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"7/27/58 - The Phoenix #Giants (62-44) regained a 1/2 game lead in their 1st yr in the PCL when they swept a double-header over the Portland Beavers 7-2 & 10-3 before 1730 at PHX Muni.; sweeping the 4-games; & moving to 16-2 in the seas. series. W. McCovey: 1-4 X 2B 2RBI"  
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"7/24/96 - Less than a month before the Phoenix #Suns would trade him star Charles Barkley (16p/5r/3a) led the Men's Olympic basketball team (3-0) to a 104-82 win over Lithuania in Group Play in the Atlanta Olympics. Future Suns: Penny: 6p/2r/3a. Hill: 9p/2r/3a. Shaq: 6p/3r/2a"  
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"7/28/21 - After XXX seasons w/the franchise the re-building/re-tooling/tanking Arizona Coyotes traded oft-injured star goalie Darcy Kuemper to the Colorado Avalanche for a 2022 unprotected 1st Rd pick (traded to Edmonton) a conditional '24 3rd (traded to Buffalo) & D Conor Timmins (22)"  
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"7/27/17 - In the XX at-bats following his acquisition J.D. Martinez had 5H. X of those were home runs the 4th a Grand Slam in the 4th inning at St. Louis the only runs either team would score as the #DBacks shut out the Cardinals 4-0. Godley: 7inn. 4H 2BB 7K"  
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"7/28/00 - @gehrig38 made his first start with the #DBacks an 8inn. 6H 1R 5K 4-1 win at Florida. Matt Mantei saved it with a perfect 3K 9th. Schilling also had a double in the 3rd but was picked off. A PHX native playing for AZ was "beyond" a dream come true"  
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"7/26/13 - Randall Delgado threw his only career CG & SHO with a three-hitter in a 10-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. #DBacks hitters recorded XX hits including two singles by Delgado who became the first AZ SP with multiple hits in a shutout since RJ (9/14/03)"  
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"7/26/03 - After XX seasons with the Dallas Cowboys where he became the #NFL's all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith opened his first Training Camp with the Arizona Cardinals after signing a 2yr $7.5M contract. 1500 fans watched his first practice at NAU's East Fields"  
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"7/29/14 - The Phoenix Mercury defeated the LA Sparks 90-69 to cap off a franchise-record (and 2nd-best in #WNBA history) 16-game winning streak. PHX outscored opponents by 13.75pts; shot XXXX% FG; led for XXXX% of game action and trailed for 9:19 seconds in the XX 4Q's"  
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"7/24/21 - W/their 1st of three 2nd Rd picks (LW Ilya Fedotov 43rd & D Janis Jerome Moser 60th overall) the #Yotes selected RW Josh Doan 37th overall who had recently committed to player at #ASU son of former star & current chief hockey development officer Shane Doan. #ForksUp"  
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"7/26/00 - #ASU President Lattie Coor officially hired former E. Michigan and Iowa State AD Gene Smith (44) as ASUs next AD (start on 8/14). Smith replaced Kevin White who had resigned four months prior to take the same position at ND. Frank Kush was hired as Asst. AD. #ForksUp"  
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"7/30/11 - The Arizona #DBacks traded MiLB INF Zach Walters (A) to the Washington Nationals for SP Jason Marquis who was 8-5 with a XXXX ERA in XXXXX innings at the time. Walters was batting .302 with a .377 OBP in South Bend but not considered a top prospect"  
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"7/29/92 - Recently acquired (6/17/92) Phoenix #Suns superstar Charles Barkley (14p/3r) led the #DreamTeam to a 111-68 victory over Germany to move to 3-0 in group play at the Barcelona Olympics. Larry Bird dominated: 19p/2a/3s. MJ: 15p/12a. Karl: 18p/5r"  
