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A Brief History Legendary fighters Ken Shamrock (age 51) and Kimbo Slice (age 41) will battle inside the Bellator cage on Friday, June 19, 2015 in a historic match-up! Digging Deeper In one corner, we have Ken Shamrock, who, despite his age,  looks like an action figure.  A member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Fame, Shamrock was the first ever UFC Superfight Champion.  He also had the longest fight in UFC history at 36 minutes.  In professional wrestling, he became the World Wrestling Federation’s Intercontinental Champion.  Of course most of his accomplishments are from the 1990s and…

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A Brief History    On April 13, 1997, 21-year-old Tiger Woods won his first Masters golf tournament, becoming the youngest player ever to do so.  Not only that, but he won by a crushing 12 strokes and seemed already well on his way to becoming the greatest golfer of all time.  Newsflash: On April 12, 2015, Jordan Spieth was crowned the second youngest Masters winner of all time after Tiger Woods! Digging Deeper If one regards victories in the 4 major gold tournaments (Masters, British Open, U.S. Open and PGA Championship) as the  measuring stick, however, then it is Jack Nicklaus, with his…

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A Brief History On April 1, 1939, Phil Niekro, Hall of Fame pitcher and winner of 318 major league games, was born.  Together with his brother, Joe, these 2 Polish-American baseball players won more games than any other brother combination in major league history.  Many other Polish-Americans have also gone on to greatness in major league baseball, and here we list some of the best or most well known (no disrespect to all the others).   Digging Deeper 12. Richie Zisk, 1971 – 1983. A reliable 12-year player, Zisk once had 100 RBIs in a season and in another season had…

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A Brief History On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain, center for the Philadelphia Warriors, scored an National Basketball Association (NBA) single-game record of 100 points against the New York Knicks.  To put this in perspective, at that time, the only other player to have scored 70 or more points in a single game was Elgin Baylor with 71 points.  This performance put Chamberlain so far ahead of any other scoring flurry that he was truly in a class by himself.  In the 53 years since then, no other player has approached his record, with the closest effort being Kobe Bryant’s…

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A Brief History On March 1, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, returned to France from exile on the island of Elba to reclaim his empire.  Of course, his great comeback only lasted about 100 days, but in that time he reshook Europe.  Other people, teams and companies have also made impressive comebacks from near defeat, death, ruin or other calamities.  Here we list 10 of those that rank among the greatest.   Digging Deeper 10. John Travolta, 1994. After becoming a teen idol on television and having experienced success with movies such as Grease, Saturday Night Fever and Urban…

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