High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 58th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 1974. Johnny Rutherford, in his eleventh attempt, won the race from the 25th starting position, the farthest back since Fred Frame in 1932.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 45th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 23, 1974, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7-2.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings. Players held a strike from July until August prior to the regular season beginning.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association`s 1973-1974 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks, four games to three in the NBA Finals. It was the Celtics` 12th NBA Championship, and the very first one accomplished in the post-Bill Russell era. John Havlicek of the Celtics was named NBA Finals MVP. An injury to Bucks` starting guard Lucius Allen was a key factor in the finals.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 NCAA Men`s Division II Basketball Tournament involved 44 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men`s NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1973-4 NCAA Division II men`s basketball season. It was won by Morgan State University and Morgan State`s Marvin Webster was the Most Outstanding Player.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The Orioles went on to lose to the Oakland Athletics in the 1974 American League Championship Series, 3 games to 1.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Sandown 250 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. Entries were divided into four classes:
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 NCAA Men`s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men`s NCAA Division I college basketball. It was the first tournament to officially be designated as a Division I championship—previously, NCAA member schools had been divided into the "University Division" and "College Division". The NCAA created its current three-division setup, effective with the 1973–74 academic year, by moving all of its University Division schools to Division I and splitting the College Division members into Division II (fewer scholarships) and Division III (no athletic scholarships allowed). Previous tournaments would...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday January 20 and ended on Sunday November 24. The first 15 races were shortened 10 percent due to the 1973 oil crisis. Richard Petty was Winston Cup champion at the end of the season finishing 567.45 points ahead of Cale Yarborough. Earl Ross was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 NBA Expansion Draft was the sixth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 20, 1974, so that the newly founded New Orleans Jazz could acquire players for the upcoming 1974–75 season. New Orleans had been awarded the expansion team on March 7, 1974. The Jazz moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1979 and are currently known as the Utah Jazz. In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Chicago White Sox season was the team`s 74th season in the major leagues, and its 75th season overall. They finished with a record 80-80, good enough for fourth place in the American League West, 9 games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 San Diego Padres season was the 6th in franchise history. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 60-102, 42 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Texas Rangers season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 84 wins and 76 losses (two rained-out games were never completed). It would be only the second time in franchise history (to that point) that the club finished over .500 and the first since the club relocated to Arlington, Texas. The club became the first (and, to date, only) team to finish over .500 after two consecutive 100-loss seasons.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 42nd Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 15 and 16 1974. It was the fifth round of the World Championship of Makes.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Atlanta Braves season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League West with a record of 88-74, 14 games behind the Cincinnati Reds. During the season, Braves outfielder Hank Aaron became the all-time career leader in home runs, surpassing Babe Ruth.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 72-90. They finished in last place in the American League East, 19 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They were outscored by their opponents 768 to 620.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1974 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England from 20–23 March 1974.
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Europe Zone was one the three zones of competition in the 1974 Davis Cup. Two sub-zones were played, with the winner of each advancing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Italy and the Soviet Union advanced to the INZ.