1929)
On August 16th, the Oakland Athletics celebrated the 80th anniversary of the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, who won the World Series, by dressing up in their old uniforms from the '29 season. $18 outfield tickets were dropped to $9.29, $30 box seats were dropped to $19.29, and 10,000 fans walked...
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