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Around 1750 jockey clubs are invented.
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The national association of professional baseball players is formed.
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The first pennant race is created in baseball.
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First professional baseball game against the New York Metropolitans and the Washington Nationals.
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The first modern Olympic games are held in Athens, Greece.
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The second Boston marathon is won by Ron Mcdonald.
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January 24th of 1900 the first badminton club forms.
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The first cork centered baseball is used in the 1910 World Series (#7)
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First women ever wins Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
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Fred Corcoran become tournament director for the PGA then 12 years later becomes director for WPGA
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The third American football league plays their first game.
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The PGA starts allowing black participants
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Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, and George Halas are the first 3 men inducted into the football hall of fame.
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Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Professional athletes could compete in the Olympic games.
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Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by beating Trevor berbick in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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ESPN radio is debuted for the first time ever.
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Derek Jeter gets his 2,000th hit and becomes the 8th player in Yankees history with 2,000 hits.
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Mark McGwire admits to using steroids when he broke the MLB home run record in 1998