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"7/26/96 - Less than a month before Phoenix would trade him star Charles Barkley (out: rest) watched the Men's Olympic basketball team (4-0) win a "fun" 133-70 game over China in Group Play in the Atlanta Olympics. Future #Suns: Penny: 15p/10a. Hill: 19p/4r/5a/5s. Shaq: 13p/10r"  
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"7/28/01 - Trailing by 2pts after 3Q the #Rattlers scored on three 4Q possessions (2 TDs and a FG - 1TD w5:58 remaining following an INT that gave AZ the lead for good) to hold off the expansion Detroit Fury 52-44 in the First Round of the AFL playoffs. S. Bonner: 20-28-217-4"  
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"7/27/21 - Tucson HS grad Delaney Schnell & Jessica Parratto rallied to win silver in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics the USA's 1st-ever medal in the cat. w/310.80pts falling 52.98p behind Chen Yuxi/Zhang Jiaqi (China)"  
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"7/23/22 - On the same day the #Suns extended HC Monty Williams the Arizona Diamondbacks officially signed No. X overall pick Druw Jones for $8185100 the largest slot value ever. He would suffer a shoulder injury X days later ending his 1st pro stint almost before it started"  
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"7/23/96 - Two days after she earned a silver in the 100M breaststroke future UA Wildcat Amanda Beard (14) earned another silver medal for 200M breaststroke w/2:25:75 finishing .34sec behind Penny Heyns & her OR. Beard surged in the final 50M. #BearDown"  
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"7/20/06 - The Phoenix #Suns signed Marcus Banks (10p/3.8a/2.3r in '05-06 - they were surprised that he was available to a five-year $21M deal. Kevin McHale GM of the Minnesota Timberwolves - where Banks last played believed that Banks was faster than Leandro Barbosa"  
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"7/25/22 - SP Merrill Kelly was brilliant throwing eight innings allowing just X hits and walking none while K'ing X (he was at XX pitches so his arm may have fallen off should he had attempt to throw a complete game) leading the Arizona #DBacks to a 7-0 win at SF"  
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"7/26/96 - Arizonan & Brophy Prep alum Gary Hall Jr. anchored the Men's 100M Medley Relay as the U.S. defeated the Russians (3:34:84; OR). Hall finished his anchor (freestyle) at XXXXX beating Alexandr Popov XXXXX. Popov had beat Hall in the 50m & 100m"  
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"7/26/20 - Although K. Walker only played 9:21 (6p/1r) the Phoenix #Suns fell to the Celtics 117-103 in their 2nd of three exhibition games before the start eight-game end to the reg. seas. their only loss in the Orlando Bubble. Book: 17p/9a. Bridges: 16p/5r/3b. Cam J.: 13p/4r"  
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"7/21/17 - On the day the #DBacks introduced J.D. Martinez to the media the #DBacks opened their game against Max Scherzer & the Washington Nationals w/3 consecutive HRs (David Peralta A.J. Pollock Jake Lamb). AZ needed a walkoff Brandon Drury single to RF to win 6-5"  
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"7/25/17 - 24-year-old Taijuan Walker hit his first-career home run (a solo shot in the 5th inn.) and threw 6inn. allowing 3H 2R 1ER 1BB and 6Ks but the bullpen allowed X runs (4 in the 7th and X in the 8th) as the Arizona #DBacks fell to the Atlanta Braves 8-3"  
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"7/27/13 - New Phoenix #Suns GM Ryan McDonough completed his 2nd trade acquiring Gerald Green Miles Plumlee & a lottery protected 1st Rd pick (Bogdan Bogdanovic) from the Indiana Pacers for Luis Scola. Scola had been acquired with the winning amnesty bid in '12"  
