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.

MARK WEST-BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FINALLY!

WELL MARK WEST WAS FINALLY ARRESTED. HE WAS THE MAN WHO SCAMMED AN ESTIMATED OVER 200 PEOPLE ON THEIR MICHIGAN VS OHIO STATE TICKETS. THEY CLAIMED HE HAD OVER $60,000 FROM EVERYONE. HE HAD CLAIMED THEY EVERYONE WOULD GET A REFUND IF THEY DIDNT GET THEIR TICKETS ON TIME. HIS WIFE THEN REPORTED HIM MISSING ON NOVEMBER 15TH. WELL WE NOW KNOW THAT HE CHECKED INTO A DAYTONA BEACH, FL HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 17TH. HE WAS PAYING OVER 196 BUCKS A WEEK TO STAY THERE AND THE PERSON AT THE FRONT DESK SAID HE WAS A GOOD CUSTOMER AND ALWAYS PAID A WEEK IN ADVANCE. ALSO A FUNNY NOTE, HE WAS BRAGGING TO PEOPLE SAYING HE COULD GET THEM RACE TICKETS. WELL POLICE GOT HIM SATURDAY NIGHT IN A LOCAL HOTEL BAR. I AM GLAD THEY FINALLY GOT THID MORON. I HOPE HE HAD A FUN 2 MONTHS DRINKIN WITH OUR MONEY. WAS IT WORTH IT? HAVE FUN WITH BUBBA IN PRISON!