Jan. 9
1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer with four seconds left in the first round at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
1977 - Oakland captures its first NFL Championship and the Minnesota Vikings drop their fourth Super Bowl, with the Raiders winning 32-14.
1988 - Anthony Carter catches 10 passes for an NFL postseason-record 227 yards to lead the Minnesota Vikings to a 36-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers and advances to the NFC title game.
1996 - The Toronto Raptors set an NBA record by not making a single free throw in a 92-91 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. The expansion Raptors go 0-for-3 from the line.
Alabama quarterback Mac Jones and Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith are both finalists along with Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Florida’s Kyle Trask.
Alabama News
Alabama teammates Mac Jones and DeVonta Smith, along with Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence and Florida’s Kyle Trask, have been named finalists for the Heisman Trophy.
The Heisman will be awarded Jan. 5 during a virtual ceremony as the pandemic forced the cancellation of the usual trip to New York that for the presentation that usually comes with being a finalist.
Jones and Smith are the eighth set of teammates to be finalists together since the tradition started in 1982.
Smith is trying to become the first wide receiver to win the Heisman since 1991 when Desmond Howard took the award for Michigan.