Episode Transcript
Looking back at the world of sports. It's the iHeartRadio Weekend Sports Time Capsule.
What's going on, fellow sports fans. It's Andy West and I'm here
to take you on a journey backto this week in sports history. We'll
start back in nineteen forty three,Sid Luckman of the Chicago Bears becomes the
first pro to pass from more thanfour hundred yards and seven touchdowns in a
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fifty six to seven victory over theNew York Giants. This week in nineteen
sixty one, George Blanda of theHouston Oilers passes for five hundred and five
yards and seven touchdowns in a fortynine to thirteen route of the New York
Titans. This week in nineteen eightythree, Yari Curry of the Edmonton Oilers
scores five goals and Wayne Gretzky addsthree and five assists in a thirteen to
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fourteen route of the New Jersey Devils. Also this week in nineteen eighty three,
Kareem Abdul Jabbar of the La Lakersbecomes the second player in NBA history
to score thirty thousand points, joiningWilt Chamberlain, as the Lakers win one
seventeen in Portland. This week intwenty fourteen, Miami Marlin slugger gian Carlos
Stanton agrees to terms with the teamon a three hundred and twenty five million
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dollars thirteen year contract. After winningthe National League MVP in twenty seventeen,
he was traded to the Yankees.And this week in twenty fifteen, Matthew
Stafford throws for two touchdowns and theDetroit Lions and a twenty four game road
losing streak against the Green Bay Packerswith an eighteen to sixteen victory. It's
Detroit's first win at green Bay sincea twenty one seventeen victory on December fifteenth,
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nineteen ninety one. And that's justsome of what happened this week in
sports history. The Weekend Sports TimeCapsule on iHeartRadio
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