Bob Feller Enlists in Navy Two Days After Pearl Harbor Reports for Duty at Norfolk, VA January 6, 1942 Sports Then and Now … [Read more...] about Pitching Ace Bob Feller Joins Navy, First Player to Enlist January 6, 1942
Nancy Kerrigan Attack Orchestrated by Tonya Harding January 6, 1994
World Watches Nancy Kerrigan Attack in Disbelief http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T09XWRkq5M On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan had just completed a practice session in Cobo Hall in Detroit. She was preparing for the U.S. Women’s National Figure Skating Championship which was going to be held there, the following day. As she was leaving the ice, an unidentified man struck … [Read more...] about Nancy Kerrigan Attack Orchestrated by Tonya Harding January 6, 1994
Michael Jordan Career Points Reach 30,000 January 4, 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbz52tykvOU January 4, 2001 In Washington, DC playing for his new team, The Washington Wizards, against his "real team", the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan brought his career points total up to and beyond 30,000. Jordan was the fourth player to have reached that plateau, and at the time,he was the youngest. (On December 5, Kobe Bryant scored … [Read more...] about Michael Jordan Career Points Reach 30,000 January 4, 2001
Texas Wins Championship, 2006 Rose Bowl, Stops USC Streak January 4, 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8zZRBTOcnY Texas led 16-10 at halftime. Having beaten Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl, The Texas Longhorns, led by All American quarterback, Vince Young, returned to Pasadena for the 2006 game on January 4. The venue for the ’06 game might have been the same, but the circumstances had changed dramatically. Instead of facing a 9-2 Michigan, … [Read more...] about Texas Wins Championship, 2006 Rose Bowl, Stops USC Streak January 4, 2004
Steinbrenner Buys Yankees from CBS January 3, 1973
New York Daily News The Yankees have been sold to Mike Burke and George Steinbrenner III and 10 owners to be named later. At a press conference yesterday in Yankee Stadium, Michael Burke presiding, it was announced that the CBS eye has had it. After nine years, the network is bowing out of the baseball business for $10 million, or $3.2 million less than CBS paid for … [Read more...] about Steinbrenner Buys Yankees from CBS January 3, 1973