One of the National Football League's most storied teams, the Baltimore Colts, abruptly
moves to Indianapolis. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the all-time leading scorer in National Basketball Association
history. The Soviet Union boycotts the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Boston College
quarterback Doug Flutie strikes a blow for the little guy by
winning the Heisman Trophy as college football's best player.
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March 29, 1984
Colts bolt Baltimore for Indianapolis
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Unhappy over playing facilities in Baltimore and lured by the offer of a new 61,000-seat
indoor stadium in Indiana, owner Robert Irsay suddenly moves his Colts to Indianapolis. Colts
fans are perhaps angrier over the manner of the move than the act itself -- moving vans
sneak records and equipment out of team headquarters under cover of darkness and
the Colts are gone before most the city realizes it. The National Football League, fearful
of repeating the Raiders legal fiasco, does not oppose the move.
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April 4, 1984
Abdul-Jabbar stands tall as NBA's most prolific scorer
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The Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 31,121st point in a 129-115 win over the Utah Jazz to pass Wilt Chamberlain as the National Basketball Association's career scoring leader. It's just one more landmark for the 7-foot-2 Abdul-Jabbar, who helped UCLA win three straight NCAA titles, then won an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks and five more with the Lakers. When he retires in 1989, the six-time MVP has 38,387 points and also leads the NBA in more than 20 other categories.
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May 7, 1984
Soviets pull out of L.A. Olympics
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The Soviet Union announces it will pull out of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles. The Soviets cite "undisguised threats" against their athletes and officials. Bulgaria and East Germany also say they will not attend. The United States had boycotted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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December 1, 1984
Doug Flutie claims Heisman Trophy
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Just 5-foot-10, Doug Flutie is nevertheless the biggest player ever to step on a football
field for Boston College. The slender quarterback transforms the nondescript Eagles into a Top
20 team, his big-play abilities personified by a last-second victory over powerhouse
Miami late in the season. The first major college quarterback to pass for more than 10,000 yards,
the Heisman Trophy winner signs a $1 million contract with the USFL's New Jersey Generals, then goes on to win four MVP awards in the Canadian Football League.
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