This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1994, the New York Rangers won their first Stanley Cup in 54 years.
In 1990, the Detroit Pistons beat the Portland Trail Blazers to win their second straight NBA Title after Vinnie Johnson hit the game winner.
In 1998, Michael Jordan hit the winning shot in game 6 of the NBA Finals to beat the Utah Jazz...again.
In 1949, Philadelphia Phillie Johnny Waitkus was shot by an obsessive fan.
In 2000, 21 golfers lined up along Pebble Beach's 18th fairway and launched tee shots into Stillwater Cove as a tribute to Payne Stewart.
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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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