Federer passes Sampras in a Marathon match, Dream Team Qualifies?, and Paolo Rossi Erupts - This DiSH for July 5

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In 2009, Andy Roddick and Roger Federer played a 5 set marathon. Federer's win gave him 15 Grand Slam championships, surpassing Pete Sampras.

In 1992, the US Men's Olympic Basketball team, a.k.a. The Dream Team officially qualified for the Olympics by winning the Tournament of the Americas.

In 1982, Paolo Rossi scored 3 goals in a win over Brazil in a World Cup match. Rossi had been banned from playing two years before.

In 1947, Larry Doby made his debut with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first black player in the American League.

In 1975, Arthur Ashe mixed up his game to beat Jimmy Connors in the Wimbledon final. In doing so, Ashe became the first black man to win Wimbledon.

In 1925, Harry Jackson defeated John Shippen to win the first ever UGA Tournament. The UGA is the United Golfers Association and formed in 1925. It started out as the US Colored Golf Association as a way for black golf professionals to get together and play tournaments since they were excluded from USGA and PGA events.

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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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