Episode 174

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20th May 2024

Was Kobe Bryant Intentionally Poisoned in 2002? – This DiSH for May 20

In 2002, Kobe Bryant woke up at 1 a.m. on this day with stomach issues after ordering hotel room service. He was apparently the only one who got sick at the hotel that night. 

In 1972, the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Nets to win the ABA championship for the second time. 

In 1979, the Winnipeg Jets beat Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers to win the World Hockey Association's final Avco Cup. 


In 2000, Minnesota Timberwolf Malik Sealey was killed by a drunk driver. 


In 1972, Bee Bee Bee was a 19-1 longshot but still won the Preakness Stakes


In 1988, the bull Red Rock was finally ridden successfully.


And in 1922, Kenessaw Mountain Landis reinstated Babe Ruth and two others after breaking the rules at the end of 1921.


 

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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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