YESTERDAY IN L.A. : DRYSDALE'S STREAK ENDS AND, FINALLY, SO DOES LAKERS' TO CELTICS.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth As the year 2000 approaches, here's a look at some of the interesting anniversaries that will occur this week in Los Angeles sports history (followed by the ranking of the event from the book ``Unforgettable: The 100 Greatest Moments in Los Angeles Sports History'' in parenthesis, where applicable): June 7, 1982: The Dodgers' Steve Garvey is the fifth major-leaguer to play in 1,000 straight games. June 8, 1968: Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale has his record scoreless-innings streak snapped at 58-2/3 innings when Philadelphia's Howie Bedell Bedell could refer to A person:
June 8, 1982: The Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-104 at the Forum in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to clinch the championship. Magic Johnson is the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. of the NBA Finals. June 8, 1979: Granada Hills High baseball standout John Elway is drafted in the 17th round by the Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are a professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium. . He decides to pursue a football and baseball career at Stanford (and, later, to play for the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. ).
June 9, 1985: After losing nine NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= championship series against the Celtics, the Lakers prevail 111-100 in Game 6 of their series to beat Boston on the Boston Garden parquet. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the series MVP with 29 points in the final game, James Worthy adds 28 and Magic Johnson chips in a triple-double (14 points, 14 assists, 10 rebounds). (11) June 9, 1982: Vin Scully's star is planted on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by . June 9, 1973: UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX scores in seven events and piles up 56 points to trounce Steve Prefontaine and his Oregon teammates and capture the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field championship for coach Jim Bush. It's the Bruins' third title in a row. (70) June 10, 1938: Hollywood Park track opens in Inglewood. June 12, 1943: With just a four-man contingent - sprinters Jack Trout and Cliff Bourland, long jumper Edsel Curry and javelin thrower Doug Miller - USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. wins its ninth straight NCAA track and field championship. Coach Dean Cromwell didn't even make the trip during World War II to Evanston, Ill. (73) June 12, 1948: At Riviera Country Club The Riviera Country Club is a country club with a championship golf course. It is located in Pacific Palisades, California, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. The country club opened in 1926, with George C. Thomas, Jr. as the course architect. , Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open with a record 276. For Hogan, it's his first of four Open titles. June 12, 1973: USC comes back from a 7-0 ninth-inning deficit against Minnesota pitcher Dave Winfield, who struck out 15 at that point, and pulls out an 8-7 win to take the College World Series. It's USC's fourth straight CWS title under coach Rod Dedeaux and ninth overall for the school. (67) June 12, 1981: The Dodgers (36-21) have a half-game lead over Cincinnati (35-21) as major-league baseball goes on strike. That extra win becomes important because when the season resumes, the eventual World Champion Dodgers are declared first-half winners. June 13, 1973: The Dodgers start Garvey at first base in place of Bill Buckner. It isn't any big deal at the time, but with Davey Lopes at second, Bill Russell at shortstop and Ron Cey at third, it becomes an infield that would play together for 8-1/2 years. June 13, 1998: It's Dodger Stadium's first triple play - the Dodgers' Darren Driefort, Eric Young, Jose Vizcaino and Bobby Bonilla do it. Birthdays: Today: UCLA volleyball coach Al Scates (60). Wednesday: U.S. soccer star and Westlake Village native Eric Wynalda (30). Sunday: Former Angels manager and L.A. native Marcel Lachemann (58). |
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