ON THIS DAY in sports nov 20th November 20 1934 Torontos Busher Jackson scored four goals in the third period to lift the Maple Leafs past the St. Louis Eagles, 5-2. 1960 St. Louis Jerry Norton picked off four passes en route to the Cardinals 26-14 win over the Washington Redskins. 1962 Mickey Mantle was named the American League Most Valuable Player for the third time. 1965 Chick Hearn began a 3,000 game streak of play-by-play calls for the Los Angeles Lakers. 1969 Pele scored his 1,000th career goal in a game played in Rio de Janeiro. 1977 Chicagos Walter Payton rushed for an NFL record 275 yards in the Bears 10-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings. 1982 Ravenova, driven by Nicholas Salvi, set the world record for three- year-old geldings pacing on a five-eighths of a mile track by winning in 1:55 at Pompano Park in Pompano Beach, Florida. 1983 Seattles David Krieg passed for 418 yards and three touchdowns, as the Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos, 27-19. 1993 Iowa football head coach Hayden Fry won his 200th game, as the Hawkeyes won easily over Minnesota, 21-3. 1993 One week after #2-ranked Notre Dame defeated #1 Florida State, Boston Colleges David Gordon sent a 41-yard field goal through the uprights as time expired to give #16 BC a 41-39 upset victory over the top- ranked Irish in South Bend. 1994 North Carolina recorded its ninth straight NCAA Division I Womens Soccer Championship with a 5-0 shutout over Notre Dame in Portland, Oregon. 1994 Gabriela Sabatini defeated Lindsay Davenport, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to win the Virginia Slims in New York. 1994 Pete Sampras defeated Boris Becker in four sets to win the ATP Championship in Frankfurt, Germany. 1996 The Atlanta Braves signed John Smoltz to a four-year, $31-million the richest contract ever paid to a pitcher. 1996 The University of Louisville was placed on probation for two years for violating rules on recruiting, extra benefits and preferential treatment for members of its mens basketball team. 1997 Dallas A.C. Green played in his NBA record 907th consecutive game, a 101-97 loss to the Golden State Warriors. 1997 Toronto Raptors General Manager Isiah Thomas resigned and sold his nine percent share of the franchise. 1998 Walter Case Jr. became the first driver in harness racing history to reach 1,000 wins in a single year, reaching the mark by guiding Warren Moon to victory at Yonkers Raceway in New York. 1999 LaDainian Tomlinson of TCU rushed for an NCAA Division 1-A record 406 yards and four touchdowns in a 52-24 victory over UTEP. 2001 Seattles Ichiro Suzuki was named American League MVP. 2002 Virginia Techs Lee Suggs rushed for a touchdown in his 24th consecutive game which set a new NCAA record. 2002 Major League Baseball announced that the Montreal Expos will play 22 games of their 2003 schedule in three separate homestands at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2005 The NY Giants won their 600th game in franchise history with a 27-17 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. 2006 Philadelphias Ryan Howard was named the National League MVP. 2006 The Chicago Cubs signed free agent slugger Alfonso Soriano to the richest deal in franchise history, an eight-year contract worth $136 million. 2007 Philadelphias Jimmy Rollins was named the National Leagues MVP. 2008 New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina announced his retirement. 2009 Montreal Alouettes QB Anthony Calvillo was named the CFLs Most Outstanding Player. 2010 Illinois defeated Northwestern 48-27, in the first college football game held at Wrigley Field in 72 years. 2010 Notre Dame rolled to a 27-3 win over Army in a game played at the new Yankee Stadium. 2011 The Los Angeles Galaxy edged the Houston Dynamo, 1-0, to secure its third MLS Cup title in club history. 2012 The Toronto Blue Jays named John Gibbons manager. Gibbons was the manager of the Blue Jays from 2004 to 2008. 2012 Rutgers University has become the latest Big East defector, accepting an invitation to join the Big Ten. 2012 California fired head football coach Jeff Tedford.
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