Today in sports history

Today's Birthdays: Former football player Pete Retzlaff is 80. Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 79. Playwright Mart Crowley ("The Boys in the Band") is 76. Singer Kenny Rogers is 73. Actor Clarence Williams III is 72. Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 72. Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 72. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 70. Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is 66. Actress Patty McCormack is 66. Pop singer-musician Carl Giammarese (jee-ah mah-REE'-see) is 64. Actress Loretta Devine is 62. NBC newsman Harry Smith is 60. Singer Glenn Hughes is 59. Country musician Nick Kane is 57. Actress Kim Cattrall is 55. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL quarterback Jim McMahon is 52. Actress Cleo King is 49. MLB All-Star pitcher John Wetteland is 45. Rock singer Serj Tankian (TAN'-kee-ahn) (System of a Down) is 44. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 41. MLB player Craig Counsell is 41. Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 40. Actress Alicia Witt is 36. Singer Kelis (kuh-LEES') is 32. TV personality Brody Jenner is 28. Singer Melissa Schuman is 27. Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain (yoo-SAYN') Bolt is 25. Actor Cody Kasch is 24. Actress Hayden Panettiere (pan'-uh-tee-EHR') is 22. Actor RJ Mitte (TV: "Breaking Bad") is 19.

Thought for Today: "I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential." — Shirley Chisholm, American lawmaker and educator (1924-2005).

(Above Advance for Use Sunday, Aug. 21)

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