Dwight Clark and 'The Catch', Carolina Panthers win with 'X Clown', and Conners nearly punches McEnroe - This DiSH for Jan. 10

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1982, San Francisco' Joe Montana found Dwight Clark in the back of the endzone to beat Dallas in the NFC Championship.

On the same day in Cincinnati, the Bengals beat San Diego in the Freezer Bowl. With a game time temp of -9 and a sustained wind of 27 mph, the wind chill was -59.

In 2004, the Carolina Panthers beat the St. Louis Rams on a play called X Clown in double overtime.

In 1982, Jimmy Connors and Johnny McEnroe nearly came to blows during a tennis match in Chicago.

And in 1989, Wayne Gretzky assisted four goals as his LA Kings beat his former team, the Edmonton Oilers 5-4, and in the process, passed Gordie Howe on the NHL’s all-time points list.

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