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This Day in Sports History: 7/25/2021. @EvianChamp #Minjee Lee (AUS) overcame 7-shot deficit to force playoff w/ #Jeongeun Lee6 (KOR). On 1st playoff hole Minjee hit her approach shot inside 10 ft from pin, while #Lucky6 found water, for Minjee's 1st Major. ⛳️🏌️‍♀️ @LPGA #womensgolf

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This Day in Sports History: 7/24/1955. #HarmonKillebrew hit his 1st #MLB HR. He hit 573 in his career, made 13 All-Star Teams & was the 1969 AL MVP for the #Twins. Elected to HOF in 1984 after a 22-year career w/ the Washington Nationals/Senators/Minnesota Twins & KC Royals.

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More leisure than sports tonight. Watching the bats come out and flying over the Los Angeles River. As opposed to watching the bats on the field. Did you see them whipping around in this video? Watch closely! 🦇 🌊 #LARiver #dusk

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This Day in Sports History: 7/23/1962. #JackieRobinson inducted into HOF. After breaking #MLB color barrier in 1947, he won NL ROY. Played 11 seasons w/ #Dodgers, hit .313, 141 HR, 765 RBI & 203 SB. 7x All-Star, he won MVP in 1949. 4-sport #UCLA star, won nat'l title in long jump

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This Day in Sports History: 7/22/2001. #DavidDuval shot final round 67 (-4) to separate himself from 4-way tie to start day. Birdied 4 of 1st 11 & parred final 5 holes to end #OpenChampionship -10 under, 3 shots clear of 2nd place Niclas Fasth. It was Duval's only Major. ⛳️ #PGA

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History Look-Back for week of July 13th:
A. #Raptors #Kawhi trade in 2018
B. #WhiteSox & #Knicks #DaveDeBusschere
C. #HRDerby & #PrinceFielder
D. #MikeTrout & #AllStarGame
E. #ByronNelson & 1945 season
F. Speed rules: #JackieStewart & #F1 / #FloJo & track
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This Day in Sports History: 7/21/1996. #TomDolan (USA) won the 400m Individual Medley w/ time of 4:14.90 at the #SummerOlympics in Atlanta w/ teammate #EricNamesnik (USA) claiming Silver. (Curtis Myden (CAN) took Bronze.) 1st Olympic Gold for Dolan & 1st for #TeamUSA of '96 Games

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This Day in Sports History: 7/20/2003. @astros #JeffBagwell took @Reds SP Danny Graves deep twice for his 399th & 400th HR. Bagwell finished his career in 2005 w/ 449 HR. He posted 8 seasons w/ at least 30 HR, 100 runs & 100 RBI. He was elected to MLB Hall of Fame in 2017. ⚾

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Somos Españoles! (Re-share from Week of July 6th podcast)

They will be celebrating for days in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, and all over #Spain for days after this #WorldCup win - shouting "Somos Españoles!"⚽️ 🇪🇸 #Argentina #FIFA #soccer #futbol

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This Day in Sports History: 7/19/1969. #JackieStewart, the #FlyingScot, outclassed 17 drivers, lapping the field en route to victory lane at @F1 British #GrandPrix & winning his 5th of 6 for season series. It was his 1st of 3 #Formula1 World Championships (1969, 1971 & 1973). 🏎️

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New bobbleheads for our collection (#446 and #447):

#ShoheiOhtani pitching as part of his "greatest game" and #FreddieFreeman World Series walk-off home run. ⚾️ @Dodgers #bobbleheads

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This Day in Sports History: 7/18/2018. @Raptors made the deal that brought an #NBA title to #Canada, sending DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl & 1st RD pick to @spurs for #KawhiLeonard & Danny Green. The #2 seed in the East, they beat #Warriors in 6 games for their 1st championship. 🏀

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#TourDeFrance returned to slopes of Ballon d’Alsace, 1st mountain ever climbed in #LeTour on Stage 2 in 1905. René Pottier (FRA) was 1st to reach peak back then. Today in Stage 13, riders returned w/ Tom Pidcock (GBR) ascending 1st but lost the stage victory to Mauro Schmid (SUI)

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This Day in Sports History: 7/17/1963. 8x #NBA All-Star, 6x NBA All-Defensive, 2x NBA Champ & HOFer @DetroitPistons & @nyknicks #DaveDeBusschere recorded 1st & only #MLB. He pitched 7 innings -- 2 runs on 7 hits w/ 7 K's as @WhiteSox won the game 8-2. A true 2-sport athlete ⚾🏀

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This Day in Sports History: 7/16/1988. #FlorenceGriffithJoyner set 100m record of 10.76 w/ wind-legal mark of 10.49 in QF of US Olympic Trials. #FloJo ran 10.70 in semis & 10.61 in Final to make her 2nd #Olympics Team in both the 100m & 200m setting a US record of 21.77 #TeamUSA

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With #Spain set to faceoff against against #Agentina in the #WorldCup, will Spaniards chant "Somos Españoles" once again & rally around like we saw in 2010. Clayton & Jeff talk about that amazing & unifying moment for the country. ⚽️ #FIFA #soccer #futbol

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This Day in Sports History: 7/15/1945. #ByronNelson won his 2nd #PGAChampionship. He def former #Yankees & #Reds OF Sam Byrd 4 & 3 in the 36-hole match play final. Nelson won 18 tourneys in 1945 -- beginning in MAR at Miami Four-Ball & ended at Canadian Open in AUG. ⛳🏌️ #PGA

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This Day in Sports History: 7/14/2015. #Angels #MikeTrout went 1-3 w/ leadoff HR off #Dodgers Zack Greinke. He won his 2nd of back-to-back #AllStarGame MVP’s, joining Willy Mays, Steve Garvey, Gary Carter, and Cal Ripken Jr. as the only players to win the award twice. ⚾ #ASG

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History Look-Back for week of July 6th:
A @WImbledon & #BryanBrothers
B @Brewers 20 unanswered runs
C #RodCarew & greatness
D #HallOfFame integration
E #SouthAfrica re-admitted to #Olympics / #Spain 1st #WorldCup win
F @LeTour & #Anquetil vs #Poulidor
Link https://t.co/RQhk6kpNbz

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This Day in Sports History: July 13. 2009. #PrinceFielder of @Brewers defeated Nelson Cruz of @Rangers to win the @MLB #HomeRunDerby at the #AllStarGame. He won again in 2012 as a member of @Tigers. Prince finished w/ 46 HRs & 141 RBI, placing 4th in MVP voting. ⚾️💥 #HRD #ASG