Sept. 17 1897 — England’s Joe Lloyd beats Scotland’s Willie Anderson by one stroke to win the U.S. Open in Wheaton, Ill. 1917 — Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33. 2005 — Green Bay’s Brett Favre joins Dan Marino and John Elway with 50,000 yards passing and also breaks Elway’s single-stadium NFL touchdown record of 180 with …
New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms smiles as he talks about the Giants 39-20 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXI in Pasadena. There’s a montage of him running onto the field, standing on the sideline, making a play, all to the soundtrack of “When You Wish Upon a Star.” “I said, ‘How many times do I gotta …
