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TDISH: August 30th -- Rahman and Lewis brawl on ESPN show
August 30, 2001: During a taped interview on ESPN's Up Close, Hasim Rahman and Lennox Lewis, who had been booked to discuss their upcoming Nov. 17 heavyweight rematch, fought each other in front of a live studio audence, bringing the interview to a screeching halt as those nearby tried to pull the...
Today in Sports History: August 31st
8/31/1969 - Marciano dies in plane crashRocky Marciano, widely respected as one of the greatest boxers of all time, dies in a plane just outside Newton, Iowa. He was one day shy of his 46th birthday and a surprise party had been planned for him when he arrived. The NTSB concluded that the...
Today in Sports History: March 13th
3/13/1930 - Robbie ball switched for fruit At spring training, Brooklyn manager Wilbert Robinson attempts to best a cult accomplishment. In 1908, Gabby Street caught a baseball that was thrown to him from the top of the Washington Monument -- more than 500 feet from the ground. Robinson insisted...
ESPN doc covers Holmes-Ali bout
In commemoration of its 30th anniversary, ESPN has enlisted thirty different film-makers to make 30 different films about 30 different things that happened since the cable giant first came on the air. The series, appropriately called 30 For 30, has delved into several sports stories that shook...
Today in Sports History: November 5th
(Foreman knocks down Moorer. Photo by Al Bello, Getty Images) 11/05/1946 - Connors breaks backboardChuck Connors of the Boston Celtics becomes the first player in professional basketball to shatter a backboard, which does during warmups. Unlike most occurrences of a backboard breaking, which...
Today in Sports History: April 20th
(Jordan scored 63 against the Celtics. Photo by Dick Raphael, Getty Images) 4/20/1967 - Don King kills Sam Garrett Long before he represented Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, boxing promoter Don King was infamous for another reason: killing a pair of people. In December 1954, King shot Hillary Brown...
6/11/2005 - The end of Kid Dynamite
Following a pair of losses to Lennox Lewis and an unknown Danny Williams, Mike Tyson set on the comeback trail for the last time. His opponent: Ireland's own Kevin McBride. Tyson was nearly 39 years old and was well past his prime. He had even donned a new tattoo that covered the left side of his...
Today in Sports History: July 22nd
(Liston knocks out Patterson again. Photo courtesy of AP Photos) 7/22/1963 - Patterson loses in Liston rematch On September 25, 1962, Sonny Liston humiliated Floyd Patterson to steal from him the title of world heavyweight champion. Patterson had claimed the championship belt from 1956 to 1959,...
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