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Elgin Baylor scores NBA Finals Record 61, Boban Delivers Free Chicken, and Tiger's Unlikeliest Major Win - This DiSH for April 14
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1962, LA Laker Elgin Baylor scored 61 against Boston in an NBA Finals game.
In 2024, Houston Rocket Boban Marjanović gifted LA Clippers fans free chicken by intentionally missing his second free throw.
In 2019, Tiger Woods won his 5th Masters and his 15th Major Tournament.
In 1968, Argentina's Roberto De Vincenzo signed for a final round 66 instead of his actual 65. The one shot difference cost him a spot in a playoff.
In 1960, the Montreal Canadiens won their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup.
In 1964, synthetic turf was installed for the first time. It would soon be call AstroTurf.
In 1910, President William Howard Taft started a tradition of the President throwing out the first pitch on opening day.
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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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