1974 — In the home opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his 715th home run, connecting off Al Downing of Los Angeles in the fourth inning.

1968 — Major League Baseball decides to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King ... home opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth ...

1971 — Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run on Opening Day, marking the start of a historic streak. Mays will hit home runs in each of the Giants’ first four games.

Concrete slabs killed more than 113 people and trapped dozens of others on a dancefloor where hundreds had been dancing to a ...

No. 5 Ocean Lakes shut out No. 4 Western Branch in girls soccer. The Dolphins were led by Madison Moore with two goals and an ...

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In fact, many of the Hobby "innovations" we see in modern Topps sets had their origins before the earliest Topps baseball cards ... Yankee manager Billy Martin. That set, the first to use color ...

• Tom Hart (play-by-play) and Chris Burke (analyst) will call Friday’s game on SEC Network. The Vanderbilt home crew of Kevin ...

Ashland baseball's John Schaly got win number 1,325 on March 15 — the most in DII baseball history. TNT Sports' Wayne Cavadi ...

1971 — The first legal off-track betting (OTB) system in the United States opens in New York City. 1974 — In the home opener ...

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On Thursday, Cooper Huffman singled in a pair of runs in the top of the sixth inning to lift Hewitt-Trussville to the win.