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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseballs average attendance dropped 1.1 percent this season but still was the sports 11th-highest.The 30 teams combined to draw 73,159,044 fans and average 30,169, the commissioners office said Tuesday. That was down from last years total of 73.76 million and average of 30,517. The average was the lowest since 30,138 in 2010.The record total of 79.5 million and average of 32,785 were set in 2007, before the Great Recession.The National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers led in home attendance at 3.7 million, followed in the NL by St. Louis (3.44 million), San Francisco (3.37 million) and the Chicago Cubs (3.23 million).Toronto topped the American League at 3.39 million, followed by the New York Yankees (3.06 million) and Los Angeles Angels (3.02 million).Tampa Bay had the lowest home attendance at 1.29 million, and Oakland was 29th at 1.52 million. Cleveland was 28th at 1.59 million despite winning the AL Central for the first time since 2007.Miami drew an NL-low 1.71 million.Nike Blazers Shoes Sale . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. "The Sabres called for permission and I appreciate that, Im flattered, Dudley told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. Cheap Blazers Shoes . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http://www.salenikeblazer.com/ . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Nike Blazer Sale . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. Cheap Nike Blazer Shoes . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night.The story till thenHockey had been played at the Olympics on only two occasions - in London in 1908, and then in Antwerp 12 years later. Hockey came back to the Games in Amsterdam in 1928 - the tournament where India made their Olympic debut in the sport. The defending champions, Great Britain, interestingly enough, withdrew from the tournament, possibly as a result of having lost 0-4 to India in an exhibition fixture at the Folkestone festival just before the Games.The moment India were imperious in their pool matches, beating Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland convincingly. The smallest margin of victory was 5-0, against the Danes. The momentum was kept up in the final, where they beat Netherlands 3-0. India played five matches over nine days, and scored 29 goals without conceding a single one. Twenty-two-year-old Dhyan Chand was the top scorer, with 14 goals.The reaction FEASTED AND FETED: Indian Hockey Teams Triumphal Tour on the Continent - Headline in the Times of IndiiaExpert view It is quite remarkable that the Indian hockey team in the 1928 Olympics consisted of nine Anglo-Indians and four Muslims.ddddddddddddThe hockey team symbolised the unity in diversity that was being expressed by political leaders during the struggle for independence.- Novy Kapadia, journalist and historianThe story sinceThe 1928 win set in motion a sequence of ten successive medals - seven of them golds - which India secured in the games to follow. This remains a record in mens hockey. Six of the medals followed successively from Amsterdam, and some of our jurists believe the 1948 medal in London was a bigger triumph, where Great Britain eventually fielded a team for the first time since India entered the Olympic fold. The final was played between Britain and India, and India won 4-0.Recommended reading Goal: An Autobiography by Dhyan Chand ' ' '