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"7/24/11 - The Arizona #DBacks released OF Wily Mo Pea who in XX games had 5HRs and 7RBI on only 9H. A power bat Wily was extremely inconsistent at the dish (batting only .196) although had 3H and 2HR as a pinch-hitter including a 2R walk-off HR v CLE on 6/28/11"  
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"7/30/22 - The Northern Arizona Wranglers came back from 14pts down at half to take the lead for the first time w/sec remaining upsetting the Arizona #Rattlers in Phoenix 52-51 in the IFL Western Conference Championship to head to the IFL National Championship in Las Vegas"  
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"7/27/24 - The #Rattlers entered the playoffs on a 12-game win-streak but after a rare scoreless 3Q used a 19-3 4Q including a QB Sneed 1yd run w/2sec left for a dramatic 39-38 comeback win over the Vegas Knight Hawks in the 1st Rd Coach Guy's 262nd the all-time AFL/IFL rec"  
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"7/28/96 - Three weeks before Phoenix would trade him star Charles Barkley (14p/12r/2s) led the Men's Olympic basketball team (5-0) to a 102-71 win over Croatia in Group Play in the Atlanta Olympics. Richmond: 16p/5r. Future #Suns: Penny: 0p/4r/6a. Hill: 9p/2a/3s. Shaq: 8p/3r"  
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"7/28/05 - The #Dbacks recorded their 2nd shut out in a row (3-0 win at Milwaukee) w/a 6-0 win at the Chicago Cubs. Brad Halsey threw 6inn. (4H 1BB 2K 73np) to even his record at 7-7. Conor Jackson made his #MLB debut but popped out with the bases loaded in the 7th"  
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"7/29/92 - 1992 UA graduate and @ArizonaSwimDive star (where she was a four-time All-American) Crissy Ahmann-Leighton won a silver medal in the Women's 100M butterfly at the Barcelona Olympics losing to China's Quian Hong by .44 of a second finishing with 2:10.16. #BearDown"  
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"7/26/11 - Joe Saunders was masterful at San Diego throwing a complete game (9inn. 6H 1R 1ER 1BB 4K 99np) and leading the AZ #DBacks to a 6-1 win at the Padres inching them ever-closer to the Division lead. Upton: 1-3 1HR 2RBI 1BB. KJ: 3-4 X 3B 2RBI. Bloom: 3-5 2R"  
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"7/28/19 - Former first-round pick Robert Nkemdiche showed up to #Cardinals Training Camp out of shape and following a disappointing first three seasons with the franchise in which he recorded only XX tackles and XXX sacks Arizona (generally unsurprisingly) released him"  
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"7/22/21 - The Arizona Coyotes acquired D Shayne Gostisbehere ((28) set to make $9M over 2yrs; 219pts in 7yrs but 9G/11A in '20-21) along w/a 2nd Rd (Krasnaya Armiya Moskva; Russia) and a StL. 7th Rd pick (traded) in 2022 from the Philadelphia Flyers for "future considerations.")"  
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"7/26/10 - The Phoenix #Suns waived Blake Griffins brother Taylor Griffin whom they had drafted 48th overall in 2009 out of Oklahoma and who had played in X games scoring 10p grabbing 2r blocking X shots and dishing out 1a in XX total minutes - his only #NBA play"  
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"7/21/12 - Wade Miley set the franchise-record for wins by a rookie (11) but it was Jason Kubel's X HRs (2-run HR in the 1st 3-run HR in the 4th and solo HR in the 6th) X RBI and XX total bases that stole the show in a #DBacks 12-3 thumping of the Houston Astros"  
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"7/27/08 - Just prior to his 3rd pitch of the 1st of a 7-2 #DBacks win at SF (AZ's 1st sweep in SF since '01) a foghorn blew in McCovey Cove startling Randy Johnson (7inn. 9H 0R 0BB 2K 93np) who released a strike officially an eephus the only of his career"  
