Week of October 23rd

Relive some of the greatest moments in Sports History

Episode Transcript

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Looking back at the world of sports. It's the iHeartRadio Weekend Sports Time Capsules.
What's going on with fellow sports fansat Andy West, and I'm here
to take you on our journey backto this week in sports history. Start
off in nineteen thirty nine, KansasState's homecoming game against Nebraska is the second
college football game ever televised. TheCornhuskers spoil homecoming with a twenty five to

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nine victory. This week in nineteensixty, Cassius Clay has his first professional
fight, beating Tonny Huntsecker in sixrounds. The same week, in nineteen
seventy four, thirty two year oldMuhammad Ali becomes the heavyweight Champion of the
World for the second time when heknocks out twenty five year old champ George
Foreman in the eighth round of theRumble in the Jungle. This week in
nineteen eighty five, the Kansas CityRoyals, behind Brett Saberhagen's five hitter,

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beat the Saint Louis Cardinals eleven tonothing in Game seven of the World Series.
The Royals became the six team inMajor League history to rally from a
three games to one deficit to winthe series. This week in nineteen ninety
eight, Denvers Jason Elon kicks asixty three yard field goal, tying Tom
Dempsey's twenty eight year old NFL record. And this week in two thousand and
eight, the Philadelphia Afillies win theWorld Series, their first since nineteen eighty,

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defeating the Tampa Bay Rays four gamesto one. The two thousand and
eight World Series is notable because it'sthe only Fall Classic to involve a mid
game suspension and resumption two days later. Game five was suspended in the sixth
inning on October twenty eighth due torain with the score tied two to two.
And that's just some of what happenedthis week in sports history. The
weekend Sports Time Capsule on iHeartRadio