By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Jul 22, 2020

July 22nd, 2020 was highlighted by the Mookie Betts monster extension with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the NFL’s announcement on fans wearing masks, and the beginning of NBA scrimmages before the season starts on July 30th. Check out everything that happened in sports on July 22nd last year.

This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the top highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history.

Best plays from Day 1

Robinson has no rust

Bol Bol went off in debut

Vlad’s moonshot over the monster

Robbed the HR but lost the glove

Machado’s glove is elite

Heat’s top 10 plays

Heat’s best 3’s of the season

Kittle’s 2019 highlights

Manute Bol’s career game

Famous Dream Team scrimmage OTD

Steven Jackson was a beast

Greg Maddux’s career game

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NFL: RB Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys (turns 25)

NFL: CB Quinton Dunbar, Seattle Seahawks (28)

NFL: LB Sean Lee, Dallas Cowboys (34)

NFL: RB Steven Jackson, Retired after 2015 (37)

NFL: WR Tim Brown, Hall of Fame (54)

2019: Houston Astros DH Yordan Alvarez set a MLB record by recording 35 RBIs over his 1st 30 GP

2019: The Tennessee Titans made Kevin Byard the highest-paid Safety in the NFL by extending him on a 5y/$70.5M contract

2017: The San Francisco Giants signed 3B Pablo Sandoval as a free agent 2.5 years after he left for a disappointing stint with the Boston Red Sox

2013: The Chicago Cubs traded SP Matt Garza to the Texas Rangers for 5 prospects including RPs Carl Edwards Jr. and Justin Grimm, who were both on the 2016 World Series roster

1997: Atlanta Braves SP Greg Maddux pitched a complete game on just 77 total pitches en route to a 4-1 victory over the Cubs

1992: The famous final Dream Team scrimmage took place where an unofficial passing of the torch took place between Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan when MJ’s squad beat Magic’s as the most talented team ever assembled was preparing for the 1992 Olympic games

1969: For the very 1st time in its history, the MLB All-Star Game was postponed by heavy rain in Washington, D.C.

1967: The Braves used an MLB-record 5 pitchers in the 9th inning to close out a 5-4 victory over the Cardinals

1923: Senators SP Walter Johnson became the very 1st pitcher in MLB history to reach 3,000 career strikeouts

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