2013: As a result of the Biogenesis Lab scandal, MLB suspended Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez for 211 games
2007: Mets SP Tom Glavine reached his 300th career win with an 8-3 victory over the Cubs
2006: Warren Moon became the very 1st black QB to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
2005: Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols extended his MLB record, becoming the 1st player to hit 30+ HRs in each of his 1st 5 seasons
2004: The Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks completed a 6-player trade that involved C Dikembe Mutumbo and SG Jamal Crawford
2001: The Cleveland Indians erased a 12-run lead to defeat the Mariners 15-14, tying an MLB comeback record; Even more impressive considering Seattle would finish the season a single win shy of the most in MLB history (116)
1999: Cardinals 1B Mark McGwire hit his 500th career home run in a loss to the Padres; he would finish the season with 65 a year after setting the single-season record with 70
1999: The Suns acquired PG Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway from the Magic for PF Danny Manning, SF Pat Garrity, and 2 1st-round picks that would become PFs Jason Smith and Amar’e Stoudemire; the Stoudemire pick was traded 16 months later from Orlando back to Phoenix, who then selected him with the 9th overall pick
1986: Hall of Fame SP Steve Carlton became just the 2nd player in MLB history to record 4,000 career strike outs (Nolan Ryan), but gave up seven runs in 3 1/3 innings; he was promptly released by the Giants and signed with the White Sox
1978: Playing the NFL’s very 1st exhibition game in Mexico City, the Saints defeated the Eagles 14-7
1976: As compensation for signing SG Gail Goodrich, the New Orleans Jazz traded their next 3 years’ 1st round picks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for a future 1st and 2nd round pick; the 1979 1st-rounder from Utah would be used on Hall of Fame PG Magic Johnson
1967: In the very 1st exhibition game after the AFL-NFL merger, the Denver Broncos (AFL) defeated the Detroit Lions (NFL) 13-7