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Today in Sports History: September 5th
9/05/1791 - Town draws up baseball lawsOn a Monday afternoon in 1791, the town of Pittsfield, Massachusetts voted to ban the game of baseball and other activities that had disturbed many of the townspeople.In 2004, historian Jim Thorn, searching for the birth place of baseball, managed to ascertain...
Danny "Little Red" Lopez leads 2010 Hall of Fame class
Former featherweight champ Danny "Little Red" Lopez headlines the 2010 International Boxing Hall of Fame class, with 12 more headed to Canastota with him. Lopez (42-6, 39 KO) is of Ute Indian, Mexican and Irish heritage, and became extremely popular in Southern California, building his name in Los...
12/08/1980 - Lennon's death announced on MNF
On December 8, 1980, John Lennon, the universally famous member of The Beatles, was gunned down on the streets of New York City.Lennon was walking back to his Dakota apartment building at 10:50 PM when the attack occurred. Mark David Chapman, who had been stalking him for days and had just...
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