TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2025

FEBRUARY 28

• 1844 6th Grand National: John Crickmere wins aboard 5/1 co-favourite Discount
• 1849 11th Grand National: Tom Cunningham wins aboard 20/1 Peter Simple; 2nd consecutive year there are 3 equine fatalities during the race
• 1903 Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buy Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000

• 1904 Football club Sport Lisboa (Benfica) founded in Lisbon, Portugal
• 1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa HC beats Queen's University (Kingston, ON), 12-7 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series

Trumper's Final Test

1912 Australian batting great Victor Trumper scores 50 in his final Test innings in 5th Test loss v England at Sydney Cricket Ground


CricketerVictor Trumper

• 1925 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)
• 1929 NHL Chicago Black Hawks lose league record 15th straight game at home
• 1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
• 1936 Karl Schäfer of Austria follows up his Winter Olympics victory with his 7th consecutive men’s figure skating World Championship title in Paris, France
• 1936 Olympic champions Ernst Baier and Maxi Herber of Germany win their 4th consecutive pairs figure skating gold medal at the World Championships in Paris, France
• 1940 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)

Sports History
1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory


Hall of Fame JockeyJohnny Longden

• 1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket

The Ollie Matson Trade
1959 Chicago Cardinals trade running back Ollie Matson to the LA Rams for an unprecedented 9 players


American Football PlayerOllie Matson

• 1959 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of Great Britain

Olympic Gold
1960 Home team United States wins its first Olympic ice hockey gold medal at Squaw Valley; with 9-4 win over Czechoslovakia


Ice Hockey PlayerBob Cleary

• 1960 VIII Winter Olympic Games close in Squaw Valley, California

Baseball History
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against the Los Angeles Dodgers


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

MLB PlayerDon Drysdale
NBA Record
1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1969 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain
• 1969 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood of USA
• 1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
• 1970 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)

PGA Championship
1971 PGA Championship Men's Golf, PGA National East: Jack Nicklaus leads wire-to-wire for his second career Grand Slam, winning by two strokes over Billy Casper


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferBilly Casper

• 1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
• 1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
• 1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
• 1988 XV Winter Olympic Games close in Calgary, Canada

World Record
1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)


Speed SkaterYvonne van Gennip

• 1989 10-time All Star second baseman and manager Red Schoendienst and umpire Al Barlick are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Sports History
1991 New York Yankees Don Mattingly named 10th team captain


Baseball Player and ManagerDon Mattingly

• 1993 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)

Sports History
1998 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points


NHL LegendMark Messier

• 2010 XXI Winter Olympic Games close in Vancouver, Canada
• 2012 54th Daytona 500: Rain affected race stopped for 2 hours because of fuel on track; Matt Kenseth leads for final 34 laps to win
• 2020 Court of Arbitration for Sport bans Chinese triple Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang from swimming for 8 years for breaking anti-doping rules

Koumas Debuts for Liverpool
2024 Lewis Koumas makes his first team debut for Liverpool and scores his first senior goal against Southampton in the FA Cup fifth round


FootballerLewis Koumas

 

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MARCH 1

• 1843 5th Grand National: Tom Olliver aboard 12/1 Vanguard wins; first year race run as a handicap
• 1848 10th Grand National: Capt. Josey Little aboard 12/1 Chandler wins; race marred by fatal falls of 3 competitors
• 1854 16th Grand National: John Tasker wins aboard race favourite Bourton at 4/1

• 1903 Major League Baseball Rules Committee rule that pitcher's mound must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate
• 1910 National Baseball Commission prohibits giving mementos to players on winning World Series teams; decision later reversed, making way for traditional winners' watches, rings, and stickpins
• 1919 Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Newsy Lalonde sets a playoff record with 5 goals in the Canadiens' 6-3 win over Ottawa in NHL Championship Game 3 in Montreal
• 1921 Spin bowler Arthur Mailey takes 5 for 119 (record 36 wickets for series) to lead Australia to a 9 wicket 5th Test win over England in Sydney; first ever, 5-0 Ashes cricket series win for Australia

Carnera vs Loughran

1934 Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats American challenger Tommy Loughran by unanimous points decision at Madison Square Garden, NYC for the NYSAC and NBA heavyweight titles


BoxerPrimo Carnera

• 1938 Federal Trade Commission orders 8 manufacturers and the PGA of America to end their practice of golf ball price-fixing
• 1941 Former University of Notre Dame star fullback Elmer Layden is named first Commissioner of the NFL
• 1941 Rangers' goalie Dave Kerr becomes the 5th goaltender in NHL history to record 200 career victories when New York wins, 3-1 over the Canadiens at Montreal
• 1942 Major League Baseball owners decide not to allow players in the military to play for their clubs when on furlough

Indians Prepare for 1st Black Players
1947 MLB Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck sets up spring training camp in racially tolerant Phoenix, AZ in anticipation of signing team's first black players; Larry Doby is first acquisition later in the season


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck

Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderLarry Doby
Joe Louis Retires
1949 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis retires with a 66-3-0 record including 52 KOs; defended the title a record 25 times


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis
Golf Tournament
1953 American golfer Babe Zaharias wins a controversial Sarasota Women's Open by 7 strokes as playing partner Louise Suggs refuses to sign the scorecard after Zaharias given a beneficial ruling


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs
Baseball History
1954 Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ted Williams fractures his collarbone on the first day of Boston Red Sox spring training; injury keeps him out of Boston lineup until May 15


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1955 Pakistan and India play out a draw in the 5th cricket Test at the National Stadium in Karachi; 5 Test series drawn 0-0

Cricket Record
1958 21-year-old West Indian cricket all-rounder Garfield Sobers turns his maiden Test century into a world record 365no in the Windies' 3rd Test win over Pakistan in Kingston, Jamaica; Sobers and Conrad Hunte (260) 446 run partnership for 2nd wicket


