Episode 491

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1st Apr 2025

Harvard wins the Frozen Four Championship, Morgan Pressel youngest to win a major, and a Dunking World Record - This DiSH for April 1

This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1989, Harvard's hockey team won the first National Championship in school history.

In 2007, Morgan Pressel became the youngest woman to win an LPGA Major Golf Tournament.

In 1996, Major League Umpire John McSherry collapsed on the field and died on opening day in Cincinnati.

In 1985, Villanova became the lowest seed to ever win the Men's NCAA Tournament.

In 1991, Duke beat Kansas to win its first NCAA men's basketball championship.

In 2000, Michael ‘Wild Thing’ Wilson set a Guinness World Record for the highest dunk.

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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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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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