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• 1946 - Sugar Ray Robinson was crowned welterweight champion at Madison Square Garden.

• 1962 - A world indoor pole-vault record was set by Don Meyers when he cleared 16 feet, 1-1/4 inches.

• 1966 - The NBA granted a franchise to Seattle.

• 1973 - Henri Richard (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1,000th point.

• 1983 - Guy Lafleur (Montreal Canadiens) became the 10th NHL player to score 500 goals.

• 1985 - Denis Potvin became the highest defenseman scorer when he got his 916th point.

• 1993 - It was announced that NBC would retain the rights to the National Football League's (NFL) AFC package.

• 1994 - Ivan Lendl retired after a 17-year tennis career.

• 1998 - Brett Favre (Green Bay Packers) became the first NFL player to throw at least 30 touchdown passes for five seasons.

• 2008 - The Dallas Cowboys played their final game in Texas Stadium before moving to their new stadium in Arlington, TX.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

Born: February 6, 1895, Pigtown, Baltimore, MD

Died: August 16, 1948 (age 53 years), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York - Main Hospital, New York, NY

He Is Credited With This Famous Quote

“Some say it was just a myth in a movie but we believe The Sandlot movie, Heroes and Legends, Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart and you'll never go wrong ”

- George Herman

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TODAY'S SPORTS TRIVIA QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS

1) Which player holds the record for most MVP awards?

2) Which player holds the record for most Cy Young Awards?

3) Who is the only player in history to hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam home run?

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