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January 3 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition Bobby Hull, Eli Manning, A.J. Burnett

This Day in History – 1988 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th Century.
NFL Football
Jessie Clark
Born: January 3, 1960, Thebes, Arkansas
Height: 6′ 0″ – Weight: 231 lbs
College: Louisiana Tech University and University of Arkansas
NFL football Running Back
Pro-career: 1983-1990
Career Stats: Games 88; Yds 1736; Attampts 415; TDs 9
Teams: Green Bay Packers(1983-1987); [...]

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January 2 Sports Birthdays – 2010 Edition – Calvin Hill, Gino Marchetti , and more

This Day in History - 1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C); 68 deaths are reported  
NFL Football
Ed Beckman
Born: January 2, 1955, Key West, Florida
Height: 6′ 4″ – Weight: [...]

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Happy New Year(Jan 1) Sports Birthdays -2010 Edition

This Day in History – 1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
1984 – The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is broken up into twenty-two independent units as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.
NFL Football
Carl Birdsong *Pro-Bowl*
Born: [...]

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December 31 Sports Birthdays – 2009 Edition; Hugh McElhenny, Heath Shuler

This Day in History – 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
Football
Fred Bennett
Born: December 31, 1983 in Manning, South Carolina
Height: 6′ 1″ – Weight: 195 lbs
College: University of South Carolina
NFL forrball Cornerback
Pro-career: 2007-present
Career Stats: Tackles 62; Sacks 0.0; INTs 3
Teams: Houston Texans (2007-present)
Honors: twice All-Southeastern [...]

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Happy Birthday Tiger Woods!

Tiger Woods was born Eldrick Tont Woods on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to Earl (1932-2006) and Kultida (Tida) Woods (born 1944). Tiger grew up in Orange County, California and graduated from Western High School in Anaheim in 1994.
Tiger was on the The Mike Douglas Show at two years in a putting competition with Bob Hope.  When [...]

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December 30 Sports Birthdays – 2009 Edition

This day in History – 1981 – In the 39th game of his 3rd NHL season Wayne Gretzky scores 5 goals giving him 50 on the year setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.  
Football
Kerry Collins *Pro Bowl*
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December 29 Sports Birthdays – 2009 Edition

This Day in History – The last known speaker of the Akkala Sami language, Marja Sergina, died on December 29, 2003. The language is now extinct and it remains the most poorly documented of the Sami languages.
Football
Kevin Bentley
Born: December 29, 1979, North Hills, California
Height: 6′ 0″ – Weight: 235 lbs
College: Northwestern University
NFL football Linebacker
Pro-career: 2002-present
Career Stats: Tackles 279; [...]

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December 28 Sports Birthdays – 2009 Edition Adam Vinatieri, Everson Walls, Raymond Bourque

Sending out a Special birthday wish to Teela Hofbauer! Happy Birthday!!
 
 This Day in History – 1958 – “Greatest Game Ever Played” – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York’s Yankee Stadium.
 
Golf
Tom Byrum
Born: September 28, 1960, Onida, South Dakota
Height: 5′ 10″ – [...]

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December 27 Sports Birthdays – 2009 Edition Carson Palmer, Cole Hamels, Le’Ron McClain

This Day in History – 2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
Golf
Charley Hoffman
Born: December 27, 1976, San Diego, California
Height: 6′ – Weight: 200 lbs
College: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Pro-career: 2000-present
Career Stats: 2000-2005 Nationwide, 2006-present PGA [...]

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December 26 Sports Birthdays – 2009 Edition Pudge Fisk, Chris Chambliss, Ozzie Smith

 This Day in History – 1919 – Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.
Football
Tony Brackens Jr.
Born: December 26, 1974, Fairfield, Texas
Height: 6′ – Weight: 225 lbs
College: University of Texas
NFL football Defensive End
Pro-career: 1996-2004
Career Stats: Sacks 55.0; INTs 5; Fumbles Forced 7
Teams: Jacksonville Jaguars (1996 [...]

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