Alan Kulwicki wins the Greatest NASCAR race, Coach K wins #903, and MNF's Steamy Towel Drop Open - This DiSH for Nov. 15
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1992, Alan Kulwicki nursed his car around Atlanta Motor Speedway to win the points championship by the slimmest of margins.
In 1960, Elgin Baylor scored 71 in the nightcap of an NBA doubleheader at Madison Square Garden.
In 2011, Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski won his 903rd game becoming the all-time winningest men's college basketball coach.
And in 2004, Monday Night Football got off to a steamy start when Philadelphia Eagles star Terrell Owens and 'Desperate Housewives' actress Nicole Sheridan met in a steamy locker room scene.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.
Takeaways:
- The 1992 NASCAR season finale featured an intense battle for the championship between three top contenders.
- Alan Kulwicki's strategic fuel management led him to victory and the championship title.
- This race marked the final appearance of legendary driver Richard Petty in NASCAR competition.
- Elgin Baylor's remarkable 71-point game in 1960 set a new NBA scoring record at Madison Square Garden.
- Coach Mike Krzyzewski surpassed Bobby Knight as the winningest men's college basketball coach in 2011.
- The steamy intro for Monday Night Football featuring Terrell Owens caused a major media uproar.
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Transcript
Hey and welcome back to this day in Sports history.
Speaker A:I mean, I'm assuming this is not your first visit, but if it is, welcome.
Speaker A:Take a look around, kick the tires, check out some other episodes, pick one out you like.
Speaker A: th and on this day in: Speaker A: his was the final race of the: Speaker A:Davey Allison started the day 30 points up on Alan Kulwicki and 40 points up on Bill Elliot.
Speaker A:Harry Gantt, Kyle Petty and Mark Martin were still mathematically in the mix.
Speaker A:The other storyline from this day was the retirement and final race for The King, the seven time NASCAR champ and winner of 200 races, Richard Petty.
Speaker A:On the other end of the spectrum, future four time NASCAR champ Jeff Gordon was making his first Winston cup start in the no.
Speaker A:24 Chevy for Hendrick Motorsports.
Speaker A:The first 60 laps of the race were pretty smooth when Kulwicki came to pit road for the first time for new tires and fuel.
Speaker A:His gearbox broke when he tried to exit his pit.
Speaker A:He had to be pushed out of the box and he was able to get the car moving in fourth gear and he ran in fourth gear for the rest of the race fearing that a shift to third or second would cause pieces from the broken first gear to shift and get clogged up and then cause more problems.
Speaker A:Richard Petty was involved in a vicious crash on lap 96 and his car caught fire.
Speaker A:Petty's day and career were not quite done yet.
Speaker A:His crew worked on his car and got him back out to run the final two laps of the day.
Speaker A:Points leader Davey Allison had a couple of unlucky things happen to him.
Speaker A:On lap 118, Jeff Gordon's crew left a roll of duct tape on the rear deck of his car that fell off and rolled onto the track.
Speaker A:Allison hit it, damaging his front end that ended up causing him handling problems that caused him to slip back in the field.
Speaker A:More bad luck on lap 254 when Ernie Irvin's cut tire caused him to spin and Allison could not avoid the contact.
Speaker A:Allison's day was done, leaving Kulwicki's damaged no.
Speaker A:7 machine and Bill Elliott's no.
Speaker A: to battle for the title in: Speaker A:The scoring of the race was still being done by hand.
Speaker A:The cars were not equipped yet with transponders to keep up with how many laps a driver had completed or led.
Speaker A:After Dale Earnhardt crashed on lap 204, the caution flag came out again.
Speaker A:And when the race went green again, Kulwicki was able to catch Elliott and take the lead.
Speaker A:In Kulwicki's pit, a crew member kept track as he reeled off lap after lap in the lead.
Speaker A:With his 10 point advantage over Elliott coming into this race, they figured that Colwicke could finish second by behind Elliott and still win the points championship if he led more laps.
Speaker A:Kulwicki delayed a much needed pit stop for fuel to stay out front.
Speaker A:In doing that, he actually had to slow down to conserve enough fuel so he actually would be able to get back to the pits to get more.
Speaker A:Once he secured at least a share of the bonus points for leading the most laps, he came in to get fuel only, but a faulty device on the fuel can left those in his pits wondering if he actually got enough fuel to get to the checkered flag.
Speaker A:Elliott assumed the lead again and Colwicki was in second.
Speaker A:But he could not push for the race win because of the uncertainty of if he had enough gas in the tank.
Speaker A:But he also could not let anybody else pass him.
Speaker A:It was nail biting time in the pits.
Speaker A:In the stands in the broadcast BOOTH with about five laps to go, ESPN's pit reporter, Dr.
Speaker A:Jerry Punch talked about how close Kolwicki was cutting it.
Speaker A:In essence, he had no wiggle room at all.
Speaker A:He was within a half gallon of gas of finishing or not finishing.
