Cubs WIN! Cubs WIN!, Shirtless in the EPL, and Tyson's Death Hoax - This DiSH for Nov. 2

This Day in Sports History

This Day In Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In 2016, the Chicago Cubs broke the curse and won their first World Series in 108 years.

In 2002, a goal celebration by Diego Forlan led to a rule change for all of soccer.

In 1990, the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns played the first of two games in Japan. It was the first time a US based professional sports league played outside of North America.

On the same night in Denver, the Nuggets and Golden State Warriors combined for the most points ever scored in an NBA game.

And in 1988, a San Francisco Spanish language radio station reported that boxer Mike Tyson had been killed in a car accident. It was a weird hoax on the Mexican version of April Fools Day.

THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND

Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.

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