Events in Sport Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1981-12-01 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passes Oscar Robertson (26,710) to become the NBA’s second all-time leading scorer behind Wilt Chamberlain; scores 14 points in 117-86 Lakers' win over Utah Jazz in Los Angeles
1990-11-02 First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1991-11-07 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 1993-01-14 Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks 1995-02-01 Utah Jazz guard John Stockton passes Magic Johnson's all-time NBA assists mark of 9,221, in a 129-98 win over the Denver Nuggets at the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City 1997-06-13 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2 Sports History 1998-01-10 Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan wins his 600th NBA game with a 111-84 victory at the Houston Rockets Read More...
The anxiety over phone addiction has finally reached the heart of Silicon Valley: Stanford University's computer science department. The department that birthed Google and 40,000 other companies has now given rise to a group of four seniors working to make phones less addictive. They call themselves "Stanford Students Against Addictive Devices," and they spoke to Business Insider about their campaign. The four friends — Sanjay Kannan, Evan Sabri Eyuboglu, Divyahans Gupta, and Cameron Ramos, all of whom graduate this spring — are aware that they could end up working for big tech companies like Apple or Google, and that they're learning the very skills needed to build the systems that many blame for device addiction. Read More...
Historical Events The NBA and players union reach financial agreement to end a 161-day lockout, shortening the season by 16 games Famous Deaths Dick Sims, American Hammond B-3 organist (Bob Seger; Eric Clapton), dies of cancer at 60 Minoru Miky, Japanese composer for traditional Japanese instruments, dies at 84 Zelman Cowen, Australian legal scholar (Governor General of Australia 1977-82), dies at 92 Died in 2011 2011 Highlights About December 8, 2011 Read More...