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"7/29/12 - The Arizona #DBacks acquired 27-year-old starting 3B Chris Johnson from the Houston Astros for MiLB outfielders Bobby Borchering (AA) and Marc Krauss (AA). Johnson had been batting .279 with 8HR and 41RBI with XX K's in XX games w/HOU at the time of the trade"  
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"7/17/21 - The Phoenix #Suns led by 16p after 1Q but blew it trailed by 3p at half & dropped G5 of the #NBA Finals to the Bucks 123-119 at home & now trail 3-2 after leading 2-0. Book: 40p/4r. CP3: 21p/11a. DA: 20p/10r. Giannis: 32p/9r/6a. Holiday: 27p/13a. Khris: 29p/7r/5a"  
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"7/28/93 - Following the franchise's 2nd run to the #NBA Finals the Phoenix #Suns re-signed 34-yr-old vet backup PG "4th Quarter" Frank Johnson to a 1yr $500000 deal after av'ing 4.3p/1.5/2.4a in 14.6min in XX games & 3.2p/.5a/.8r in XX playoff games in '92-93"  
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"7/28/87 - Although the league would never even play or schedule a game Phoenix #Heat management announced that much like the Green Bay Packers & to a lesser degree the Boston Celtics the franchise would be a corporation w/no ownership and no GM and would be owned by the fans"  
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"7/29/24 - In what was supposed to be something of a game-changing move for the club who previously had no PG and suffered through a turn-over prone 2023-24 season the Phoenix #Suns signed PG Tyus Jones to a vets min. 1yr $3.003M contract. He was way up there in A/TO ratio"  
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"7/18/01 - Originally announced on 6/29 one day after the trade of Jason Kidd to NJ the Phoenix #Suns officially traded Cliff Robinson (who had been arrested for a DUI) to the Pistons for Jud Buechler and John Wallace. Robinson had avg'd. 16.4p/4.6r in 4yrs with PHX"  
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"7/28/79 - Just XX days after he was hired Tucson Gunners of the brand-new Western Basketball Assoc. HC/GM Ron Ekker resigned after he was hired by St. Louis Uni. Meanwhile the #WBA was also struggling to find enough teams to even begin their inaugural season that November"  
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"7/27/24 - Jake McCarthy recorded the Arizona Diamondbacks first 5-hit game (5-5) since 4/22/21 (Peralta) and 26th in franchise-history leading the #DBacks to a 9-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Marte: 1HR/3RBI. Joc: X 3B 2RBI. Carroll: 1HR 2BB. Pfaadt: 6inn. 7H 5ER"  
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"7/28/20 - In their final exhibition game prior to the opening of the eight-game end to the regular season in the Orlando Bubble the Phoenix #Suns defeated the Raptors 117-106 finishing the exhibition slate 2-1. Bridges: 26p/5a. Rubio: 22p/4r/4a. Book: 9p/6r/7a"  
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"7/30/24 - Following a disappointing 2023 seas. w/out a starting PG the Phoenix #Suns continued to resolve that problem by signing Tyus Jones (28) to a one-year $3.3M vet's min. following a breakout 2023-24 w/the Washington Wizards where he averaged 12.0p 7.3a 1.1s and 1.0to"  
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"7/22/07 - The #DBacks ground out a run in the top of the 1st inn. (a Mark Reynolds RBI single) all the offensive support starter Yusmerio Petit (6inn. 3H 0BB 5K) and bullpen (Pena Lyon Valverde: 3inn. 1H 0BB 4K) would need as AZ shut out the Chicago Cubs 3-0"  
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"7/24/20 - Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Arizona #DBacks (along with most of the #MLB) opened their regular season with a 7-2 loss at the SD Padres. SP Madison Bumgarner allowed only 2H in the first 5inn before allowing 3R in the 6th. Hosmer: 3-4 6RBI. Calhoun: 1HR"  