CricketerGarfield Sobers
Olympic Gold
1965 Australian swimming authorities suspend triple Olympic gold medal winning sprinter Dawn Fraser for 10 years for misconduct at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics


SwimmerDawn Fraser

• 1967 MLB Commissioner William Eckert approves the Baseball Writers Association of America's plan to name a Cy Young Award recipient from both the National and American Leagues
• 1968 High winds blow-off the Philadelphia Spectrum's roof, forcing the Flyers to play their final month of the NHL season on the road, with home games moved to Toronto, NYC and Quebec City

Sports History
1969 New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle announces his retirement due to persistent knee injuries and finishes an 18-season career with 536 home runs and a .298 batting average


Baseball LegendMickey Mantle
NHL Record
1969 Phil Esposito has a goal and assist in Boston Bruins' 8-5 win over NY Rangers to give him 99 points for the season, breaking the NHL record for most points in a season (97) held by Stan Mikita


NHL StarPhil Esposito

Ice Hockey PlayerStan Mikita

• 1969 Tuesdee Testa becomes the first female jockey to win a race at a major American Thoroughbred track when she takes out the 3rd race at Santa Anita Park aboard Buz On

Sports History
1970 Boston's Bobby Orr becomes the first defenseman in NHL history to score 25 goals in a season during a 3-1 Bruins win over the visiting St. Louis Blues


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1970 Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes Women's Allround World Champion at West Allis, Wisconsin, US, winning her first of four titles
• 1970 Minnesota coach Charlie Burns becomes the final player/coach in NHL history, when he plays in the North Stars' 8-0 win over Toronto Maple Leafs; remains in role for final month of the season
• 1973 Robyn Smith rides North Sea to victory in the Paumanok Handicap at Aqueduct Race Track in NYC to become the first American female jockey to win a stakes race

Cricket Record
1974 Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145) and Greg Chappell (162no) record 264 partnership in 1st Test draw vs New Zealand at Wellington; Ian (121) and Greg (133) double up with centuries in 2nd innings


CricketerGreg Chappell

• 1975 Five Nations Rugby Championship match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh attracts a world record attendance of 104,000; Scots win 12-10

PGA Players Championship
1976 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Inverrary CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second TPC title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up J. C. Snead


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1977 PGA of America announces a sudden-death playoff format for the PGA Championship to be implemented; previously an 18-hole playoff applied after tie in regulation 72 holes
• 1980 21st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, BJCC Coliseum, Birmingham, AL: LSU beats Kentucky, 80-78
• 1980 27th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC: Duke beats Maryland, 73-72
• 1981 Houston Rockets guard Calvin Murphy misses a free throw in a 102-86 loss in San Antonio, ending his NBA record consecutive free throw streak at 78
• 1983 Alpine skier Tamara McKinney becomes the first American woman to top the overall World Cup standings with 225 points
• 1985 Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases NBA's Milwaukee Bucks for $18 million

Sports History
1986 Quebec's Peter Šťastný becomes just the 2nd player in NHL history to score 100 points in each of his first 6 seasons, with an assist in an 8-4 Nordiques' loss to the visiting Buffalo Sabres


Ice Hockey PlayerPeter Šťastný
Sports History
1988 Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky picks up a 1st period assist in Oilers' 5-3 win over LA Kings to move ahead of Gordie Howe as NHL's all time leader in career assists; Howe 1,049 assists in 26 years, Gretzky 1,050 in 9 years


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Sports History
1988 For first time since 1956, the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Baseball Hall of Fame; Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher, Joe Gordon and Gil Hodges passed over


Baseball Player and ManagerLeo Durocher

MLB First BasemanGil Hodges

Sportscaster and MLB ShortstopPhil Rizzuto

• 1989 Charlie Francis, coach of disqualified sprinter Ben Johnson tells federal inquiry into Canada's greatest sports scandal Johnson knowingly used steroids since 1981; Johnson first across line Olympic 100m 1988
• 1990 England cricket has its first win against West Indies in 16 years and 24 matches; 9 wicket victory in the 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Allan Lamb's first overseas century 132

Sports History
1991 37 year-old Pat Day becomes the 6th jockey in history whose mounts earned $100 million when he rides Wild Sierra to 2nd-place in the 1st race at Oaklawn Park, Arkansas


JockeyPat Day

• 1992 In a rematch of one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history, Ghana's WBC super featherweight champion Azumah Nelson KOs Australian Jeff Fenech in 8th round in Melbourne
• 1992 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record 54.48s at the US Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, IN; passes famous GDR drug tainted record, Kristen Otto 1986 by 0.25s
• 1993 New expansion NHL team, owned in Anaheim, CA by Disney, receives its name, inspired by the 1992 Disney movie 'The Mighty Ducks'

Sports History
1993 New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner is reinstated as general partner of the team; banned because of his relationship with convicted gambler Howie Spira


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner
Sports History
1993 Pavel Bure scores twice to become the first player in Vancouver's 23 year history to record 50 goals in an NHL season as Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2 in Hamilton


Ice Hockey GreatPavel Bure
NBA Record
1996 Atlanta's Lenny Wilkens becomes first coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 career victories when the Hawks beat Cleveland Cavaliers, 74-68


NBA Point Guard and CoachLenny Wilkens
Sports History
1997 Canadian Elvis Stojko hits the first quad-triple combination jump in the history of figure-skating competition to win the Championship Series final in Hamilton, Ontario


Figure-SkaterElvis Stojko
Sports History
1997 Puerto Rican boxer Héctor Camacho stops Sugar Ray Leonard in 5th round in Atlantic City, NJ to retain IBC middleweight title; only time Leonard's is KO'ed and sends him into permanent retirement


