Champagne Tony Lema killed in a plane crash, George 'Papa Bear' Halas averted disaster, and George Brett's 'Pine Tar Indicent' - This DiSH for July 24

Champagne Tony Lema killed in a plane crash, George 'Papa Bear' Halas averted disaster, and George Brett's 'Pine Tar Indicent' - This DiSH for July 24

In 1966, Tony Lema and his wife Betty were killed in a plane crash along with the pilot and co-pilot. In 1915, George Halas, the future Chicago Bears Head Coach was supposed to be on a ship that sank in Lake Michigan. Instead, he overslept and was late. In 1983, George Brett had a little too much pine tar on his bat and was called out for it by Billy Martin after Brett hit a 9th inning 2-run home run.

Pro vs. College All-Stars Swan Song, Tiger became the youngest to win the Career Slam, and Greg LeMond

In 1976, the reigning Super Bowl champ Pittsburgh Steelers played a team of college all-stars in the final Chicago Charities College All-Star Game. In 2000, Tiger Woods won his first British Open and in the process, became the youngest golfer to capture the career grand slam. In 2006, Woods won his third British Open a few months after his father, Earl, had passed away. In 1989, American Greg LeMond erased a 50-second deficit on the final Tour de France stage to win his second Tour de France by the slimmest margin in TdF history.

MJ vs. Magic and the game you've never heard about - This DiSH for July 22

In 1992, an intra-squad game between the Dream Team in Monte Carlo became a thing of legend. In 1979, St. Louis Cardinals receiver J.V. Cain collapsed during a pre-season workout and died two hours later. In 1923, Washington National Walter Johnson became the first pitcher in baseball history to strike out 3000 batters. In 2007, former Major Leaguer Rolland Stiles died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 100. He was the last living Major Leaguer who'd thrown a pitch to Babe Ruth.

Pumpsie Green debuted for the Boston Red Sox, Bob Melvin tossed before the first pitch, and David Beckham's MLS debut - This DiSH for July 21

In 1959, Pumpsie Green became the first black player to play for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox were the last MLB team to integrate their roster. In 2024, San Francisco Giants' manager Bob Melvin was ejected before the first pitch was thrown. In 2007, David Beckham made his MLS debut with the LA Galaxy.

The Longest of Long Shots won the Open Championship, Gaylord Perry and the Man on the Moon, and LeMond in Yellow - This DiSH for July 20

In 2003, Ben Curtis won the Open Championship at Royal St. Georges. It was first appearance in a golf major and his first professional win. In 1985, Mary Decker Slaney dusted Zola Budd and the rest of the field in a rematch of the 3000 meter debacle at the LA Olympics the previous summer. In 1969, Gaylord Perry proved his former manager Alvin Dark to be quite a fortune teller when he hit a home run about an hour after Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon. In 1986, Greg LeMond became the first American to wear the Yellow Jersey as the leader of the Tour de France.