Speaker A:With a half lap to go, all looked good for the number seven.
Speaker A:And here's Bob Jenkins with the call of the race finish that day.
Speaker B: icki, who is going to win the: Speaker B:Bill Elliott comes off the fourth corner.
Speaker B:He wins the Hooters 500.
Speaker B:But Allen Kowicki is coming off of corner number four knowing that he's winning the championship.
Speaker B:There's the checkered flag for Allen.
Speaker B:He's the champion for 92.
Speaker A:Kowicki won the championship by 10 points.
Speaker A:Now, if Elliott had led one additional lap in Atlanta on this day, he would have been the points champion.
Speaker A:It was that close.
Speaker A:Several more footnotes to this race.
Speaker A:This was the only race that Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon all raced in the past, the present and the future of the sport.
Speaker A: In: Speaker A:Sadly, he would die in a helicopter crash the following July.
Speaker A:Alan Kulwicki also never won another race.
Speaker A: ane crash the following April: Speaker A:Did you know there used to be double headers in the NBA?
Speaker A:Yeah, me neither.
Speaker A: s on several occasions in the: Speaker A:The Knicks would play one game, usually the nightcap, and two other NBA teams would play on the neutral side of Madison Square Garden in the afternoon game.
Speaker A: So on this day in: Speaker A:In the first game, the Detroit Pistons beat Boston 115, 114.
Speaker A:That was a nice setup for the 10,000 fans ready to watch their hometown Knicks play the Los Angeles Lakers in game two.
Speaker A:This was the first year that the Lakers franchise called the west coast home instead of Minnesota.
Speaker A: You know, the actual land of: Speaker A:Elgin Baylor was ready to put on a show in a town known for them.
Speaker A:And with a large variety of shots, he hit 28 of them from the floor, tossed in 15 free throws to score 71 points on the night in a 123, 108 win over New York.
Speaker A:Baylor's 71 surpassed the NBA record of 64 points that he'd set the previous year.
Speaker A:He also grabbed 25 rebounds on the night for a truly spectacular evening.
Speaker A: in December of: Speaker A:How about another monumental night at Madison Square Garden?
Speaker A: On this day in: Speaker A:The Devils used a 21 run in the second half to take control of the game and then just watch the minutes tick away.
Speaker A:Bobby Knight was part of the broadcast crew that night for espn.
Speaker A:After the game, Coach K and Knight shared a tearful hug.
Speaker A:After that moment, Coach K said this.
Speaker C:I just told coach I love him.
Speaker C:I mean, I wouldn't be in this position without him, though.
Speaker C:It's a moment shared and I know he's very proud and I'm very proud to have been somebody who's worked under him and studied him and tried to be like him.
Speaker A: continue coaching through the: Speaker A:He's still the winningest men's coach.
Speaker A:Stanford's Tara VanDerveer is the all time leading collegiate basketball coach for a little bit longer with 1,216 wins.
Speaker A:UConn's Gino Auriemma will more than likely surpass her later this month.
Speaker A: On this night in: Speaker D:Evie hey there, Carol.
Speaker D:What are you doing here?
Speaker D:Oh, my house burned down and I needed to take a long, hot shower.
Speaker A:That's Philadelphia Eagle Terrell Owens and Desperate Housewives actress Nicole Sheridan in a steamy intro for Monday Night Football.
Speaker A:At the time, Desperate Housewives was the highest rated new program and number two among primetime shows.
Speaker A:Towards the end of the skit, Sheridan dropped her towel, exposing her bare back to the TV audience with the implication that she was completely naked.
Speaker A:The country lost its collective mind at the towel drop, and the complaints started flooding into ABC affiliates by the thousands.
Speaker A:In the days after Owens and ABC were both forced to offer apologies.
Speaker A:Just nine months removed from Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the super bowl, the FCC was not happy either.
Speaker A:Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney said, here we go before the FCC with the Janet Jackson thing and something like this occurs.
Speaker A:It's inconceivable the Janet Jackson thing was bad.
Speaker A:I'm not lessening that.
Speaker A:This thing, this was worse.
Speaker A:The fine for the Jackson nipple flash cost CBS $550,000.
Speaker A:I couldn't find the amount that ABC ended up paying, but it was definitely in the thousands, if not tens of thousands.
Speaker D:Oh hell, team's gonna have to win this one without me.
Speaker A:Time now for today's Nothing to Do with Sports Fun fact the origin of the state name Idaho is a bit hazy.
Speaker A:It is not a Native American word, nor does it have origins in another language like Montana, which is Spanish for mountainous, or Wyoming, which comes from the Lenape, meaning at the Big river flat.
Speaker A:George Willing is credited with coming up with the name with the claim it was a Native American word, mean gem of the mountains.
Speaker A:But after research into Nez Perce, Shoshone, Yakima and Arapaho words, and finding no correlation, it was determined that Willing simply invented the word.
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