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June 24

1965 – Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell hits three home runs and misses a fourth by a foot, settling for a double, as the Pirates defeat Los Angeles 13-3 at Dodger Stadium.

1974 – After an 11-year coaching hiatus, Bill Black is hired as wrestling coach at Avella High School.

1982 – Ed Bozik is hired as Pitt’s athletic director replacing Cas Myslinski, who retired after 13 1/2 years.

1996 – McGuffey High School hires Ed Goetz as its boys basketball coach. Goetz guided Sto-Rox to a WPIAL championship and has a 96-31 career record.

1998 – Bobby MacWhinnie scores on a par on the first extra hole to defeat Scott McCloy and Jon McGovern in a playoff to win the Southpointe Junior Invitational golf tournament.

1999 – The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jaormir Jagr wins the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player after finishing the season with 44 goals and 83 assists to lead all scorers for the second consecutive year.

June 25

1948 – Joe Louis knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 11th round in New York to defend his world heavyweight title. Louis announces his retirement after the fight.

1950 – Ralph Kiner leads the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 16-11 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field by hitting for the cycle, adding a second home run and driving in eight runs.

1989 – Monessen’s Michael Moorer knocks down Leslie Stewart twice in the 8th round to gain a TKO and retain his WBO light heavyweight title.

2003 – Big East Conference members Virginia Tech and Miami (Fla.) are formally invited to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2010 – Arizona’s Edwin Jackson pitches a 1-0 no-hitter against Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field. Jackson, who strikes out six, needs 149 pitches to accomplish the feat, as he walks eight batters and hits another.

2012 – Canon-McMillan catcher Giorgiana Zeremenko, who batted .475 with seven home runs and 31 RBI for the WPIAL-champion Big Macs, is named the Observer-Reporter Softball Player of the Year.

2013 – McMurray native Alison Riske wins her first-round match at Wimbledon, defeating Romina Oprandi of Switzerland 6-7(5), 7-5, 3-1. Oprandi retired from play in the third set.

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