WSH 8/18-8/24

8/18/1986 - Jim Kelly signs with the Buffalo Bills for $75 million deal for 5 years
8/18/1987 - The Tyler Rose, Earl Campbell, retires from NFL
8/19/1995 - Mike Tyson returns to the ring and knocks out McNeeley in 38 seconds
8/20/1920 - Officials meet in Akron, OH to form American Pro Football League
8/20/1920 - Boston vs. Cleveland game postponed at Fenway to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland.
8/20/1974 - Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead becomes first black to homer in his first at bat
8/20/1985 - Dwight Gooden becomes first NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons
8/21/1922 - Curly Lambeau and the city of Green Bay granted NFL franchise
8/21/1947 - Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, PA win first Little League World Series
8/22/1934 - Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to deafeath the Chicago White Sox 3-2 in 12
8/22/1946 - MLB approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it
8/23/1988 - Mike Tyson and Mitch Green battle it out at 4 A.M. in Harlem
8/24/1919 - Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning
8/24/1979 - NFL fans choose old Patriots logo over new
8/24/1989 - Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling