Episode 807

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12th Feb 2026

Ten points in 20 seconds, USA Hockey's Amazing Silver Medal, and winning a Marathon in Dress Shoes - This DiSH for Feb. 11

In 2005, UNLV erased a 10-point deficit with less than 20 seconds left to win in OT.

In 1972, the US Hockey team beat Poland 6-1 and won the Silver medal in a miracle that you've never heard of.

In 2018, Dutch skater Ireen Wüst won gold in the 1500m speed skating event for her fourth gold medal in four consecutive Winter Olympics. She would win another four years later to become the only woman to win gold in five consecutive Olympic games.

In 1940, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson played an 18-hole playoff at the Texas Open. The loss coupled with a surly off-handed comment drove a wedge between their relationship.

In 1909, American James Clark ran the Brooklyn marathon in a then record of 2:46:52

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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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