Highlights of that game were played on the video board before Bobby Valentine and Joe Torre — the 2001 managers of the Mets and Yankees, respectively — threw the ceremonial first pitches. Navy-Air Force took center stage to some degree as the American sports world observed the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. And just remembering people from 9/11.”Elsewhere, Army’s players also carried flags onto the field for their home game against Western Kentucky. Burnett, a native of Minnesota, was one of the passengers on Flight 93, which crash-landed in rural Pennsylvania on 9/11. Earnhardt won NASCAR’s first Cup race back when the series resumed after the week off for 9/11.

Source: thestar September 11, 2021 21:43 UTC