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WE'RE documenting plenty of success stories and trophy triumphs in our latest look back through the Leader sporting archives.
Roger Shoals, a former NFL offensive lineman, died at age 86. Shoals passed away peacefully on June 30. According to the ...
Give him good health plus his draft picks lost to the AFL and the Packers might have been a force into the 1970s ...
Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball pulled off the first unassisted triple play in modern major league history. 1910 — Cy Young registered his 500th career victory as the Cleveland Indians beat the ...
FORMER Wrexham and Wales striker Wyn Davies has died at the age of 83. Affectionately nicknamed 'Wyn the Leap', Davies' long career took in the 1960s and 1970s, and he was capped 34 times by Wales.
Throwback jerseys were all the rage in the NFL at the start of the century, thanks to teams bringing back uniforms that went ...
I remember having a conversation with the great John Madden about the increasing popularity of groups like the Dallas Cowboy ...
2000 — Tiger Woods, at 24, becomes the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam with a record-breaking performance in the British Open on the Old Course at St. Andrews. Woods closes with a 3-under ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers were the Twins’ opponents in the 1965 World Series. They were here for Games 1 and 2, then Games 6 and 7, and lodged at the St. Paul Hotel during those two stays. This was a ...
It has often been said that America’s grand old sport of baseball has the ability to connect generations, often from grandfather to father and on to his son, with that shared experience of hearing the ...
Host Stephen Colbert announced the news during the taping of Thursday’s show. In a surprise announcement Thursday, CBS and ...
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Today-History-Jul29
Today in History for July 29: In 1588, the Spanish Armada was defeated in the English Channel by the British, led by Sir Francis Drake. Although Spain sent other fleets against England in the 1590s, ...