BoxerSugar Ray Leonard

• 1998 Mark Martin drives his Ford Taurus to victory in the inaugural NASCAR Winston Cup event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; Martin finishes 1.6 seconds ahead of teammate Jeff Burton
• 1998 Miami's Pat Riley becomes the 5th head coach to record 900 NBA career wins with Heat's 85-84 win over the New Jersey Nets
• 1999 Daryll Cullinan scores South African cricket record 275no in the drawn 1st Test against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; Gary Kirsten 128
• 2001 Carolina center Ron Francis scores a goal on his 38th birthday in Hurricanes' 3-1 win over NY Islanders to become only the 2nd player in NHL history to score 50+ points for 20 straight seasons
• 2003 Legendary Mount St. Mary's basketball head coach Jim Phelan wins final game of 49 year career as Mountaineers win 60-56 over Central Connecticut State; Phelan: 830 wins in NCAA record 1,354 games
• 2003 Nashville's Barry Trotz sets NHL record for most games coached with an expansion team from inception as Predators score a 5-4 OT win over Chicago; his 392nd game, passing Terry Crisp (391 with Tampa Bay)
• 2003 World light heavyweight boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. wins a unanimous decision against champion John Ruiz to capture the WBA heavyweight crown in Las Vegas
• 2009 Steven Holcomb pilots USA-1 sled to victory in the 4-man competition at the World Bobsled Championships at Mt Van Hoevenberg, NY; first American win in the event in 50 years
• 2016 MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred sends a strong message on the issue of domestic violence; issues a 30-game suspension to NY Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman

 

MARCH 2

• 1842 4th Grand National: Tom Olliver aboard 7/1 Gaylad wins by 4 lengths from Seventy Four
• 1853 15th Grand National: Tom Oliver aboard Peter Simple wins his third GN Steeplechase and the stallion's second; oldest horse to win event at 15
• 1859 21st Grand National: Chris Green aboard 7/1 Half Caste wins by only a short neck from Jean Du Quesne

• 1874 National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopts the batter's box; decide any player betting on his own team will be expelled; any player betting on any other team to forfeit his pay
• 1890 Norwegian speed skater Oskar Fredriksen sets inaugural 5,000m world record of 9:19.8 in Stockholm, Sweden

Best 9-Wicket Haul
1896 Best 9-wicket haul in cricket history; George Lohmann takes 9-28 as England beats South Africa by an innings and 197 runs in 2nd Test at Johannesburg


Cricket Medium Pace BowlerGeorge Lohmann

• 1898 Chasing winning target of 275, Australian cricket batsman Joe Darling bashes 160 in 171 minutes with 30 fours to lead Australia to a 6-wicket 5th Test win over England in Sydney; complete 4-1 series rout
• 1904 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa HC tie, 5-5; Montreal disqualified for refusing to play second game in Ottawa

Malone's 44 Goal Season
1918 Joe Malone goes scoreless in Montreal Canadiens' 5-3 season-ending loss to Toronto Arenas; finishes the first NHL season with 44 goals, a record that stands until 1944-45


Ice Hockey PlayerJoe Malone
Hainsworth's Shutout Record
1929 George Hainsworth becomes first NHL goaltender to record 20 shutouts in one season when the Montreal Canadiens beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 3-0; ends season with 22


NHL GoalieGeorge Hainsworth

• 1932 Australian golf trick-shot artist Joe Kirkwood posts an incredible 83 using only his putter over 18 holes at Belleaire, Florida; round includes 6 pars and 1 birdie

Bradman Scores 369
1936 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes (46 fours, 4 sixes) in South Australia's innings and 349 run win over Tasmania


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1951 1st NBA All-Star Game, Boston Garden: East beats West, 111-94; MVP: Ed Macauley, Boston Celtics, G

Sports History
1962 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points, the most ever by an NBA player in a single game, in the Warriors' 169-147 win over the NY Knicks in Hershey; 36-of-63 from the field, 28-of-32 from the free-throw line


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1963 10th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, NC: Duke beats Wake Forest, 68-57

Sports History
1966 Chicago Black Hawks right wing Bobby Hull becomes the NHL's first 2-time 50-goal scorer when he strikes in a 5-4 win against the Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Stadium


NHL LegendBobby Hull
Sports History
1966 Jean Béliveau scores his 380th career NHL goal when Montreal ties Toronto, 3-3; moves him ahead of Ted Lindsay into the #3 spot all time, behind Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard


NHL LegendJean Béliveau
Sports History
1968 19 year-old American Peggy Fleming wins her 3rd consecutive World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland; announces her retirement, turns professional and eventually goes into broadcasting


Figure SkaterPeggy Fleming

• 1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler & Ford of Great Britain

Sports History
1969 Boston center Phil Esposito becomes first player in NHL history to record 100 points in a season when he scores 2 3rd-period goals in the Bruins' 4-0 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins


NHL StarPhil Esposito
Sports History
1972 American jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his record 555th stakes race aboard Royal Owl in the San Jacinto Stakes at Santa Anita; Eddie Arcaro 554


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro
Cricket History
1974 Australian cricket batsman Greg Chappell makes 247no in drawn 1st Test vs NZ in Wellington; also hits 133 in 2nd innings; brother Ian 145 and 121 also scores twin centuries


CricketerGreg Chappell

• 1980 Phoenix point guard Mike Bratz ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games with a miss in the Suns' 123-115 home win over the LA Lakers

Sports History
1986 Edmonton's Finnish right wing Jari Kurri scores 2 goals, including the overtime winner, to lead Oilers to a 2-1 win over Philadelphia; Kurri, 100 points for the 4th straight NHL season


NHL StarJari Kurri

• 1986 Qualifier Kenny Knox is the last player to score in the 80’s (R3 80) and still win a PGA Tour event, the Honda Classic at TPC Eagle Trace; total 287 is highest winning score in PGA tournament history

Sports History
1986 The first million dollar purse for a handicap race is won by British bred 5-year old Greinton with Laffit Pincay Jr. aboard taking out the $1,359,500 Santa Anita Handicap


JockeyLaffit Pincay Jr.