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"7/7/22 - The #Yotes took C Logan Cooley (18) 3rd overall then traded #27 (Filip Mesar) #34 (Cam Lund) & #45th (Mattias Havelid) to SJ for #11 taking C Conor Geekie. AZ then acquired F Zack Kassian & #29 (Maveric Lamoureux) for #32 (Reid Schaefer) a '24 3rd & '25 2rd"  
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"7/20/21 - The Phoenix #Suns trailed by 13p after 1Q but led by 5p at half yet could not hold on as the Milwaukee Bucks completed their 0-2 comeback to win the #NBA Title 4-2 (1st since 1971) w/a G6 105-98 win. Giannis: 50p/14r. CP3: 26p/2r/5a. Book: 19p/3r/5a. Crowder: 15p/13r"  
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"7/27/92 - Recently acquired (6/17/92) Phoenix #Suns superstar C. Barkley (20p/4r/4s) led the #DreamTeam (2-0) to a 103-70 win over Tony Kukoc (4p/5a) & Croatia in group play at the Barcelona Olympics. MJ: 21p/3a/8s. Pipp: 13p/9a/5s. Petrovic:19p/3r/3a/3s"  
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"7/25/16 - His career effectively over w/a torn ACL (8/18/14) Darnell Dockett (158 games - only X missed pre-ACL; XXX tackles XXXX sacks 4INTs) signed a 1-day contract w/the AZ Cardinals whom he had played his entire 10/yr career retiring 3yrs after last play attempt"  
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"7/28/11 - The AZ Cardinals traded 4th-yr CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (13INTs & XXX tackles in 3yrs) w/a 2012 2nd Rd pick (later traded again but Jerel Worthy) to the Philly Eagles for QB Kevin Kolb (7 starts in 4yrs) who also agreed to a 5yr $63M contract extension"  
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"7/24/58 - En route to their League Championship the Phoenix #Giants (58-44) returned to the top of the PCL standings when they beat the San Diego Padres (57-43) 3-1 in 10inn on the road when SD had X errors in the 10th giving PHX the advantage. McCovey: 1-5. Rhodes: 1-1 1RBI"  
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"7/26/17 - Following a stellar second-half of the season in which he averaged 11.4p and 9.1r in 22.6mpg the Phoenix #Suns re-signed RFA and Phoenix North HS product Alan Big Sauce Williams to a three-year $17M contract - although only $6M and one-year was guaranteed"  
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"7/23/59 - Willie McCovey (1-4 2RBI) hit a HR over the Phoenix Municipal light towers (his 25th of the season) and Roger McCardell hit one and Bob Prescott hit two leading the Phoenix #Giants (50-50) beat to a 6-3 victory over the Portland Beavers (49-46). Prescott: 2-4 2RBI"  
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"7/26/92 - Recently acquired (6/17/92) Phoenix #Suns superstar Charles Barkley (24p/6r/5a) elbowed Herlander Coimbra in the chest (in the midst of a 46-1 run) & led the #DreamTeam to a 116-48 win over Angola to open grp play in the Barcelona Olympics. 230"  
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"7/26/96 - Former Arizona Wildcat Amy Van Dyken won her 4th gold (most ever by an American woman in the Olympics - the record had been X 17x) in ATL w/gold in the Women's 50m freestyle finishing w/24.87 & Americas Rec. (2nd: Le Jingyi; China). #BearDown"  
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"7/24/77 - Chris Evert and Phonecian Stephanie Tolleson shut out Frankie Durr and Betsy Nagelsen 6-0 to open the night's proceedings before Evert crushed Terry Holladay 6-1 in singles leading the Phoenix #Racquets to a 27-17 blowout at the vaunted Oakland Golden Gaters"  
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"7/28/94 - Although J. Colangelo set up the press conf. he was shocked at the news. Danny Manning & his agent reported he's "going to play for the Phoenix #Suns. We don't have any idea how.financially. But we want to play here and we'll do whatever.to work it out.""  
