High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 41st midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 14, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. The game resulted in a 5-4 victory for the NL.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association`s 1969-1970 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion New York Knicks defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three in the NBA Finals. New York`s Willis Reed was named NBA Finals MVP.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bob Lutz and Stan Smith defeated John Alexander and Phil Dent 6–3, 8–6, 6–3 in the final to win the Men`s Doubles title at the 1970 Australian Open.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Pittsburgh Pirates season resulted in the team winning their first National League East title with a record of 89-73, five games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. However, they lost the NLCS to the NL West Champion Cincinnati Reds, three games to none.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Margaret Court was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title, defeating compratriot Kerry Melville in the final. This was her first step towards completing the second Calendar Grand Slam.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Chicago White Sox season was the team`s 70th season in the American League, and its 71st overall. They finished with a record 56-106, good enough for sixth place in the American League West, 42 games behind the first-place Minnesota Twins.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 4, 1970 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England from 18–22 March 1970.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team`s 89th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 79th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 76-86 during the season and finished fourth in the National League East, 13 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. The season was also the first of 26 seasons for AstroTurf at Busch Memorial Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Oakland Athletics season involved the A`s finishing second in the American League West with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. In 1970, owner Charlie Finley officially changed the team name from the Athletics to the "A`s". An "apostrophe-s" was added to the cap and uniform emblem to reflect that fact.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. It began June 14, 1970 and ended November 1, 1970 after ten rounds.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Davis Cup was the 59th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men`s tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 31 in the Europe Zone, 11 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League East with a record of 108 wins and 54 losses, 15 games ahead of the runner-up New York Yankees. The Orioles swept the Minnesota Twins for the second straight year in the American League Championship Series. They then went on to win their second World Series title over the National League champion Cincinnati Reds in five games, thanks to the glove of third baseman Brooks Robinson.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1970 college football season. The team`s head coach was Bo Schembechler. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 TVW Channel 7 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars. The event was held at the Wanneroo Park circuit in Western Australia on 1 June 1970 with forty cars lining up for the modified Le Mans type start. Results for the race are shown below.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the twelfth running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1970 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to standard production sedans competing in five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle (in Australian dollars).
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 Milwaukee Brewers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses, 33 games behind the Minnesota Twins. This was the team`s inaugural season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after spending its first year of existence in Seattle, Washington.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1970 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1970 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 29th season.
