Oct. 9, 2000 – Brett Hull scored his 611th goal, passes his father in all-time scoring

At 7:33 of the third period, Brett Hull one-timed a pass from Brendan Morrow into the net past Curtis Joseph, tying the hockey game and contributing to the Dallas Stars 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The goal placed Brett in ninth place on the NHL‘s all-time scoring list.

Toronto coach Pat Quinn, who once played against Bobby, said the only similarity between the two is that they’re both blond. “Bobby was the dominant one. He was ‘Give me the puck and I’ll bull through everybody,’” Quinn said. “Brett has always gotten himself into a position where a good play maker could find him.” Brett himself describes his style as “stealth mode.”

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” – Babe Ruth

Classic Fridays.

Magic Johnson and longtime rival Larry Bird pose for a shot at the 1979 NCAA Final Four.

via Sports Illustrated vault

Jan. 28, 1995 – Andre Agassi beats Pete Sampras (4-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4)

Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi are retired professional men’s tennis players who were ranked World No. 1 during the 1990s, Sampras holding the world’s top-rank spot for a then-record 286 weeks while Agassi held it for 101 weeks. With contrasting styles and temperaments, they played each other 34 times from 1989 through 2002, with Sampras winning 20 of their matches, and Agassi winning 14. It has been named as one of the greatest tennis rivalries of all time.

In Grand Slam tournaments, they played in five finals, with Sampras winning four. They met for the first time in a Grand Slam final at the 1990 US Open, with Agassi the favorite because of his top three ranking even though Sampras had defeated former World No. 1 players Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe on the way to the final. Sampras defeated Agassi in straight sets.

The next time the pair met at a Grand Slam final was at the 1995 – 83rd Australian Open. Agassi beat Pete Sampras in four sets.