Robin Ventura learning “elder abuse” is bad is always going to be a great photo.

#OnThisDay in 1958, the St. Louis Cardinals make Stan Musial the highest-paid MLB player by giving him a contract worth $100,000/year. After what Musial considered a sub-par performance in 1959, he requested a PAY CUT to $80,000/year in 1960. It was granted.

#OnThisDay in 2018, the Cleveland then-Indians announced the Chief Wahoo logo would be removed from uniforms the next season. The decision was met with supporters and detractors, but you can always count on Blue Jays fans to keep things in “perspective.” (Check out the last picture for that one…)

#OnThisDay in 1975, the Chicago Bears select Walter Payton with the fourth over all pick in the NFL Draft. How sweet it was…

#OnThisDay in 1982, the Cubs traded SS Ivan DeJesus to the Phillies for Larry Bowa…and a throw-in player. That throw-in player was (then-)3B Ryne Sandberg. The rest is Hall of Fame history.

#OnThisDay in 1945, Auschwitz is liberated.

#OnThisDay in 1976, ABC debuts “Laverne & Shirley,” which would be the most-watched American TV program by its third season. Milwaukee, stand up!!!

#OnThisDay in 2000, Bill Belichick was “thrilled to be a part of” the Patriots as he was introduced as the team’s head coach. Just a few weeks earlier, he was introduced as the Jets’ head coach. He resigned after only one day, had his rights traded to New England and the dynasty would begin.

#OnThisDay in 1989, Mark Jackson was on the wrong end of Tom Chambers’ knee…and one of the all-time greatest dunks.

#OnThisDay in 2020, Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others are killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA.

#OnThisDay in 1992, the Washington Redskins won their third Super Bowl in ten years by defeating the Buffalo Bills 37-24. Washington put the game away with 24 straight points in the second quarter after a scoreless 1st.

#OnThisDay in 1985, Wayne Gretzky scores his 50th goal in 49 games in a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

#OnThisDay in 1986, the Chicago Bears shuffled their way to a 46-10 victory over the New England Patriots. It was considered the most dominant championship performance since the Bears’ 73-0 thrashing of the Washington Redskins in 1940.

On this day in 2015, Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, passes away from a heart attack at the age of 83. It was only eight days before what would have been his 84th birthday and two years before his beloved Cubs won the World Series.

According to @pattonanalytics.bsky.social, Caleb Williams was sacked almost 70 times this season and AVOIDED 50 more. That MUST be some sort of record…

#ChicagoBears fans the day after losing to the Packers for an 11th straight time…

Wasn’t canceled, but for many Chicagoans…