'Gone in 4 seconds'; the shortest NBA career, the Ugliest Basketbrawl, and Joe Louis' Fight with a Friend - This DiSH for Jan. 25

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In 2010, JamesOn Curry came off the bench for the Los Angeles Clippers and played 3.9 seconds. He was subbed for and never played again.

In 1972, the Ohio State vs. Minnesota basketball game ended in a horrible brawl that sent three Buckeye players to the hospital.

In 1924, the first Winter Olympics got started in Chamonix, France.

And in 1939, Joe Louis fought his friend John Henry Lewis as a favor to his friend to provide a decent payday before retiring.

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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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