Heavyweight Boxer Shot Outside of the Mustang Ranch, Bird vs. Wilkins, and LeBron's first Playoff Game Winner - This DiSH for May 22

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1976, Argentinian boxer Oscar Bonavena was shot and killed outside the famed Mustang Ranch brothel.

In 1988, Boston's Larry Bird and Atlanta's Dominique Wilkins went head-to-head in a classic game 7.

In 2009, Cleveland's LeBron James hit the game winner against Orlando in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. It was his first post-season game winner.

In 1977, race car driver Janet Guthrie became the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

In 2003, Annika Sorenstam played against the men in the Bank of America Colonial golf tournament, becoming the first woman to play in a PGA tour event since Babe Didrickson Zaharias in 1945.

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