We have a very diverse set of facts for today’s facts, some old, some new, some basketball, some football and a little baseball sprinkled in too..
On this date in 1973, Dave Cowens, wins the NBA MVP. Cowans, was part of the 74 and 76 NBA Championship Boston Celtics and is one of only four players (Scottie Pippen, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James are the others) to lead his team in all five major statistical categories for a season: points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals.
As we are heading to the Final Four, it would probably be ridiculous not to mention two NCAA Basketball National Champions crowned on this day. In 1976 Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 to become the 38th National Champion and in 1982 the Georgetown Hoyas, led by Patrick Ewing and Eric "Sleepy" Floyd lost 62-63 to the North Carolina Tar Heels, led by James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and a young Michael Jordan. More recently in 1999 Duke after beating Michigan State in the Final Four loses a close one to UConn: 77-74.
In football news on this day, the NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis in 1984, Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys ten years later in 1994, and the Cleveland Browns find a new home as the Baltimore Ravens
And a somber happy birthday in memory of baseball great, and namesake of the award given to the best pitchers in the National and American Leagues: Cy Young (died in 1955).
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