Tag: Gold Medal

How the Weather Influenced Bobby Knight to Throw a Chair – This DiSH for Feb. 23

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In 1985, Bobby Knight and his infamous chair throwing incident was influenced a great deal by the weather in Bloomington that day. 

In 1958, Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped by one of Fidel Castro’s men.

And in 1980, speed skater Eric Heiden won his fifth gold medal of the Lake Placid Olympiad. 

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Gold for Liechtenstein! – This DiSH for Feb. 21

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In 1980, Hanni Wenzel won the first ever Gold medal for Liechtenstein. 

In 1970, Pete Maravich and Dan Issel dueled in college basketball.

In 1954, Dick Button landed the first ever triple jump in figure skating. 

And in 1979, a girl’s basketball game to NOT remember. 

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McLain, the Mafia, and the Commish – This DiSH for Feb. 19

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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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Jim Thorpe Stripped of his Olympic Medals – This DiSH for Jan. 26

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In 1913, Olympic Decathlete and Pentathlete Jim Thorpe was stripped of his Gold medals. It was a wrong that wouldn’t be completely corrected for 110 years! 

In 1983, Cheryl Miller scored 105 points in a high school basketball game, overshadowing her brother Reggie’s 40 point night. 

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And in 2020, Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others were killed when the helicopter they were in crashed in Calabasas, California.

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