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Bubba Wallace and Ichiro Suzuki make sports history

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It was a milestone weekend in sports as Bubba Wallace became the first Black driver to win a major race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese-born player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Breakdown
  • Bubba Wallace became the first Black driver to win a major race at Indianapolis Speedway. 4s
  • Wallace celebrated his win by kissing the bricks with his family and thanking his parents. 10s
  • Ichiro Suzuki was inducted as the first Japanese-born player into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 32s
  • Suzuki's Hall of Fame election missed unanimity by one vote, and he addressed the anonymous holdout. 37s
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