Episode 643

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1st Sep 2025

Appalachian State beat Michigan, Tiger Woods cashed his first check, and Bill Elliott won the Winston Million - This DiSH for Sept. 1

In 2007, Appalachian State beat Michigan 34-32 in the greatest college football upset.

In 1984, Mississippi Valley State's Jerry Rice caught 17 passes for 294 yards and 5 TDs in an 86-0 win.

In 1996, Tiger Woods finished tied for 60th and cashed his first PGA Tour check of $2,544.

In 1985, Bill Elliott won the Southern 500 and in doing so won the inaugural Winston Million Dollar prize.

In 1989, Major League Baseball commissioner A. Bart Giamatti died of a heart attack. He was 51.

In 1964, Masanori Murakami made his major league debut and in doing so, became the first Japanese player to play in the majors.

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This Day in Sports History
Remember and relive the greatest moments in sports history every day of the year.
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. 

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