• 1988 The flaming basketball is adopted as NBA franchise Miami Heat’s official logo from over 13,000 entries; Mark Henderson submits the winning entry

Sports History
1989 NY Mets stars Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry famously nearly come to blows in front of reporters and TV crews at spring training


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry

MLB First BasemanKeith Hernandez

• 1991 NC State point guard Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAA Div I player to record 1,000 career assists in a 89-84 loss to Wake Forest

Sports History
1991 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes a 70-goal scorer for the 2nd straight season and has 3 assists to help the Blues earn a 4-4 tie in Philadelphia; finishes season with NHL career-best 86 goals


NHL LegendBrett Hull

• 1992 American swimmer Anita Nall breaks the 200m breaststroke world record twice in the one day at the US Swimming championships in Indianapolis; wins final in 2:25.35

Sports History
1993 Mario Lemieux undergoes his 22nd and final radiation treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, then joins the Pittsburgh Penguins in Philadelphia and has a goal and assist in a 5-4 loss to the Flyers


NHL Legend and OwnerMario Lemieux

• 1993 Winnipeg Jets Finnish right wing Teemu Selänne breaks NHL record for goals by a rookie with a hat-trick in a 7-4 loss to the visiting Quebec Nordiques; passes Mike Bossy's mark of 52
• 1995 Joe Mullen becomes 2nd NHL player to appear in 300 NHL games with 3 different teams when he plays for the Penguins in a 6-3 loss in Buffalo; Pittsburgh 379, St. Louis 301, Calgary 345

Cricket World Cup
1996 Despite Sachin Tendulkar's masterful 137 in India's 3 for 272, Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup match in Delhi by 6 wickets; Sanath Jayasuriya 79, Hashan Tillakaratne 70no


CricketerSachin Tendulkar

CricketerSanath Jayasuriya

• 1997 Australians Greg Blewett (214) and Steve Waugh (160) bat for the entire 3rd day of the 1st cricket Test against South Africa in Johannesburg; set up Australian innings and 196 run victory
• 1997 Michael Andretti wins at Homestead in a Swift chassis, marking the first Champ Car victory in an American-built chassis since 1983; first-ever Champ Car start for the Swift

Sports History
2000 America's Cup, Auckland: Team New Zealand beats Italian yacht Prada Challenge by 0.48s for a 5-0 series sweep; NZ only the 2nd country in 150 years to successfully defend the Cup


YachtsmanRussell Coutts

Yachtsman and EnvironmentalistPeter Blake

• 2000 St. Louis Blues become just the 2nd team in NHL history to win 10 straight games on the road, with a 5-2 victory in Atlanta; tie mark set by Buffalo 1983-84
• 2002 40-year old South African boxer ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala ends his 22-year career with a 7th-round TKO win over Columbia’s Juan Herrera to retain his WBU junior flyweight title in Johannesburg
• 2003 America's Cup, Auckland: Swiss yacht Alinghi beats Team New Zealand by 0.44s to sweep series, 5-0; Alinghi's Russell Coutts wins last 14 America's Cup races he's competed in as skipper; most in history
• 2003 Fast bowler Andy Bichel takes career best 7 for 20 as Australia beats England by 2 wickets in a Cricket World Cup match in Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Australia unbeaten in record 12 ODI games

Sports History
2004 Indianapolis Colts sign quarterback Peyton Manning to a 7-year, $98 million deal with a $34.5 million signing bonus; largest package to date in the NFL


NFL QuarterbackPeyton Manning

• 2004 Pittsburgh Penguins end their NHL record 14-game home losing streak when they tie the visiting New York Islanders, 3-3
• 2004 Saint Joseph's Hawks finish their college basketball season with an 82-50 win over St. Bonaventure; Hawks undefeated with a perfect 27-0 record in A-10 East Conference
• 2011 One of cricket’s great upsets; Kevin O’Brien smokes fastest century in World Cup history off 50 balls (ends 113 off 63) to help Ireland beat England by 3 wickets in Bangalore
• 2012 Major League Baseball confirms the postseason will be expanded from 8 to 10 teams, with an extra wild card team in each league
• 2012 NFL establishes existence of a bounty program at the New Orleans Saints 2009-11; players given incentives to injure opposition; coach Sean Payton is suspended for 2012 season

Sports History
2019 37-year-old Swiss 20-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer beats Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win his 100th ATP Tour title at the Dubai Championships


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer

• 2019 Australian wonder horse Winx sets world record for Group 1 wins in the Chipping Norton Stakes in Sydney; stretches unbeaten run to 31 races, and her 23rd in the highest class of thoroughbred racing

LeBron 1st to 40,000
2024 LeBron James becomes the first player in NBA history to score 40,000 regular-season points as his LA Lakers slip to a 124-114 defeat to Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

 

MARCH 3

• 1841 3rd Grand National: Horatio Powell wins aboard 14/1 Charity; first mare to win the race
• 1847 9th Grand National: Denny Wynne wins aboard 10/1 Mathew; regarded as the first Irish-trained horse to win the race
• 1852 14th Grand National: Alec Goodman wins first of 2 GN victories (1866) aboard Miss Mowbray

• 1869 31st Grand National: George Stevens wins his 4th GN aboard 100/7 outsider The Colonel; repeats with back-to-back victories the following year
• 1883 In the series decider England beats Scotland, 2 tries to 1 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh to win the inaugural Home Nations Rugby Championship with an undefeated record
• 1904 England cricket all-rounder Bernard Bosanquet takes 6 for 51 as tourists dismiss Australia for 171 in the 4th Test in Sydney to regain the Ashes; take an unassailable, 3-1 series lead
• 1920 Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs
• 1950 National-American Football League reverts to calling itself the NFL after 3 months
• 1951 Bill Mikvy of Temple University scores NCAA basketball record 73 points, including 54 straight, in 93-69 win on the road at Wilkes College [1]
• 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
• 1956 3rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 76-64
• 1956 Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars breaks a 20-year-old world record for the 100m freestyle (1:04.2)
• 1957 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham & Jones of Great Britain
• 1959 San Francisco Giants rename their stadium Candlestick Park
• 1962 9th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Wake Forest beats Clemson, 77-66
• 1967 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)

