Join Ed and take a look back at this week’s sports history facts.
February 4th
- 1969: John Madden named head coach of the Oakland Raiders; in the ten years under Madden’s coaching, the Raiders never finished worse than 2nd place in the AFC West
- 1991: Baseball Hall of Fame’s board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
February 5th
- 1989: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the first NBA player to score 38,000 points
- 1990: Notre Dame becomes the first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC)
February 6th
- 1958: Ted Williams signs with Boston Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid player in baseball
- 1971: First time a golf ball is hit on the moon, by Alan Shepard
February 7th
- 1958: Brooklyn Dodgers officially become Los Angeles Dodgers
- 2010: The NFL Super Bowl tops the 1983 series finale of M*A*S*H to become the most-watched TV program in history with over 106 million viewers, according to Nielsen Company
February 8th
- 1936: First NFL draft held. Jay Berwanger becomes the first player ever drafted at number 1. Berwanger never plays a snap in the NFL.
- 1986: At 5 feet 7 inches, Spud Webb of the Atlanta Hawks wins the NBA Slam Dunk competition
February 9th
- 1895: Volleyball is invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts
- 1971: Leroy “Satchel” Paige becomes first negro-league player elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame
February 10th
- 1920: Major League Baseball prohibits all pitches involving tampering with the ball
- 2006: Alfonso Soriano sets a record for the highest salary ever awarded in baseball arbitration – he received $10 million to play outfield for the Washington Nationals
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