In 1970, Denny McLain was suspended from baseball for his connections with gambling.
In 1984, Phil and Steve Mahre won gold and silver in the men’s Olympic Slalom, becoming the first brothers to win medals in the same event.
Happy 38th birthday to Brazil’s Marta! Born on this day in 1986.
And in 2013, Oscar Pistorius appeared in front of a South African magistrate claiming he shot his girlfriend by accident.
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