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    • May 7, 1978
    The Eagles play a slow-pitch softball game against the writers from Rolling Stone magazine in a "grudge match" at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The band wins, 15-8, in front of 5,000 people, including Joni Mitchell, Stephen Bishop and comedian Chevy Chase
    Sep 15, 1978
    Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks at the Superdome in New Orleans to claim boxing's heavyweight title for the third time in his career. In attendance are Johnny Cash, Jan Howard, Roy Acuff and bass player Marshall Grant
    Nov 10, 1979
    The Tennessee Volunteers rock the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 40-18, at Knoxville's Neyland Stadium. In the crowd: an 11-year-old Kenny Chesney
    May 3, 1980
    Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Sissy Spacek and former president Gerald Ford are among the celebrities in the infield at Churchill Downs in Louisville as Genuine Risk wins the Kentucky Derby
    Jul 18, 1980
    The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban, a co-owner in the Nashville Sounds, attends at Greer Stadium as the minor-league baseball team drops the Orlando Twins, 2-1
    Oct 2, 1980

    Larry Holmes keeps his heavyweight boxing title when his fight with Muhammad Ali is stopped after 10 rounds. At the bout in Las Vegas: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams and Aretha Franklin

    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
    Jun 19, 1983
    Jerry Reed, Tammy Wynette and songwriter George Richey accompany Burt Reynolds to a USFL game in Boston. The hometown Breakers defeat Reynolds' Tampa Bay Bandits, 24-17
    Sep 15, 1983
    For his 80th birthday, WSM flies Roy Acuff to Cooperstown, New York, to visit the Baseball Hall Of Fame. He then throws out the first pitch at Pittsburgh's Riverfront Stadium as the organist plays "Wabash Cannonball." The Pirates beat the Cubs, 8-4
    Sep 17, 1983
    Roy Acuff tosses the coin when Vanderbilt hosts Iowa State in football at Dudley Field in Nashville. The hometown Commodores win, 28-26, over the Cyclones



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