Today is Friday, January 24, 2014 Today in Sports History 1930 - Primo Carnera made his American boxing debut by knocking out Big Boy Patterson in one minute, ten seconds of the opening round. 1947 - NFL owners voted to allow a sudden-death overtime in playoff games. The rule wasnt used until 1958. 1955 - The rules committee of major league baseball announced a plan to strictly enforce the rule that required a pitcher to release the ball within 20 seconds after taking his position on the mound. 1964 - CBS-TV acquired the rights to televise the National Football League’s 1964-1965 regular season. The move cost CBS $14.1 million a year. The NFL stayed on CBS for 30 years. 1981 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) tied Rocket Richards record of 50 goals in first 50 games of the season. 1982 - The San Francisco 49ers won their first Super Bowl. Joe Montana won the first of his three MVP awards. 1987 - Walter Payton and Joe Montana were guests on Saturday Night Live. 1990 - Clarence Big House Gaines collected the 800th victory of his college coaching career when Winston-Salem State University beat Livinstone, 79-70. 1995 - The prosecution gave its opening statement at the O.J. Simpson murder trial. 2006 - Mario Lemieux retired from playing in the NHL for the last time. He had previously retired and came back from cancer, a heart problem, agonizing back pain, a rare bone infection, a self-imposed one-season layoff and, five years earlier, from the boredom of retirement.
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