Friday Flashbacks: Amare Suspended For Leaving Bench, The Natural is a Hit
Here are your Friday Flashbacks for the week of May 13 to May 19.
In a controversial decision that enforced the letter of the rule, Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw are suspended for Game 5 of the series with the Spurs after leaving the bench area following a Robert Horry cheap shot on Nash (2007) . . . Jose Oquendo becomes first non-pitcher in twenty years to get a decision when he loses in 19th inning (1988) . . . Tiger’s streak of 142 tournaments making the cut ends at the Byron Nelson (2005) . . . Bruins Coach Harry Sinden retires to pursue business opportunities within days of winning the Stanley Cup (1970) . . . Sad: Little leaguer dies when hit by a pitch, no mention of his replacement (1961) . . . Favre checks into rehab for pain killer addiction (1996) . . . How big was boxing? Other sports around the country, from high school to professional, rescheduled so they don’t compete with the Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott fight (1953) . . .  Don Cherry is fuming after game one in Montreal (1978) . . . Jennifer Capriati goes to rehab (1994) . . .
55 year old Bobby Riggs beats world #1 women’s tennis player Margaret Court (1973) . . . 22 years ago this week, the Maryland basketball coach resigned. Then it was Bob Wade (1989) . . . Pro Sports Commissioners see cable television as an enemy–it’s called foresight people, and why these billionaires are who they are and we are just the simpletons (1979) . . . Derek Fisher’s shot against the Spurs (2004) . . . Billy Martin doesn’t want to talk strategy with sportswriters anymore (1972) . . . Ford Frick appoints a firm to study baseball’s problems (1955) . . . Michael Richards on Seinfeld cast demanding more money: “We are the Chicago Bulls of Television” (1997) . . . Latrobe, Pennsylvania: could have been the home for a Pro Football Hall of Fame (1945) . . . Man falls 40 feet to his death at Comiskey Park (1986) . . .
Pittsburgh Pirates chief scout says team needs to have more young white players (1982) . . . Lyle Alzado dies of brain cancer (1992) . . . The Twins and Brewers played one game on two days. Baseball had a curfew at 1 am, and so when the game was still tied after the 21st inning, they picked up the next day. Milwaukee scored on the next game’s starter, Blyleven, in the 22nd to win (1972) . . . Sex Club Trial implicates sports stars (2001) . . . “The Way It Was” hosted by Curt Gowdy begins airing (1975) . . . ACLU wants Office of Education to probe whether public universities in the SEC are discriminating in the awarding of sports scholarships (1966) . . . Myles Brand says Knight gets one more chance, institutes zero tolerance policy (2000) . . . War Admiral heads to Belmont looking for the Triple Crown (1937) . . . Roy Hobbs (1984).
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May 13th, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Susan Sarandon is a dog. A golf ball eyed dog. Who could think she is hot?
May 13th, 2011 at 4:59 PM
I still remember when he went on Roy Firestone’s show to talk about it. Sad, sad, sad.
May 13th, 2011 at 5:01 PM
YKNOW IF THOSE CANADIENS DIDN’T GET ALL THE CALLS I WOULDN’T HAVE TA GET ALL HUFFY ABOUT TWO POWER PLAY GOALS SCORED IN FIVE MINUTES. WE RESPECT KENNY DRYDEN BUT HE AIN’T SHUTTIN MY BOYS DOWN. THEY JUS DON’T ALLOW GOOD OLE TIME HOCKEY ANYMORE WHEN GRAPES IS ON THE BENCH
May 13th, 2011 at 5:03 PM
Must not have been a 5-star kid competing for the position.
May 13th, 2011 at 5:06 PM
Funny to see a link to a column on Harry Sinden and one to Don Cherry in the same Flashbacks post. Sinden fired Cherry.
May 13th, 2011 at 5:24 PM
As they used to say in Men on Film, “haaaated it”
May 13th, 2011 at 5:24 PM
priceless quote from that article:
May 13th, 2011 at 5:24 PM
That War Admiral link is great. 1930s newspapers are awesome.
May 13th, 2011 at 5:43 PM
Roy Hobbs (1984).
Greatest. Sports. Movie. Ever.
/Has read the book
//Still loves what the movie did
///Flexes brim on New York Knights cap
May 13th, 2011 at 6:15 PM
Know the guy who was Glenn Close’s kid at the end. Bob Rich III like Rich Stadium.