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ON THE AIR
April 15
1958 – Dick Gray of Jefferson makes his major-league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers, going 2-for-4 in an 8-0 loss to San Francisco.
1966 – Bob Gibson pitches St. Louis to a 9-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s the Cardinals’ 18th straight victory at Forbes Field.
1982 – Canon-McMillan High School’s David Toshok strikes out 13 and walks only two in throwing a no-hitter against host Waynesburg as the Big Macs win 6-0 in a Section 9-AAA baseball game.
1983 – Bentworth’s Tony Conn scores 22 points and the South All-Stars never trail in a 108-86 victory in the first Washington-Greene Boys Basketball All-Star Game.
1985 – Mike Scrip, an assistant football coach at Peters Township High School, is named the Indians’ head coach, succeeding Bill Englert.
1997 – Dave Palone becomes only the 23rd driver in harness racing history to win 5,000 career races as he guides Know How to victory in the 9th race at The Meadows.
2000 – Penn State defensive end Courtney Brown and linebacker LaVar Arrignton are the first two selections in the NFL draft.
2003 – Rick Kehoe is fired after 19 months as head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kehoe had a 58-81-14-10 record.
2003 – Pitt promotes assistant Jamie Dixon to head basketball coach, succeeding Ben Howland.