08-09-09 Looking back

Published 12:00 am Sunday, August 9, 2009

TWENTY YEARS AGO — Lee Hodge and Keith Kessinger hit home runs to lead the Memphis Rebels, a team of mainly Ole Miss varsity squad players, to a 13-5 win over Natchez at the Big 11 Semi-Pro World Series.

TEN YEARS AGO — Jake Delhomme, who led the Frankfurt Galaxy to the NFL Europe League title, and 1996 Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel are battling for New Orleans’ third-string quarterback position.

FIVE YEARS AGO — Jeff Gordon holds off two-time Brickyard 400 winner Dale Jarrett in NASCAR’s first green-white-checkered overtime race since it was added a month earlier to win his fourth Brickyard 400.

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