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We learn more about Memorial Day, Dr. John teaches us how sunscreen works and we meet a California teenager who is helping kids who are battling cancer

Oakland Athletic Jose Canseco is baseball's firs player to steal 40 bases & hit 40 home runs, he was unanimously named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1988.

MLB pitcher Steve Carlton of the Phillies earned his 300th career victory with a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

The Detroit Lions played their first NFL game, they beat the New York Giants 9-0 at University of Detroit Stadium.

After 27 years in the MLB and 5,714 strikeouts and seven no-hitters spread across four teams, Nolan Ryan pitched his last game, he faced just six Seattle Mariners batters.

Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula earns his 300th NFL career victory, his last season as a catch was in 1995.

Willie Mays became the second MLB player to reach the 600 home run mark for his career, Babe Ruth was the only other one at the time.

33 year old Andre Ward, ranked by The Ring magazine as the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world, announced a surprise retirement.

Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross won the 2014 AVP Championship played at Huntington Beach in Southern California.

The final home game was played at the stadium nicknamed, "The House That Ruth Built", Yankee Stadium in the Bronx it hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games.