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    • Jun 3, 1981
    The Central Hockey League approves a Nashville franchise, owned by Conway Twitty and Barbara Mandrell. Affiliated with the Minnesota North Stars, the club will be named the South Stars
    Jun 13, 1981
    A horse named Mo Bandy wins the $279,701 Yonkers trot, the first leg of harness racing's triple crown
    Jul 14, 1981
    With Major League Baseball on strike, ESPN presents the first national telecast of a AA baseball game. Nashville beats Columbus, 16-1, at Greer Stadium. ESPN airs interviews with Roy Acuff, T.G. Sheppard and Sounds co-owner Conway Twitty
    Aug 2, 1981
    Marty Robbins finishes 35th driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum at the ARCA 200 stock car race at the Alabama International Speedway in Talladega
    Nov 30, 1981
    Lynn Anderson sings the national anthem before a "Monday Night Football" game at Miami's Orange Bowl, where the Dolphins defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 13-10
    Feb 18, 1982
    An ownership group including Conway Twitty, Jerry Reed and The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban announces the purchase of the Salt Lake Gulls AAA baseball team
    Apr 15, 1982
    Loretta Lynn throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Nashville Sounds baseball team's season home opener at Greer Stadium. The Sounds ground the Columbus Clippers, 6-4
    Jul 4, 1982
    Marty Robbins finishes 37th in a Buick Regal in the Firecracker 400 at Florida's Daytona Motor Speedway. Bobby Allison wins the race
    Oct 5, 1982
    The California Angels, owned by country legend Gene Autry, begin their second postseason with an 8-3 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers at Anaheim Stadium. Don Baylor is the game's star with 5 RBI
    Oct 10, 1982
    Gene Autry's California Angels are eliminated for the second time in postseason competition, as the Brewers defeat them 4-3 in Milwaukee's County Stadium, taking the series three games to two



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