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BASEBALL LEGEND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1867

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  Denton True "Cy" Young
(March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955)

Major League Baseball pitcher Cy Young played with five different
teams during his 22-year career (1890-1911). He was elected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. Young completed 511 wins,
and still holds the Major League records for most career innings
pitched at 7,355, most career games started, 815, and most
completed games, 749. 

One year after Young’s death, the Cy Young Award was created
to honor the previous season’s best pitcher.The award is given
annually to honor the best pitchers in both the American League
and the National League teams

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            cy young cd

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RENOWNED COACH BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1888

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      Knute Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931)

Rockne was a football player and coach, both at the University of Nortre
Dame. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football
history and is credited with popularizing the forward pass.

Rockne died in a plane crash in Kansas on March 31, 1931, while en route 
to participate in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame.

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Knute Rockne (far right) and his Four Horsemen

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A TV FIRST ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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"Reserve Game Televised", 02/1948

The first nationally televised basketball game from Madison Square
Garden was between the University of Pittsburgh Panthers and the
Fordham University Rams. Pittsburgh won 57-37. 

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ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE ~ 2000

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Although there have been talks of both a prequel and sequel, as of this date,
no production has begun.

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JACK RAMSAY IS 87 TODAY

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High School yearbook, 1942

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Coach Ramsay was with the Portland Trail Blazers from 1976 to 1986.

 

Meadowlands, N.J. -  March 21, 2004 - Dr. Jack Ramsay

Jack T. Ramsay is a former basketball coach, known as "Dr. Jack". He is best
known for coaching the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA Title. He has
also done broadcasting work with the Indiana Pacers, the Miami Heat, and for
both ESPN TV and Radio. Ramsay is one of the most respected coaches in
NBA history and is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 

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