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Today In Sports History: June 18, 2011

1938 – Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season

1941 – Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for Heavyweight boxing title

1948 – Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates

1950 – Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A’s 21-2

1960 – Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball’s oldest debuting manager (66)

1972 – US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball’s exemption from antitrust laws

1973 – NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants

1975 – Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers

1976 – Bowie Kuhn voids A’s sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, & Vida Blue to Yankees

1977 – Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation

1986 – Don Sutton won his 300th game in major league baseball.

1991 – SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky’s cancerous left arm is amputated

1993 – Expo’s Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games

Today In Sports History: April 28, 2011

1901 – 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0)

1901 – Cleveland’s Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1

1930 – 1st night organized baseball game (Independence KS)

1931 – Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track & field

1961 – Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0

1967 – Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title

1985 – Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time

1987 – NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 & Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla in 1989

1988 – Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row

1990 – NBA Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128

1992 – Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings

Today In Sports History: April 21, 2011

1904 – Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)

1910 – Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0

1925 – No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets’ funeral

1944 – NFL Chicago Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)

1955 – Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season

1967 – Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)

1970 – Reds with 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records

1977 – Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6

1987 – Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games

1989 – George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers

1990 – National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards

1994 – Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)

1995 – Boston Celtics final game at Boston Garden, NY Knicks win 98-92