This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1990, benches cleared between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox after Carlton Fisk and Deion Sanders exchanged unpleasantries.
In 1994, Albert Belle's bat was suspected of being corked and was confiscated. That's when a 'Mission: Impossible' style plan was hatched to get it back.
In 2005, Jack Nicklaus played his final competitive round of golf at St. Andrews.
In 1961, Arnold Palmer won the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and began an American invasion.
In 1912, Jim Thorpe won the Decathlon.
In 1912, the IOC stripped Thorpe of his medals.
In 2022, the IOC finally reinstated Thorpe's wins in the 1922 Olympic Decathlon and Pentathlon.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.
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