Today In Sports History 7/1

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

Baseball

• In 1917 In contradiction of a state law, the Robins (Dodgers) play their first Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn. Owner and manager are arrested but escape with a fine.

Basketball

• In 1995 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement is made with the players – no games lost.

Boxing

• In 1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20 million purse for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June.

Football

• In 1974 NFL players go on strike for 41 days challenging the “Rozelle Rule” but had to wait until 1977 for new collective bargaining agreement.

Golf

• In 1956 at the LPGA Western Open Women’s Beverly Hanson wins by four strokes from Louise Suggs, it’s her second of her three major titles.

Hockey

• In 1996 Canadian NHL franchise Winnipeg Jets officially moves to Arizona, renamed the Phoenix Coyotes.

Miscellaneous

• In 1893 the San Francisco Bay City Club opens the first US bicycle race track, made of wood.

Olympics

• In 1904 the third Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in St Louis, the first held in the United States.