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"7/25/96 - Arizona Wildcat Trina Jackson (1:59.71) swam the opening leg in the Women's 4x200m freestyle relay giving Cristina Teuscher Jenny Thompson & Sheila Taormina the lead they needed to win Gold in Atlanta and setting the Olympic record in the event (7:59.87). #BearDown"  
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"7/29/59 - At 11:30pm Phoenix #Giants star 1B Willie McCovey (.372BA 29HR 91RBI) & Jose Pagan were called up to SF ending his 1+ yrs w/the PCL AAA club (4-4 w/2 3B's in #MLB debut the next day). W/PHX McCovey: XXX games .340BA 298H 43HR 181RBI XX 2Bs XX 3Bs 103BB 131K"  
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"7/29/08 - Doug Davis came within X outs of a perfect game but allowed a 1B to Brian Giles on a 2-2 count finishing w/7.2 inn. 2H 2BB 8K on 124np as the AZ #DBacks shut out the SD Padres 3-0. RF Alex Romero made a game-saving catch with the bases loaded in the 8th"  
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"7/26/21 - The Arizona Coyotes acquired 20-year-old AHL D Vladislav Kolyachonok and 24-year-old D Anton Stralman (w/his $5.5M salary for 2021-22) w/a 2024 second round pick (D Will Skahan) from the salary dumping Florida Panthers for a 2023 7th Rd pick (Stepan Zvyagin)"  
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"7/29/10 - Scoring XX points in the first quarter and XX in the second the Phoenix Mercury set the #WNBA record for most points in a half with XX in a 110-92 home victory over the Minnesota Lynx. The victory finished a 6-2 win in July losing only to the Seattle Storm"  
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"7/27/92 - 16-year-old (and future #ASU Sun Devil) Anita Nall lost a full-second lead in the final 50m but earned the bronze medal in the Women's 200m Breaststroke (she currently-held the World Record). "I got a little nervous before.and a little tired at the end." #ForksUp"  
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"@VideoGameHstry Depends on the mood. NBA Live '99 Tomb Raider Tony Hawk Twisted Metal and Tekken X were my favorite go-to's"  
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"9/3/98 Keith Smith hit Dennis Northcutt for a 7yd TD late in the 3Q (after replacing shaky QB Ortege Jenkins) shoring up a tough 27-6 Arizona win at the Hawaii Rainbows to open their 12-1 #HolidayBowl season. Chris McAlister ran the opening kickoff 100yds for a TD. #BearDown"  
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"7/22/08 - The Phoenix #Suns signed vet F Matt Barnes (28) to a one-year $XXX million deal (although $403000 was paid via a league fund) following a poor season with the Golden State Warriors that began with the passing of his mother who he called his "best friend.""  
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"7/27/11 - After four seasons including 77-1006 & 3TDs in '08 55-712 & 3TDs in '09 & 47-718 & 1TD in '10 Steve Breaston's agent announced that the wide receiver would not be re-signing w/the Arizona Cardinals. He would sign with the Kansas City Chiefs two days later"  
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"7/21/05 - Following the completion of a new collective bargaining agreement w/the players the #NHL canceled the 2006 All-Star Game which had previously been announced for Glendale. Mayor Elaine Scruggs believed Glendale would receive 2009's however it never came"  
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"7/26/15 - Jeremy Hellickson helped continue a masterful stretch of pitching by Arizona starters (SP had a XXXX ERA over four starts) throwing X shutout inns (4H 3BB 6K) as the #DBacks completed their second consecutive shutout of the Milwaukee Brewers w/a 3-0 win"  
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"6/21/72 - KTAR radio hired Al McCoy to call Phoenix #Suns games beginning in '72-73 replacing Joe McConnell who had called the Suns for 2yrs. McCoy was well-known in the Valley since 1957 & had previously been the voice of the Phoenix #Roadrunners hockey and #Giants baseball"  
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"7/24/04 - Former 3x Phoenix #Suns HC Cotton Fitzsimmons passed away at the age of XX from complications from lung cancer. He was 341-208 w/PHX and 832-775 all-time. Instead of the traditional black bar PHX wore a white bar on their left strap in 2004-05 in his honor"  
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"7/26/03 - Elmer Dessens did it all for the #DBacks not only did he throw X shut out inns (4H 1B 6K) but he tripled home the game's only run in the 5th as Arizona shut out the LA Dodgers 1-0 before 45421 at BOB. Matt Mantei picked up his 11th save (1H 1K 17np)"  
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"7/20/10 - In a complete restructure of the front office the Phoenix #Suns hired former agent Lon Babby as Pres. of Basketball Operations. Babby signed a 3yr deal replacing GM Steve Kerr to specialize in contract negotiations and collective-bargaining-agreement issues"  
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