On This Date: The NBA's First 3-Pointer, and Larry Bird's First Game (Oct. 12, 1979)
47 years ago today, Chris Ford hit the first 3-pointer in NBA history, on a pass from Larry Bird in Bird's very first game. Or did Kevin Grevey beat him to it?
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On This Date: Ty Cobb and Frank Schulte Win Baseball's First MVP Award, and Each Gets a Car (Oct. 11, 1911)
115 years ago today, Ty Cobb and Wildfire Schulte won the first MVP-style award in baseball, and a Chalmers car each. It started with a batting-title scandal.
On This Date: The Tokyo Olympics Open — Oct. 10, 1964 — and the 5 Moments Nobody Forgot
62 years ago today, the first Asian Olympics opened in Tokyo. Bullet Bob Hayes, Billy Mills, Abebe Bikila and the 5 moments from Tokyo 1964 nobody forgot.
On This Date: Dean Smith Walks Away With 879 Wins and a Team Built to Win It All (Oct. 9, 1997)
On Oct. 9, 1997, Dean Smith retired with 879 wins, a record at the time, and left Bill Guthridge a team that went 34-4. Would Dean have won it all? Probably not.
On This Date: Don Larsen Throws the Only Perfect Game in World Series History (Oct. 8, 1956)
70 years ago today, Don Larsen retired all 27 Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It's still the only perfect game ever thrown in the postseason.
On This Date: Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 (Oct. 7, 1916)
On Oct. 7, 1916, John Heisman's Georgia Tech beat a Cumberland team of fraternity brothers 222-0, still college football's most lopsided score. It started with a baseball game.
On This Date: Michael Jordan Walks Away at 30 (Oct. 6, 1993)
On Oct. 6, 1993, Michael Jordan retired at 30 with 3 straight titles and 7 straight scoring titles. The leak at Comiskey, his father's murder, the gambling inquiry, the Barons, and the 2-word fax that brought him back.