On this day in sports: November 17

1. 1896 The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino. Source
2. 1968 NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending. Source
3. 1968 Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. Source
4. 2013 Died: Zeke Bella, American baseball player (born 1930) Source
5. 2013 Died: Mary Nesbitt Wisham, American baseball player (born 1925) Source
6. 2014 Died: Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (born 1940) Source

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