18 hours ago · In 1960, David Jenkins and Carol Heiss won gold for the U.S., the only time the country has pulled off the men’s and women’s figure skating double at an Olympic Games.

6 days ago · 1894 — Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to retain the world heavyweigh­t title. 1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France. 1939 — Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis at 2:39 of the first round to retain the world heavyweigh­t title. 1945 — Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb buy the ...

11 hours ago · The talent included US ice dance champions Diane Carol Sherbloom and Larry Pierce; Olympic pairs skaters Maribel Yerxa Owen and Dudley Shaw Richards; and Owen’s mother, renowned coach Maribel ...

With his customary extravagance, Larry MacPhail had made the baseball game an incidental of the evening’s entertainment. He had invited famed Olympic Sprinter Jesse Owens to do his stuff...

6 days ago · 1924 1st Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France. 1929 Future Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 340 for NSW v Victoria (488 mins, 38 fours); then highest individual score in a Sheffield Shield match.

1924 — The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France. Advertisement. ... 1945 — Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb buy the New York Yankees for $2.8 million. ... 1991 — Brett Hull scores two goals to become the third player in NHL history to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49). Hull adds two assists to lead the St ...

Jan 25, 2020 · 1945 — Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb purchase the New York Yankees for $2.8 million. 1960 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors sets a record for rookies with 58 points in...

MacPhail's career as a major-league owner ended after the Yankees clinched the 1947 World Series, when he got into confrontations at the team's post-game celebrations at Yankee Stadium and then in Manhattan.

Jan 29, 2012 · Flamboyant, visionary, ego — or monomaniacal, tempestuous, alcoholic, and self-destructive — the words approach but do not satisfactorily explain Larry MacPhail. His innovative approach to the game brought about night baseball and baseball on the radio.

MacPHAIL, Leland Stanford, Sr. ("Larry") ( b. 3 February 1890 in Cass City, Michigan; d. 1 October 1975 in Miami, Florida), Major League Baseball executive whose creativity and inventiveness led to many changes in the game.