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Happy Birthday Hakeem Olajuwon!
Every once in a while there comes along a player that transcends all odds and overcomes incredible adversity. And every once in a while someone throws out a really stupid cliche like the one above. The difference is that when it comes to Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon, the cliche doesn't begin to...
Gone But Not Forgotten, Sports File #10: Twin Towers References
(Every Monday, Inhistoric delves into the long-since abandoned aspects of sports that many of us never knew existed, and reexamines them for your reading pleasure. Here's just one example of a part of sports that's no longer with us, for better or worse.) There was a time when analogizing bigmen...
Today in Sports History: August 2nd
(Olajuwon in a Raptors uniform. Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant, Getty Images) 8/02/1979 - Munson perishes in crash Yankees star Thurman Munson dies in a private plane crash at the age of 32. Munson's accident would serve as a constant reminder any time an athlete either did something reckless or...
UK Basketball: Remembering Melvin Turpin with an Assist from Former UK Guards Dicky Beal & Kyle Macy
Dateline: January 22, 1984 As I anxiously sat in a near empty Rupp Arena watching the No. 4 ranked Houston Cougars warming up for their contest against the third-ranked Kentucky Wildcats, I turned to my friends and said, "We have NO chance." The sight of Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Young, and Alvin...
Today in Sports History: March 3rd
Gary Glitter - Rock'n Roll Part 2 1972 (via fritz5134) 3/03/1875 - First indoor hockey gameAt the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Canada, the first recorded indoor hockey game takes place. Hockey was usually confined to the outdoors on ice or in the fields and typically lacked any...
Kentucky -- 101, Arkansas -- A Lot Less
John Pelphrey deserves better ... a University of Kentucky Wildcat basketball legend deserves better than what Pelphrey got Saturday afternoon in a frenzied, geeked-to-the-peak Rupp Arena. John Pelphrey, former Kentucky Mr. Basketball, deserves better than to be on the receiving end of one of the...
Early Indications: Kobe Bryant Dominates in the Post
So this is what Kobe Bryant in decline looks like? For the first time in three years, this summer, Kobe had the summer off. That's not to say that he took the summer off, mind you — Kobe being Kobe, I can guarantee you that he put in just as much hard work as ever. But unlike the last two...
Today in Sports History: August 19th
8/19/1921 - Cobb reaches 3KTy Cobb gets a base hit off Red Sox pitcher Elmer Myers, giving him 3,000 for his career. Cobb, who was 34 at the time, would become the first player to also tally 4,000 hits and held the record for the most ever until Pete Rose broke it in 1985. Cobb, whose lifetime .367...
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