Triumph and Trickery in the Original Olympic Marathon – This DiSH for April 10

In 1896, it looked like a Greek sweep of the top three finishers or was it?

In 1960, Arnold Palmer won the second of his four Masters Green Jackets.

In 1975, Lee Elder became the first black man to play in The Masters.

And in 1999, the Chicago Bulls set a record of futility. 

 

Birth of the ‘Trent Tucker’ Rule – This DiSH for Jan. 15

In 1990, the New York Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls on an ‘impossible’ shot. It resulted in a rules change. 

In 1997, Dennis Rodman kicked a cameraman.

In 1967, Green Bay beat Kansas City in Super Bowl I

And in 1878, Harvard’s Fred Thayer applied for a patent for the first baseball catcher’s mask. 

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