NHL Trade
1968 In a blockbuster trade, Toronto Maple Leafs send future Hockey Hall of Fame left wing Frank Mahovlich to the rival Detroit Red Wings


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich
Sports History
1968 Jean Béliveau (Montreal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts


NHL LegendJean Béliveau

• 1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
• 1977 World Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA)
• 1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)
• 1979 20th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Tennessee beats Kentucky, 75-69
• 1979 26th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 71-63

Sports History
1981 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy 9th & final hat trick of season, in his 4th career 4-goal game, an 8-8 tie with visiting Edmonton Oilers


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1981 NY Islanders & Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie
• 1983 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is admitted to hospital for surgery to repair his throwing arm under the alias 'Tom Brady'
• 1984 NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)

Election of Interest
1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)


Olympic Executive and Commissioner of BaseballPeter Ueberroth
Sports History
1985 Bill Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1987 Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame

Cricket History
1991 David Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston


Cricket BatsmanDavid Boon
Sports History
1992 Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)


Baseball PitcherDwight Gooden

• 1992 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd jersey number retired by NHL New York Islanders
• 1993 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston, Massachusetts on WBCN 104.1 FM, in the evenings by tape delay

Sports History
1994 US Internal Revenue Service investigates baseball player Darryl Strawberry


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry

• 2009 The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for 2nd Test against Pakistan; match abandoned

Sports History
2018 Brian Ortega becomes the first man to finish Frankie Edgar in MMA at UFC 222, earning Performance of the Night


Mixed Martial ArtistBrian Ortega
All-time NCAA Scoring Record
2024 Iowa's Caitlin Clark becomes the NCAA Division I all-time career scoring leader, surpassing Pete Maravich's career total of 3,667; her 35 points in win over visiting Ohio State brings her total to 3,685 and counting


Basketball PlayerCaitlin Clark

NBA GuardPete Maravich

 

MARCH 4

• 1846 8th Grand National: William Taylor aboard outsider Pioneer wins by 3 lengths from Culverthorpe
• 1857 19th Grand National: Charlie Boyce wins aboard Emigrant at 10/1
• 1868 30th Grand National: George Ede victorious aboard Irish 9/1 shot The Lamb; horse wins second GN in 1871

• 1903 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg Victorias, 4-1 for a 2-1 challenge series victory
• 1913 NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)

Ruth Highest-Paid
1927 Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in MLB history when he signs 3-year, $70,000 per season contract with the New York Yankees


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Bradman's Duck
1931 Don Bradman is bowled for a rare first ball duck by Herman Griffith (4-50) on the last day of 5th cricket Test vs West Indies in Sydney; Windies win by 31 runs but lose series to Australia, 4-1


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1933 Noordwijk soccer team forms
• 1941 Chicago Black Hawks goaltender Sam LoPresti faces NHL record 83 shots in a 3-2 loss to the Bruins in Boston
• 1949 Piet Van de Pol of the Netherlands crowned world champion in billiards
• 1961 8th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Wake Forest beats Duke, 96-81
• 1967 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
• 1967 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)

Peggy Fleming World Champion
1967 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US)


Figure SkaterPeggy Fleming
Sports History
1968 Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti regains the world middleweight title with a 15-round points decision over American champion Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden, NY, in the last of a famous trilogy of fights


BoxerNino Benvenuti

BoxerEmile Griffith
Boxing Title Fight
1968 Joe Frazier takes his record to 20-0 and captures vacant world heavyweight boxing title; stops Buster Mathis in 11th round TKO at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
• 1970 NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
• 1976 MLB's San Francisco Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth
• 1977 West Indian cricket fast bowler Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan in 2nd Test win at Port-of-Spain; best Test figures by a pace bowler from the West Indies
• 1978 25th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 85-77

Sports History
1980 40th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy
Baseball Hall of Fame
1984 Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerRick Ferrell
Sports History
1984 Tennis legend Martina Navratilova retains her WTA Tour Championship in NYC; beats Chris Evert 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 for her 5th overall Championship title


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis LegendChris Evert
Sports History
1986 Allan Border completes twin Test tons (140 & 114*) v NZ


Test CricketerAllan Border

• 1989 Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)

ESPY Awards
1993 1st ESPY Awards: Michael Jordan, Monica Seles win


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles
Boxing Title Fight
1995 George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

• 1995 Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1

 

MARCH 5

• 1840 2nd Grand National: Bartholomew Bretherton wins aboard 16/1 Jerry; a then smallest field of 13
• 1845 7th Grand National: William Loft aboard outsider Cure-All wins in record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds
• 1910 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1

Bradman's Last 1st Class Innings

1949 Donald Bradman plays his last innings in first-class cricket, scores 30


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1955 2nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 87-77
• 1960 7th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 63-59
• 1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
• 1960 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
• 1960 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
• 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
• 1965 Ernie Terrell beats Eddie Machen by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Chicago, Illinois to win vacant WBA heavyweight boxing title
• 1966 13th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats NC State, 71-66
• 1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
• 1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association
• 1972 Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes Women's Allround World Champion at Heerenveen, Netherlands, her second title in 3 years
• 1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
• 1977 24th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 75-69

Sports History
1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain)


Ice DancerChristopher Dean

Ice DancerJayne Torvill
Sports History
1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)


Figure SkaterScott Hamilton
Sports History
1982 MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners


Baseball PitcherGaylord Perry

• 1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield

Sports History
1985 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games

Sports History
1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery


NBA LegendLarry Bird

• 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game

Baseball Hall of Fame
1996 Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and SenatorJim Bunning

