2019: A wild night in the NBA included Eastern Conference Player of the Week Spencer Dinwiddie draining the GW-FG in Cleveland, Buddy Hield setting a new Kings 3PM franchise record (11) while Boston won after Sacramento missed the GW, Giannis’ 50-point game vs. Utah was capped off by Brook Lopez’s game-saving block, and OKC used a 13-0 run at the end of the game to pull off the comeback win over Golden State
2019: Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson became the very 1st player to record 3,000 Pass Yards & 1,500 Rush Yards within their 1st 2 seasons in NFL history
2018: Los Angeles Chargers QB Philip Rivers completed 25 consecutive passes and ended the game with a 96.6% CMP (28-29), both NFL single-game records in a 45-10 win over the Cardinals. Drew Brees surpassed Rivers in CMP% (29-30) the next season
2001: After a 40-21 loss to the 49ers, the 4-6 Indianapolis Colts HC Jim Mora went on his infamous “Playoffs?!” rant. Indy finished the season 6-10 in Peyton Manning‘s 2nd & final losing season. They earned the 11th pick that led to drafting DE Dwight Freeney
1990: New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers both lost their 1st game after 10-0 starts, the 1st time in NFL history that 2 undefeated teams with at least 10 wins lost on the same day
1981: Milwaukee Brewers RP Rollie Fingers became the very 1st Relief Pitcher to ever win American League MVP
1979: The legendary NFL broadcast pairing of John Madden and Pat Summerall, which would last 22 years, made its debut
1976: Buffalo Bills RB O.J. Simpson broke the NFL single-game record with 274 rushing yards in a loss to the Lions
1951: Cleveland Browns RB Dub Jones tied an NFL record with 6 TDs (4 rushing, 2 receiving) in a 42-21 win over the Chicago Bears
1941: Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau was named player-manager at just 24 years old, making him the youngest MLB manager in the 20th century (Jim McCormick was 23 in 1879)