The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – Steal and Sale of Derek Jeter’s Bat

Posted on October 13, 2010 by thesportsarchives

During New York Yankees spring training in 2002, outfielder Ruben Rivera, who is cousin to Yankee Mariano Rivera, did the unheard of.  He stole Derek Jeter’s bat and glove and sold them to a memorabilia dealer for the low price of $2,500.

The Yankees discovered the theft and consequently let Rivera go. They should have let him go for only getting $2,500 for the merchandise!

Later in 2003, Rivera played for the San Francisco Giants and according to Giants broadcaster Jon Miller, became the worst baserunner in baseball history.

Read about it here.

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UCONN penalizes self over NCAA violations

Posted on October 9, 2010 by thesportsarchives

UCONN (the University of Connecticut) admits to some NCAA recruiting violations in its men’s basketball program and has given up free throws in the way of two years’ probation and a loss of one scholarship for the next two seasons.

This maybe compensation for allowing coach Jim Calhoun to keep his job and off the hook. UCONN stands by Calhoun and supports the idea that he did not know anything about it.

That’s like saying Godfather Michael Corleone did not know anything about the slayings of the top mob bosses!

Anyway, we all know how great Coach Calhoun is, with two national titles for the Huskies under is belt, and I’m sure all Connecticut fans are happy to let it go and let’s get on with it and play some basketball!

Read story here.

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Roy Halladay throws postseason no-hitter; 2nd in history!

Posted on October 7, 2010 by thesportsarchives

Roy Halladay, age 33, has certainly earned his paycheck and has given the Philadelphia Phillies fans something to talk about in years to come.

Halladay became the second pitcher in MLB postseason history to throw a no-hitter, no 2 behind the likes of Don Larsen who threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series Game 5.

Halladay threw a total 104 pitches, 79 for strikes, struck out 8 and walked 1 in the 5th inning for his only blemish as the Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in the 1st game of the NL Division Series in Philadelphia.

Incredibly, Halladay had already pitched a perfect game this year against the Florida Marlins on May 29.   He joins only 5 other pitchers to have 2 no-hitters in one calendar year and the first to do 1 in regular season and 1 in postseason play.

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – 12 foot basket in NBA!

Posted on October 5, 2010 by thesportsarchives

On March 7, 1954, in a game between Milwaukee and Minneapolis, the NBA attempted to alter the game by raising the hoop height from 10 feet to 12 feet. This did not go over too well and the traditional height was re-established.

The International Basketball Federation, which governed the first Olympic basketball competition in 1936, mandated that players taller than 6 foot 3 inches were banned from playing in the competition. Once again, this did not go over too well and the rule was withdrawn when the U.S. objected.

Makes you wonder how tall the heads of the Federation were!

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Jaguars beat Colts on Josh Scobee’s 59-yard field goal

Posted on October 4, 2010 by thesportsarchives

The Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-28 on a 59 yard field goal from Josh Scobee with no time remaining.

Scobee joins the likes of Tom Dempsey (63 yards) and Matt Bryant (62 yards) to hit the longest winning field goals with no time remaining.

He also spoiled a helluva game from Peyton Manning who went 33 for 46, 352 yards and 2 TDS.

The field goal is the longest in Scobee’s career to-date and one of the biggest for the Jags who really needed the win, having only beat the Colts 5 times in 19 previous games.

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The Sports Archives Greatest Moments – College Football Worst Rout

Posted on October 4, 2010 by thesportsarchives

The worst rout in College Football history to-date was a game played in 1916 between Georgia Tech and Cumberland College.

Cumberland was already down 28-0 when they felt their defense was playing better than their offense.  They decided to kick off instead of receive the ball, hoping that the defense would pin Tech deep in its own end.

Well, that backfired, Georgia Tech returned the kick-off 70 yards to the Cumberland 10, scored again, and went on to defeat Cumberland an amazing 222-0!

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The Sports Archives – Color-coordinated Baseball Uniforms!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by thesportsarchives

In 1882, baseball uniforms took on a whole different meaning in a sense that the colors worn designated what position the player held.

This is what players had to wear:

Position           Color Worn
————– ———–
Pitcher             blue
Catcher            scarlet
Shortstop        maroon
Left-fielder     white
Right-fielder   gray
All other          Combination of 2 colors

Opposing teams were identified only by their socks! This went on until someone pointed out the obvious, that you can tell a player’s position from where he stands!

Nowadays, Baseball has many utility players, so say we move New York Yankees Derek Jeter from Shortstop to 3rd base in the same game… back then, he would’ve had to change his uniform!

 

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Oklahoma Sooners vs. Texas Longhorns – Let the Party Begin!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by thesportsarchives

The Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners play the annual Red River rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl today at 3:30 p.m. ET.

However, the partying started last night as there were nearly 50 arrests for public intoxication and over 300 parking tickets issued in mostly Dallas’ West End section.

Good thing it wasn’t any of the players!  Oklahoma is No. 8 and Texas is No. 21 going into today’s game.  Should be a beauty!

Read about it here.

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The Sports Archives – A Time Of No Football At Yale!

Posted on October 1, 2010 by thesportsarchives

In 1822, the president of Yale College, Timothy Dwight, disallowed all students to play Football. Violators were to be reported to the dean and were to be penalized by a fine not to exceed fifty cents.

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Too much honey in Chad Ochocinco’s Honey Nut cereal!

Posted on October 1, 2010 by thesportsarchives

This is great. You call up to make a donation to ‘Feed the Children’ using the phone number listed on the namesake cereal boxes of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco and you allegedly get a sexy female voice making obscene suggestions and then asking for a credit card.

Apparently, the cereal box has the wrong toll-free prefix.

Wait!…maybe they should let it ride and force all payments made to be handed over to the charity. Nah, that won’t work because Ochocinco has to keep a clean reputation.

He has already apologized for the error.

Read about it here.

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