MLB ManagerEarl Weaver
Baseball Hall of Fame
1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Pitcher and ManagerTommy Lasorda

• 2011 David Silva scores 38' winner as Manchester City scores 1-0 win over Wigan at City of Manchester Stadium to start EPL record 20 home game winning streak; streak ends 31/3/12

Sports History
2023 Caitlin Clark records 30 points, 17 assists, and 10 rebounds in the Big Ten tournament final for Iowa against Ohio State


Basketball PlayerCaitlin Clark

 

MARCH 6

• 1858 20th Grand National: William Archer wins aboard outsider Little Charley at 100/6
• 1867 29th Grand National: John Page wins aboard Irish 16/1 shot Cortolvin; trainer Harry Lamplugh's second GN victory
• 1895 England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2; Jack Brown hits the fastest 50 in test cricket in 28 mins

• 1906 Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
• 1919 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, 3 games to 1 with 1 tie

Babe Ruth's Yankee Contract

1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 year contract with NY Yankees at $52,000 a year


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1923 MLB St. Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms

Trampoline Patented
1945 George Nissen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, receives a patent for the first modern trampoline


Inventor and GymnastGeorge Nissen

• 1954 1st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 82-80 (OT)

Muhammad Ali
1964 Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to "Muhammad Ali," calling his former title a "slave name"


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1965 12th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 91-85
• 1965 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings
• 1967 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted

Cricket Debut
1971 Test Cricket debut of Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar versus West Indies at Port-of-Spain; 125 Tests, 10,122 runs @ 51.12; 34 Test centuries


CricketerSunil Gavaskar
Golf Record
1972 Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferArnold Palmer
Cricket History
1974 Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145 & 121) and Greg Chappell (247no and 133) score unique twin centuries in drawn 1st Test vs New Zealand in Wellington


CricketerGreg Chappell

• 1976 23rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Virginia beats North Carolina, 67-62
• 1976 European Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden won by John Curry (Great Britain)
• 1976 Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)

Sports History
1976 In his 10th title defense, WBA light welterweight champion Antonio Cervantes of Colombia is beaten by 17-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benítez in a 15-round split decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Benitez youngest ever world champion


BoxerWilfred Benítez

• 1976 Wales clinch their 7th Five Nations Rugby Championship title, 7th Grand Slam and 13th Triple Crown with a 19-13 win over France at the National Stadium, Cardiff

Sports History
1976 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by American Dorothy Hamill (19)


Figure SkaterDorothy Hamill

• 1981 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann
• 1982 23rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Kentucky, 48-46
• 1982 NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)

Baseball Hall of Fame
1985 Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan elected to baseball's Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerEnos Slaughter
Boxing Title Fight
1985 Future undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes at 1:47 in round 1 of 4 in Albany, NY in his first professional fight


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
• 1989 Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
• 1992 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
• 1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
• 1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 in Sri Lanka's 5-398 in 50 overs v Kenya in Cricket World Cup match in Kandy; SL wins by 144 runs
• 1999 20th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats St. John's, 82-63

Sports History
2000 Long-time Boston Bruin defenseman Ray Bourque is traded to the Colorado Avalanche


NHL LegendRay Bourque
Sports History
2019 LeBron James scores his 32,293rd point in the 2nd quarter of a Lakers' 115-99 loss to Denver in LA to pass Michael Jordan into 4th place on the NBA all-time point scoring list


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

 

MARCH 7

• 1855 17th Grand National: John Hanlon wins aboard Irish horse Wanderer at 25/1
• 1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
• 1860 22nd Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins aboard Irish horse Anatis at 5/1

• 1866 28th Grand National: 1852 winner Alec Goodman wins his second GN aboard Irish 40/1 outsider Salamander
• 1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East
• 1922 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard

Badger US Champion

1922 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger


Figure SkaterSherwin Badger

• 1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball

Bluebird Sets Land Speed Record
1935 Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 276.71 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car; last record set at Daytona Beach, Florida


Motor RacerMalcolm Campbell

• 1940 Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home

Sauer Wrestling Champion
1940 Peter Saur, fighting as Ray Steele, beats Bronko Nagurski in St Louis, to become National Wrestling Association Heavyweight Champion


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerBronko Nagurski
Sports History
1950 Men's Figure Skating World Championship in London won by Dick Button (USA)


Figure SkaterDick Button
Boxing Title Fight
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for 2nd time to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title, at the Olympia in Detroit, Michigan


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe Walcott

• 1953 South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellington
• 1954 Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition
• 1955 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter
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• 1959 6th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 80-56

Sports History
1959 West Indies all out 76 v Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34


CricketerFazal Mahmood

• 1964 11th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 80-59
• 1970 17th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats South Carolina, 42-39 (2 OT)
• 1970 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
• 1970 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
• 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1979 Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires

Baseball Hall of Fame
1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderHack Wilson

• 1981 22nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Ole Miss beats Georgia, 66-62
• 1981 28th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 61-60
• 1982 29th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 47-45
• 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time

NHL Record
1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1987 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

Boxing Title Fight
1987 Mike Tyson beats James 'Bonecrusher' Smith by unanimous decision in 12 rounds in Las Vegas for WBC / WBA heavyweight boxing titles


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the US, becoming 1st baseball player to win the award

Sports History
1989 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Minnesota North Stars to the Washington Capitals


NHL StarDino Ciccarelli

• 1992 England routs Wales, 24-0 at Twickenham for it's 2nd straight outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam and Triple Crown titles; fullback Jonathan Webb 2 penalties and 3 conversions
• 1992 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)

Sports History
1996 Magic Johnson becomes the second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists


NBA LegendMagic Johnson

• 1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome, and Stockholm are selected as finalists to host the 2004 Olympics
• 1998 19th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 69-64
• 1999 40th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 76-63
• 1999 46th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #15 North Carolina, 96-73

