Today In Sports History 8/5

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1921 KDKA Pittsburgh presents the first radio broadcast of MLB, Pirates beat Phillies 8-0. Harold Arlin is the first play-by-play broadcaster

Golf

• In 1982 at the PGA Championship, Raymond Floyd fires an opening round 9-under-par 63, tying the tournament 18-hole record

Miscellaneous

• In 1989 the first ever dead heat in harness racing’s Hambletonian, Park Avenue Joe and Probe tie the 3rd and final heat; Park Avenue Joe wins series on count back

NBA

• In 2005 NBA announces Las Vegas will host the 2007 All Star game, it is the first the time event will be held in a city without an NBA team

NFL

• In 1959 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL), 55-26 in a pre-season exhibition at CNE Stadium in Toronto

Olympics

• In 1936 Ken Carpenter (50.48 Olympic record) and Gordon Dunn make it an American 1-2 in the men’s discus throw at the Berlin Olympics