Monday, January 16, 2006

ON THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1896 - The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, IA. 1961 - Mickey Mantle signed a contract which made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season. 1981 - Leon Spinks was mugged. Even his gold teeth were taken by the assailants. 1988 - The St. Louis Cardinals announced that they would be moving to Phoenix. 1993 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) scored 64 points against the Orlando Magic. It was Jordan's second highest single-game total of his career. 1995 - Malcolm Glazer bought the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for an estimated $192 million. 2002 - Baseball owners voted to approve the record $660 million sale of the Boston Red Sox.

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