Neymar Debuts
2009 Despite being only 17 years old, Brazilian soccer star Neymar makes his professional debut for Santos


FootballerNeymar
Sports History
2009 The Al Oerter Recreation Center opens in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Flushing, Queens


Discus ThrowerAl Oerter
Sports History
2015 Chris Sharma completes the first ascent of El Bon Combat in Cova de l'Ocell, Spain, initially considered close to 9b+ (5.15c)


Rock ClimberChris Sharma
Sports History
2016 Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the Denver Broncos and the NFL


NFL QuarterbackPeyton Manning
Sports History
2016 Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova reveals failed drug test for meldonium at Australian Open in January, subsequently suspended for 15 months


Tennis PlayerMaria Sharapova
Sports History
2021 NBA All-Star Game, State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA: Team LeBron beats Team Durant, 170-150; MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks F


Basketball PlayerGiannis Antetokounmpo

 

MARCH 8

• 1865 27th Grand National: Captain Henry Coventry wins aboard French outsider Alcibiade at 100/7
• 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
• 1904 Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Bernard Bosanquet, Plum Warner and Dick Lilley for his second Test hat-trick in 5th Test victory in Melbourne; Trumble's final Test

• 1906 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa HC beats Smiths Falls (ON), 8-2 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
• 1913 MLB Federal League organizes with 6 teams, including the Chicago Whales, who built and played at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field); League folded after 3 seasons

Babe Ruth's 2-Year Yankee Deal

1930 Baseball slugger Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for a then huge $160,000 with NY Yankees; GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Crawford's 1st Australian Title
1931 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Jack Crawford wins 1st of 4 Australian titles; beats fellow Australian Harry Hopman 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1


Tennis Player and CoachHarry Hopman

• 1931 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Coral McInnes Buttsworth beats Marjorie Cox Crawford 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 1936 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
• 1958 5th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats North Carolina, 86-74

Hall of Fame
1966 Baseball player, manager and coach Casey Stengel elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in a surprise ceremony


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel

• 1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
• 1968 6-year-old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland)
• 1969 16th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 85-74

Sinatra Snaps the Fight of the Century
1971 Joe Frazier ends Muhammad Ali's 31-fight winning streak at Madison Square Garden, NYC, retaining the heavyweight boxing title by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in the "Fight of the Century"


Sinatra is the focus of attention as he prepares to take his ringside shots and, right, the controversial Life magazine cover picture that the singer took

• 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
• 1975 22nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats NC State, 70-66

Sports History
1980 Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad


CricketerGreg Chappell
Sports History
1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game


Cricketer and Fast BowlerDennis Lillee

• 1985 6th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats St. John's, 92-80
• 1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
• 1986 27th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72
• 1986 7th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Syracuse, 70-69

Sports History
1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1987 28th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats LSU, 69-62
• 1987 34th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 68-67
• 1987 8th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 69-59
• 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust
• 1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
• 1998 39th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats South Carolina, 86-56
• 1998 45th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats #1 Duke, 83-68
• 2019 US national women's soccer team sue for equal pay by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation

Sports History
2020 A police report is filed against Brian Ortega for allegedly slapping rapper Jay Park at UFC 248


Mixed Martial ArtistBrian Ortega

• 2020 BNP Paribas Open international tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, dubbed 'the 5th Grand Slam' is cancelled due to concerns surrounding COVID-19 and the safety of participants and attendees
• 2020 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Melbourne: Defending champions Australia beats India by 85 runs; Beth Mooney [77no] Player of the Series; Alyssa Healy 75 off 39 balls MVP; crowd 86,174

Agreement of Interest
2022 Reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers agrees to remain with the Green Bay Packers in a reported 4-year, $200m deal that would make him the highest paid player in NFL history


NFL QuarterbackAaron Rodgers

 

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MARCH 9

• 1864 26th Grand National: George Stevens wins his 3rd GN aboard 10/1 Emblematic; winning mare's full sister Emblem the race winner the previous year
• 1870 32nd Grand National: George Stevens wins consecutive GN's aboard 7/2 favourite The Colonel; his 5th and final GN victory
• 1895 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Victorias clinches trophy as Montreal HC beats Queens University (Kingston, Ontario), 5-1

• 1897 Cleveland Indians fans start calling the team "Indians" (in 1915 becomes official)
• 1897 MLB Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
• 1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
• 1908 Italian football club Inter Milan is founded as Football Club Internazionale
• 1923 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2

Babe Ruth's Comeback

1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Williams' Mexican League Offer
1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
• 1957 4th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats South Carolina, 95-75
• 1958 Detroit Pistons forward George Yardley III scores 26 points in 111-90 defeat to Syracuse Nationals; 1st NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season

Sports History
1961 Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 points in 135-126 win over NY Knicks at Philadelphia Civic Center


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1968 15th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats NC State, 87-50
• 1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
• 1974 21st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 103-100 (OT)
• 1978 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov

Sports History
1979 MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

• 1984 Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
• 1984 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1985 26th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Auburn beats Alabama, 53-49
• 1985 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (East Germany)
• 1986 33rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Georgia Tech, 68-67

NHL Record
1986 Gilbert Perreault of the Buffalo Sabres becomes the 12th NHLer to score 500 career goals, in a 4-3 win over New Jersey Devils


NHL StarGilbert Perreault

• 1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
• 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
• 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
• 1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• 1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's 39 run Cricket World Cup Quarter Final loss to India in Bangalore
• 1997 38th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 95-68
• 1997 44th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 North Carolina beats NC State, 64-54

Sports History
2002 Joe Sakic plays his 1,000th career game


NHL LegendJoe Sakic
Cricket History
2012 Indian batsman Rahul Dravid announces his retirement from Test and domestic cricket


CricketerRahul Dravid

• 2013 Bernard Hopkins defeats Tavoris Cloud to win IBF light heavyweight title

 

