 Today in SPORTS HISTORY: Friday, November 17, 2006
Today is Friday, November 17, 2006
Today in
Sports History
1926 - The Chicago Black Hawks played their first game in the NHL.
1940 - The Green Bay Packers became the first NFL team to travel by plane.
1968 - NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, "Heidi," on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32.
1982 - The NFL reduced its 16-game season to nine as a result of a 57-day players' strike.
1991 - Mike Utley (Detroit Lions) suffered a spinal injury in a game against Los Angeles that left him paralyzed from the chest down.
1997 - Mario Lemieux was voted into the NHL Hall of Fame.
2003 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) became the first major league baseball player to receive six National League MVP awards.
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