December 4

1783 - George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.

1816 - James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.

1875 - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed of New York's Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the country.

1945 - The U.S. Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.

1956 - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, dubbed the “Million Dollar Quartet,” gathered for the first and only time for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis.

1964 - Police arrested some 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in.

1965 - The United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard on a two-week mission. (While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15 on a one-day mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.)

1969 - Fred Hampton and Mark Clark of the Black Panther Party were shot and killed during a raid by Chicago police.

1978 - Dianne Feinstein became the first female mayor of San Francisco.

1991 - Associated Press news correspondent Terry Anderson is released after having been held hostage in Lebanon for seven years.

1993 - Rock musician Frank Zappa died at age 52.

2003 - Interpol put the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.

2016 - A North Carolina man armed with an assault rifle fired several shots inside Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizzeria, as he attempted to investigate an online conspiracy theory that prominent Democrats were harboring child sex slaves at the restaurant; no one was hurt, and the man surrendered to police. (He was later sentenced to four years in prison.)

2018 - Long lines of people wound through the Capitol Rotunda to view the casket of former President George H.W. Bush.

Birthdays
26 - Layton Greene (singer)
28 - Millie Court (reality star)
30 - Niykee Heaton (singer)
33 - Kate King (model)
40 - Jelly Roll (singer)
40 - Joe Thomas (football player)
51 - Tyra Banks (model/TV host)
55 - Jay-Z (rapper)
58 - Fred Armisen (actor/comedian)
60 - Marisa Tomei (actress)
61 - Sergei Bubka (track & field athlete)
67 - Lee Smith (baseball player)
68 - Bernard King (basketball player)
69 - Cassandra Wilson (singer)
73 - Patricia Wettig (actress)
75 - Jeff Bridges (actor)
82 - Gemma Jones (actress)
87 - Max Baer Jr. (actor)
91 - Wink Martindale (game show host)

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Today in Sports History - December 4

1909 - The first Grey Cup was awarded as the University of Toronto defeated Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26-6.

1909 - The Montreal Canadiens hockey franchise is founded, the oldest still operating member of the NHL.

1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.

1945 - Army running back Doc Blanchard wins the Heisman Trophy.

1956 - Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy.

1964 - Major league baseball established a free-agent draft that would take effect in 1965.

1977 - Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) rushed for 206 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles. He became only the third rookie to rush for more than 200 yards in a game.

1982 - Georgia running back Herschel Walker wins the Heisman Trophy.

1987 - Kareem Abdul Jabaar's was held to only 7 points in a game establishing an NBA record of 787 straight games with double digit points.

1996 - The Orlando Magic tie the NBA record for fewest points scored since the inception of the 24-second shot clock in a 84-57 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

1997 - The NBA suspended Golden State Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell for one year after Sprewell attacked Warriors coach P.J. Carlesimo three days earlier.

1997 - John Elway (Denver Broncos) surpassed 3,000 yards for the season. It was his 12th consecutive season to pass for more than 3,000 yards.

1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) set an NFL record when he rushed for over 100 yards in 12 consecutive games.

2010 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 23-20 in the Big 12 Championship Game.

2011 - Pedro Martinez announces his retirement from baseball.

2018 - The NHL Board of Governors awards a franchise to Seattle, which will ultimately become the Seattle Kraken.

2023 - Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark records 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a game against Wisconsin to establish a new Big Ten Conference record for career triple-doubles with seven.

I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you for your votes of trust in making me your supreme poster of the year. Due to covid, we had to hold a private ceremony in Sean’s mansion but it was very lovely. I’ve attached a photo of the event below.

@SantaBarbaraSker supplied the entertainment and danced for everyone afterward but unfortunately photography was not allowed. Then @BBTown Bomber wrestled @Husker Hank but it only lasted 12 seconds before they both fell asleep.

But seriously, thank you. I love you all and it’s awesome that I didn’t even have to split the award like @lee_carvallo_12 did.

Nate,

Not sure how this works, but there is a '18 OT prospect out of Maryville, MO that may be worth a look from our coaches (at least as a preferred walk on type). His name is Jalen Sundell. He's really flown under the radar due largely to his size I believe, but has now grown a couple inches and about 30 lbs over the last year to 6'5" about 260 and still growing. He has an offer from hometown Northwest Missouri State who wants him bad (not your run of the mill D2 team) and a couple lower D1 teams (like Central Michigan I believe).

He's an athletic kid with good feet (5.01 40) and has some great bloodlines. His mom played college hoops and his dad was a stud hoopster and also still holds the MIAA record (and had an Olympic tryout) in the high jump at 7'5". He doesn't have a Rivals profile, but his does have some Hudl film from junior year. He loves Nebraska.

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Proud dad here. Sorry.

My son has just always been fast. First time my dad saw him run at age 4 on a soccer field he looked at me and said “he can run. He’s got ‘it’.”

My dad (ex Husker player) once held the World Record in the Low Hurdles (later broken by an Olympic gold medalist) and my wife was a track star who held a school record at our university. I could run.

We put him in track this year for the first time because he had been the fastest kid in his elementary school since he was in second grade and we were curious how fast. We never timed him or anything and didn’t know how that compared to other fast kids from other towns. There is ALWAYS a faster kid out there somewhere.

So after a spring season of practice, he ran at Regionals and we were super nervous. He set all time meet records in his three events. Blew them out.

Below are pics of the first race he ever ran (Regional Meet - 50m hurdles heat race) - he set a meet and state record in it. One pic is of his finish (white line - no one in the pic) and when 2nd and 3rd were crossing the finish line (two kids aren’t even in the pic still).

This weekend he ran at the State meet and won gold in all three of his events. He owns the fastest 50m and 50m hurdles times in state meet history and won the 100m (missed all time state mark by .22).

I’ve been trying to look online to see how his times look compared to other kids and can’t find much.

Coco’s 50m hurdles mark of 8.28 seconds is faster than this guys YouTube video with 1.5 million views where his “super fast 9 year old” ran 8.91 seconds 50m (not hurdles just dash) and smoked the other kids. My kid ran that same distance AND cleared hurdles and beat his time by .68 seconds. This dad is in for a rude awakening someday.

Coco’s State record 50m dash time he smashed was 7.60 for reference.


Some other “fast” 9 year old (THE VIDEO IS NOT MY KID) on YouTube with 1.5 million views.
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There is always a faster kid though somewhere. Someday he will run against him and get beat. But for now I’m a proud dad that’s just thankful for his God-given ability.

Thanks for reading.


PICS ARE MY KID - First Race ever. Finish and when 2nd/3rd crossed.

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"It is all over but the crying in Lincoln".

Nice call BTN