On This Day...In Sports

Today is Sunday, December 14, 2014
Today in
Sports History
1901 - The first table tennis tournament was held. It was at the London Royal Aquarium.

1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.

1952 - The Brooklyn Dodgers signed pitcher Sandy Koufax.

1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.

1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.

1986 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) set an NFL record with his seventh 400-yard game.

1988 - CBS won the exclusive rights to major league baseball's 1990-94 seasons for $1.1 billion.

1988 - The NBA's Miami Heat won their first game. They had lost their first 17 games.

1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) became only the fifth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals. The other 700 goal scorers were Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne.

1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) ran for more than 100 yards for his 13th consecutive game.

1998 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) caught a pass in a game against the Detroit Lions. It was his 191st consecutive game with a reception.

Love & Divorce....NFL Style

This divorce thing  is getting old.   Doesn't anybody want to be married anymore?

What a shame..

From our friends at TMZ.com:

 

Barry Sanders Divorce
We've Got A TON of Issues

Exclusive

Barry Sanders and his wife are NOT playing nice in their divorce -- the couple is butting heads over EVERY conceivable point of contention ... including money and custody ... TMZ has learned.

The NFL legend filed for divorce from his TV anchor wife Lauren Campbell-Sanders back in February ... but proceedings hit a rough patch because the two couldn't agree on how to divvy up their stuff.

According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ ... Barry and Lauren recently went to a mediator to help work out their issues ... but it was a total failure.

The docs show the two are still battling over all 5 major issues in any divorce -- custody, parenting time, spousal support, child support and property.

The judge has now ordered take a 2nd shot at settling their beef before resorting to a full-blown messy, expensive trial.

The two were married back in 2000 and have 3 minor children together.

See also

A "Leap Year"......Hump Day

On this the final day of February.....We're not only "humping".....we're "leaping" as well.

This is a hump day.....but it is also a leap day...February 29th.   Comes around every four years.

Wow....Stuff we're following:


Really?  D-Wade?  Really?  You broke his nose!
 

Wade Says He Apologized To Kobe

 

NASCAR.....at it's best......Ablazing!

WATCH: Inferno Erupts After Daytona Crash

 

Same story.....different names:

NFL Hall Of Famer Barry Sanders Files For Divorce 

 

Have a great Hump Day!

On this Day.....

Today in
Sports History

 
1960 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) set an NBA record with 55 rebounds against the Boston Celtics.






1991 - Monica Seals set a female tennis record by winning $2,457,758 in a year.




1996 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) set an NFL record when he recorded his eighth straight 1,000-yard season.







1996 - Rusty Wallace won the first NASCAR event to be held in Japan.

1996 - Clyde Drexler (Houston Rockets) became the 24th NBA player to read 20,000 career points.