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Jerry West

Born May 28, 1938, in Chelyan, West Virginia, was Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Guard Jerry West. He is a legend of the game both as a player and as an executive. Best known as being "Mr. Clutch" for the Los Angeles Lakers during his playing days, West always seemed to make the big plays when needed in crunch time. Jerry was voted 12 times into the All-NBA First and Second Teams, was elected into the NBA All-Star Team 14 times and was chosen as the All-Star MVP in 1972. The Lakers won the NBA Title in 1972 for West's only Championship as a player. West holds the NBA record for the highest points per game average in a playoff series with 46.3. He was also a member of the first five NBA All-Defensive Teams (one second, and is the only player on a losing team to have received the NBA Finals MVP Award. His image was used for the NBA official logo. After playing he coached and then went into the front offices of the Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors, and LA CLippers. To his credit as an executive he is an eight-time NBA champion (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2015, 2017), and two-time NBA Executive of the Year (1995, 2004).

2024-05-08

May 8 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 10 - 17 - 32 - 4 - 22 May 8, 1878 - Paul Hines made the very first recorded triple play in professional baseball as a member of th...

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2024-05-08

William Saves the Day Again: A story of May 8 Red Sox Baseba...

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We love to share sports history with you each and every day. This gem of a story will give you not only a piece of baseball history from May 8, but it will also reward with learning about a great ball player from yesteryear.

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2024-05-07

May 7 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 51 - 34 May 7, 1917 - Babe Ruth was an outstanding hitter right? Well he was a pretty good pitcher too. On this day in history...

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2024-05-06

May 6 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 5 - 22 - 7 - 8 May 6, 1915 - The Sultan of Swing, Future Baseball Hall of Fame hitter, Babe Ruth smacked his first M...

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2024-05-05

May 5 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. May 5, 1904 - Did you ever wonder how you get your name on an iconic award? This next story is a great step towards doing just that...

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2024-05-04

May 4 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 4 - 26 - 22 - 34 - 13 - 27 - 87 - 8 May 4, 1871 - The first official league game of baseball was played in the National Assoc...

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Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry
Author Joe Ziemba the master historian of football in Chicago has released another beauty. It is titled Bears versus Cardinals: The NFL's Oldest Rivalry. _________________________

Hut! Hut! Hike! Book
Historian Timothy P. Brown has released another excellent book to help fill our football minds with knowledge. His latest is called Hut! Hut! Hike!: A History of Football Terminology.

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