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1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
1997 Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 1996 Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46 1996 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72 1996 Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game 1996 Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83 1995 Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76 1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV 1995 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1995 Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63 1994 Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93 1994 Amy Sacks, producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39 1994 15th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77 1993 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year 1992 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79 1991 Sonny Werblin, New York sports impresario, dies at 81 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees 1991 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1990 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1990 Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV 1989 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m 1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies 1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1988 Sports Aid - jogging to feed the world 1988 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1987 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1987 New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio 1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC 1985 7th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1984 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105 1983 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1983 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament 1982 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1981 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air 1980 "Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports 1979 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1977 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation 1976 Yamila Diaz, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, model, cover model for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 1975 Denv Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St. Louis Spirits 1975 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens 1975 Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports 1973 David Eisenhower writes his last sports column 1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected 1973 Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65 1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1968 Stephane Seymour, model, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover-1988 1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) 1967 Valeria Marini, Rome, Italy, sports commentator, Italian Soccer 1967 Vendela [Kirsebom], Stockholm Sweden, model, Sports Illustrated 1993 1966 Cindy Crawford, born in Dekalb, Illinois, super model, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1962 Hannah Storm, sports journalist, CNN, NBC 1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer 1960 Kim Alexis, born in Lockport, New York, model, Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover 1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies 1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1956 New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build 1954 Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1952 Gordon McQueen, born in Kilbirnie, Scotland, footballer, soccer player, central defender, coach, played for Manchester United and Leeds, led team to win FA Cup Final, 1979, coached Airdrieonians, manager for Middleborough, pundit for Sky Sports 1951 Mark McCumber, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Mark Randall McCumber, golfer, won PGA tour ten times, won World Cup of Golf for the United states with Ben Crenshaw, golf analyst for Fox Sports, golf course architect 1950 AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset 1949 "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV 1947 Cheryl Tiegs, born in Minnesota, model, Sports Illustrated 1946 1st TV sports spectacular - Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn 1946 David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner, Fox Sports 1940 Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter 1940 Herve Filion, sulky driver, 1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame 1939 Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer, 27 Grand Prix 1939 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball 1936 John Madden, NFL coach for the Oakland Raiders/sports commentator, CBS, FOX 1934 Gary Davidson, U.S. sports league founder, ABA, WHA, WFL 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports 1933 Antwerp Sports arena opens 1931 Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council 1931 Ruud van den Hende, sports reporter 1931 Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC 1931 Raymond Miquel, chairman, Scottish Sports Council 1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday 1931 Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E 1928 Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1 1927 George Plimpton, New York City, sports writer, Paper Lion 1926 Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1926 Bill Flemming, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports 1926 David Coleman, sports commentator 1925 Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians 1923 Alan Weeks, sports commentator 1922 Jim Rodger, sports writer 1921 Jim McKay, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sportscaster, ABC's Wide World of Sports 1920 Peter West, British sports commentator 1916 Michael Burke, sports executive, New York Yankees, New York Knicks 1913 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds 1912 Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer 1908 Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 1908 Walter L "Red" Barber, Mississippi, sports announcer, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees 1907 Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter 1907 E. W. Swanton, author and sports commentator 1906 Bob Considine, sports columnist, Bob Feller Story 1905 Walter Brown, sports organizer, NBA 1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them 1901 Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator 1898 Allison Danzig, sports writer, Tennis Pictorial History 1883 New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company |
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