The Daily Dose

Remembering 38 years at The Joe - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit 1979-2017

One of the most recognizable faces in the world of sports broadcasting turns 63 today.

Joe Reliford is the youngest person ever to play in a professional baseball game.

Oklahoma State has the winningest program, in any sport, in NCAA history.

Don Maynard is the first player in pro football history to amass 10,000 career receiving yards.

Willis Reed is the first NBA player ever named MVP of the regular season, All-Star Game and Finals in the same season.

Denkinger was a good umpire.  He worked four World Series, serving as crew chief in two.  The affable Iowan umpired the All-Star Game in 1971, 1976 and 1987, calling balls and strikes for the last game.  He officiated in six American League Championship Series and two Division Series.  Denkinger was behind the plate for the 1978 Yankees-Red Sox tiebreaker --  the famous Bucky Dent home run game.

The University of California-Berkeley has the most dominant program in the history of college rugby.

Tomorrow is the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby, the fastest two minutes in sports.

No player in history is more intertwined with a golf hole than Jean van de Velde and the 18th at Carnoustie during the 1999 Open Championship.