MARCH 10

Sullivan vs Mitchell

1888 Heavyweight Boxing champ John L. Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJohn L. Sullivan

• 1900 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks outclass Halifax Crescents, 11-0 to sweep challenge series, 2-0
• 1913 Stanley Cup, Quebec Skating Rink, Quebec City, Quebec: Quebec Bulldogs retain trophy; defeat Sydney Millionaires (NS), 6-2 for a 2-0 sweep of the challenge series

Malone Scores 6
1920 NHL's Quebec Bulldog Joe Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators


Ice Hockey PlayerJoe Malone

• 1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history ends - 18 games with 15 wins, 3 ties
• 1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
• 1951 Ireland clinches their 7th Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Wales at the National Stadium, Cardiff
• 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy

Sports History
1959 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells her 54% share of MLB Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck, for a reported $27M


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck

• 1962 Due to its no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida

Sports History
1963 MLB infielder Pete Rose debuts with Cincinnati at spring training in Tampa, Florida; hits in his first 2 at bats


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
Sports History
1963 SF Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 70 points in 163-148 defeat to Syracuse Nationals at Onondaga War Memorial


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1970 South Africa cricket team completes a 4-0 series drubbing of Australia in South Africa in the country's last official international cricket Test for 22 years
• 1973 20th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 76-74
• 1982 Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
• 1982 Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

Baseball Hall of Fame
1983 Former Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball ManagerWalter Alston

• 1984 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49
• 1984 5th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 82-71 (OT)
• 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
• 1985 32nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats North Carolina, 57-54
• 1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
• 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"

Baseball Hall of Fame
1986 Ernie Lombardi (NL MVP in 1938) and Bobby Doerr, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Hall of Fame Baseball PlayerBobby Doerr
Sports History
1988 NHL New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1990 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (Soviet Union)
• 1990 Ice Pairs World Championship at Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)

Sports History
1990 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)


Figure SkaterKurt Browning

• 1991 12th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Georgetown, 74-62
• 1991 32nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Tennessee, 88-69
• 1991 38th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 North Carolina beats #6 Duke, 96-74
• 1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
• 1995 Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem
• 1996 37th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Kentucky, 84-73
• 1996 43rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Wake Forest beats #18 Georgia Tech, 75-74
• 2001 22nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Boston College beats Pittsburgh, 79-57
• 2002 43rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Alabama, 61-58
• 2002 49th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats NC State, 91-61
• 2007 28th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Pittsburgh, 65-42

Laureus Awards
2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE: Sportsman: Usain Bolt; Sportswoman: Serena Williams; Team: Brawn F1 team


Olympic SprinterUsain Bolt

Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2012 33rd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Louisville beats Cincinnati, 50-44
• 2018 Two girls aged 8 and 6 become the first female weightlifters to appear on Iranian television after a protest
• 2022 After a 99-day lockout, Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association reach a new collective bargaining agreement; MLB teams set to play full 162 game season in 2022

 

MARCH 11

• 1863 25th Grand National: George Stevens wins his 2nd GN aboard 4/1 Emblem; winning mare's full sister Emblematic wins the following year
• 1876 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers and Old Etonians draw, 1-1; Wanderers win replay, 3-0 for 3rd title
• 1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts)

• 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
• 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
• 1905 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Rat Portage Thisles, 5-4 for 2-1 challenge series victory

Hobbs Scores 187

1910 English cricketer Jack Hobbs scores 187 vs South Africa, his 1st international test hundred only to then get out hit wicket


CricketerJack Hobbs

• 1912 First Stanley Cup challenge game to be played in three 20-minute periods (formerly 30-minute halves), Quebec beats Moncton, 9-3 on way to series sweep
• 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
• 1924 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games
• 1927 1st boxing Golden Gloves tournament

Nagurski vs Steele
1941 Bronko Nagurski regains the World Wrestling title from Ray Steele in Minnesota, after losing to him a year earlier


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerBronko Nagurski
Golf Tournament
1956 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her 3rd Titleholders title by 1 stroke from Patty Berg


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

GolferPatty Berg

• 1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each)
• 1967 14th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 82-73
• 1972 19th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 73-64
• 1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game
• 1981 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1982 Detroit Pistons play the Chicago Bulls, with final score of Detroit 152 to Chicago 144 and Detroit having 20 blocked shots

Sports History
1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki, Finland won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain)


Ice DancerChristopher Dean

Ice DancerJayne Torvill
Sports History
1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)


Figure SkaterScott Hamilton

• 1984 31st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats Duke, 74-62

Sports History
1986 New York Islanders Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
• 1990 11th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 78-75
• 1990 31st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Ole Miss, 70-51
• 1990 37th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #14 Georgia Tech beats Virginia, 70-61
• 1991 John Smith, US amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award

Sports History
1991 Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
Sports History
1993 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN


Figure SkaterKurt Browning

• 1997 San Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
• 2000 21st Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Connecticut, 80-70
• 2001 42nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Ole Miss, 77-55
• 2001 48th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats #6 North Carolina, 79-53
• 2006 27th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Pittsburgh, 65-61
• 2007 48th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Arkansas, 77-56
• 2007 54th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #8 North Carolina beats NC State, 89-80
• 2012 53rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Vanderbilt beats Kentucky, 71-64
• 2012 59th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #17 Florida State beats #4 North Carolina, 85-82

Laureus Awards
2013 Laureus World Sports Awards, Municipal Theater, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Sportsman: Usain Bolt; Sportswoman: Missy Franklin; Team: FC Bayern Munich


Olympic SprinterUsain Bolt

Football StarThomas Müller

• 2017 England retains the Six Nations Rugby Championship with 61-21 win over Scotland at Twickenham; England's 11th consecutive Six Nations win and equals NZ's record of 18 consecutive international wins
• 2020 NBA suspends 2019-20 season until further notice after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tests positive for COVID-19