THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday 1920 - WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcasts first football play-by-play. 1940 - University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon’s No. 98. 1951 - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears. 1952 - Only win ever for NFL’s Dallas Texans (1-11 record), 27-23 against Chicago Bears. 1961 - NBA’s Bob Cousy becomes second player to score 15,000 points. 1978 - Thomas Hearns knocks out Jerome Hill in two rounds in his first pro fight. 1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Roberto Duran, regains WBC welterweight championship. 1990 - NFL’s New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers, after winning their first 10 games both lose, Philadelphia Eagles beat Giants 31-13 and Los Angeles Rams beat 49ers 28-17. 2001 - The Calgary Stampeders win the Grey Cup for the first time since 1998, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 in the 89th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Sunday 1896 - First large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6. 1896 - A.A. Stagg of University of Chicago creates the football huddle. 1941 - Amateur tennis champion Bobby Riggs turns pro. 1952 - The 40th Grey Cup game becomes Canada’s first televised football game as CBLT-TV shows hometown Toronto Argonauts defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 21-11. 1982 - Howard Cosell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch. 1984 - John W. Mercom Junior announces New Orleans Saints are up for sale for $75 million US. 1990 - Buffalo Bills become the 6th first place NFL team to lose on same weekend. 2000 - The BC Lions win the Grey Cup for the first time since 1994, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 in the 88th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary. 2005 - B.J. Ryan agrees to a $47 million, five-year deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.