Monday, March 14, 2011

On this day in Sports



1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored a record 53 points.

1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) played every minute of a game for the 47th consecutive time. The streak ended during the Warriors' next game.

1967 - The AFL and the NFL held the first common draft. The two leagues merged in 1970. The first player chosen was Bubba Smith, a defensive lineman from Michigan State.

1972 - The Cincinnati Royals of the National Basketball Association announced that the team's franchise would be moved to Kansas City, Missouri at the end of the season.

1992 - Stacey Augmon (Atlanta Hawks) scored the 6,000,000th point in NBA history.

2005 - Major League Baseball gave a congressional committee about 400 pages of documents related to drug testing. It was also reported that Bud Selig would be willing to testify in hearings planned for March 17. 

 


Kind of a slow news day. Today, and in past years. The Heat play the NBA best Spurs tonight though. Should be a great game. Tune into ESPN at 8 PM EST.

18 comments:

  1. Can't wait for the Spurs-Heat game. I don't give a flying fuck if my school day tomorrow get's fucked up because of that (sleeping), I'm watching it. (lol I sound like a retarded angry kid)

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  2. Haven't been keeping up with the whole series this year, been so busy with life.

    Been a Spurs fan since I was a kid, turning it on now!

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  3. Wilt Chamberlain was basketball beast

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  4. I like the retrospective. Different than the usual, yet still entertaining. You should consider doing it again sometime soon.

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  5. nice retrospective.

    aparently this day in the past wasnt much active.

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  6. I really like this kind of information

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  7. the future is based on the past so knowing things that went back is key to our good life. keep up!

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  8. I wish I was that active in sports to be a pro

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  9. american sports :/ can't relate but sounds like these were milestones

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  10. Good list! Not caring for the Heat much, kinda want to see them fail hard.

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  11. Now, would that be, ESPN 8 "The Ocho"?

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  12. Not my birthyear on that list. :/ Well it was a slow news day after all.

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