Indiana coach Bobby Knight adds another chapter to his tempestuous career, earning a suspension for
throwing a chair during a Big Ten basketball game. Quarterback Joe Namathcaps a flamboyant career
with induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Pete Rose, one of baseball's most
intense competitors, passes Ty Cobb as the game's all-time hits leader.
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March 2, 1985
Bobby Knight suspended for tossing chair
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The Big Ten orders Indiana coach Bobby Knight to sit out one game for throwing a chair onto the court to protest a referee's call in a game against Purdue. Knight already owns two NCAA titles (he goes on to claim a third in 1987) and boasts one of the most respected programs in college basketball. But he's just as renowned for his fiery temper, once allegedly striking a security guard at a game in Puerto Rico and another time pulling his team off the floor after being kicked out of a game against the Soviet Union.
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August 3, 1985
Joe Namath enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Some football stars may have had more success than Joe Namath, but nobody had more fun. Shortly after signing with the New York Jets in 1965 for a then-amazing $400,000 bonus, Namath was nicknamed "Broadway Joe" for his colorful, bachelor lifestyle. In 1970, he brashly predicted the underdog Jets would beat the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III -- then calmly engineered a 16-7 win. Five knee operations led Namath to an early retirement after the 1977 season.
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September 11, 1985
Pete Rose becomes baseball's all-time hits leader
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Cincinnati Reds player-manager Pete Rose raps a first-inning single off San Diego pitcher Eric Show for his 4,192nd hit, smashing Ty Cobb's 57-year-old record for most hits in a career. For his efforts, the scrappy Rose wins a Corvette and gets a phone call from President Ronald Reagan. Rose finishes his career in 1986 with 4,256 hits, but his reputation is badly tarnished when he's banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on games and pleads guilty to federal income tax evasion in 1990.
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