A look back at the fifth day of January in sports history and elsewhere. We have popes, presidents and a Babe, among others ...

On Jan. 3, 1920, new Boston Red Sox owner sold Babe Ruth’s contract to the Yankees. It took 80+ years to fix the hex ...

There are 362 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 3, 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 1919 — Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement to move future Baseball Hall of Fame pitching slugger Babe Ruth to New York. 1943 — Sid Luckman ...

Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells pitcher-outfielder Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 plus a $350,000 ...

Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades of heartache for Red Sox fans. Teen boy injured after ...

1919 — Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement to move future Baseball Hall of Fame pitching slugger Babe Ruth to New York. 1943 — Sid Luckman throws five touchdown passes to lead the Chicago Bears ...

1919 — Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement to move future Baseball Hall of Fame pitching slugger Babe Ruth to New York. 1943 — Sid Luckman throws five touchdown passes to lead the ...

1908 — Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 — Toronto’s Harry Cameron ...