Week of September 11th

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 iHeart Radio Weekend Sports Time
Capsule. Well it's happening, fellowsports fans. It's Andy West and I'm
here to take you on a journeyback to this week in sports history.
We'll start off in nineteen twenty three, Jack Dempsey knocks out Louis Furpo in
the second round for his last successfuldefense of his world heavyweight title at Madison

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Square Garden. This week in nineteenthirty seven, the first NFL game was
played in Washington, DC. Thethen Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants
thirteen to three. This week innineteen seventy eight, boxer Muhammad Ali defeats
Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome inNew Orleans to win the world heavyweight boxing
title for the third time in hiscareer, the first fighter ever to do

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so. Following his victory, Aliretired from boxing, only to make a
brief comeback two years later. Alileft the sport permanently in nineteen eighty one.
This week in nineteen eighty six,Chicago's Walter Payton rushes for one hundred
and seventy seven yards to reach thefifteen thousand yard plateau and scores his one
hundredth career rushing touchdown as the Bearsbeat the Eagles thirteen to ten. This

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week in nineteen ninety nine, AndreAgassi comes back from two sets to one
down to win his second US Opensingles title. Agassi, who never lost
his serve, defeats Todd Martin inthe first five set US Open final in
eleven years. And this week intwenty seventeen, the then Cleveland Indians won
their twenty first straight game, fiveto three over the Tigers to set the
American League winning street record and joinonly two other teams in the past one

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hundred and one years to win thatmany consecutive games. And that's just some
of what happened this week in sportshistory. The Weekend Sports Time Capsule on iHeartRadio