TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2025

MARCH 18

• 1875 37th Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins his 3rd GN aboard 100/6 chance Pathfinder
• 1876 English FA Cup Final Replay, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Old Etonians, 3-0 after initial 1-1 draw; Wanderers 3rd title
• 1892 Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)

• 1900 Ajax soccer club forms in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (33 Eredivisie titles, 18 KNVB Cups, 4 Champions League); named after legendary Greek hero
• 1910 72nd Grand National: Bob Chadwick wins aboard 100/8 chance Jenkinstown; earliest Grand National to which there are moving images
• 1918 Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
• 1921 80th Grand National: Fred Rees wins aboard 100/9 bet Shaun Spadah; winner is only horse to complete the course without falling
• 1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
• 1932 91st Grand National: Tim Hamey wins aboard 50/1 outsider Forbra

Maribel Vinson US Champion

1933 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson


Figure SkaterMaribel Vinson

• 1939 England beats Scotland, 9-6 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to force a share of the Home Nations Rugby Championship with Wales and Ireland

Black Players Try Out
1942 Two Black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox and are allowed to work out


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson
Richard 1st to Score 50
1945 Montreal Canadien Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard

• 1951 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Pat O'Sullivan wins her only major title by 2 strokes from fellow amateur Beverly Hanson
• 1953 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas, 69-68; Jayhawks' center B. H. Born is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1953 MLB National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
• 1958 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers announce their mascot and clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958

NBA Record
1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws


NBA GuardBill Sharman

• 1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
• 1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
• 1978 Wales beats France, 16-7 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch its 20th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, a record 8th Grand Slam and record 3rd consecutive Triple Crown
• 1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)

Sports History
1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle


Olympic Executive and Commissioner of BaseballPeter Ueberroth

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1986 Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Queensland

Sports History
1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capital record of 7 pts in a game


NHL StarDino Ciccarelli

• 1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
• 1990 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Jodie Mudd wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Calcavecchia; winner's cheque $270,000

Sports History
1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
Sports History
1991 Philadelphia '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
• 1995 In a final round title decider, England beats Scotland, 24-12 at Twickenham to claim the Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup

Sports History
1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96

Sports History
2000 England clinch inaugural Six Nations Rugby Championship with 59-12 thrashing of Italy at Stadio Flaminio, Rome; England flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson kicks 7 goals and winger Austin Healey scores 3 tries


Rugby PlayerJonny Wilkinson

• 2006 France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference over Ireland, with a 21-16 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff; Ireland receives consolation prize of the Triple Crown Trophy
• 2007 Former England Test cricket batsman, and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is found dead one day after his team's defeat to Ireland puts them out of the World Cup in the West Indies; cause of death remains suspicious
• 2012 Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium

Contract of Interest
2014 Phil Jackson signs a five-year contract to be president of the New York Knicks


NBA CoachPhil Jackson
Sports History
2018 Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo records his 50th career hat-trick in Real Madrid's 6-3 win over Girona


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2019 40-year old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain to go 6th with 31,424 points on the NBA scorers' list; Mavs suffer 129-125 OT loss to New Orleans Pelicans

 

MARCH 19

• 1880 42nd Grand National: Tommy Beasley aboard Irish 8/1 chance Empress wins by 2 lengths from defending champion The Liberator
• 1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England v South Africa (Cape Town)
• 1910 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Rodney Heath wins his 2nd and last Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Horace Rice 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

• 1914 Stanley Cup, Arena Gardens, Toronto ON: Toronto HC (NHA) defeat Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-0 series sweep; final series of the "challenge" era
• 1915 VI Summer (Modern) Olympic Games: IOC President Pierre de Coubertin writes to Associated Press indicating 1916 Berlin Games won't take place because of WWI
• 1932 England beats Scotland, 16-3 at Twickenham, London to force a 3-way share with Wales and Ireland of renewed Home Nations Rugby Championship; France expelled, alleged professionalism
• 1937 96th Grand National: With King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in attendance, aptly-named Royal Mail ridden by jockey Evan Williams wins at odds of 100/6; estimated crowd, 300,000
• 1938 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans combine to score 8 goals in just under 5 minutes; Toronto wins game 8-5
• 1938 Scotland beats England, 21-16 at Twickenham, London to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup
• 1942 Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago

LaMotta Defeats Reeves

1943 In their third match, Jake LaMotta finally defeats Jimmy Reeves by knocking him out in the sixth round


World Middleweight Boxing ChampionJake LaMotta
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Win
1950 US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Hills CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 9 strokes from amateur Betsy Rawls


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias
Cricket History
1954 "The Three Ws" of West Indian cricket each score centuries in one innings; Clyde Walcott scores 124 following Everton Weekes (206) and Frank Worrell (167) in 1st innings of drawn 4th Test v England at Port of Spain


West Indian CricketerEverton Weekes
Sports History
1954 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright


Figure SkaterTenley Albright
Sports History
1955 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle, 77-63; Dons' future Hall of Fame center Bill Russell is named tournament Most Outstanding Player


Basketball PlayerBill Russell

• 1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75
• 1957 Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score

Sports History
1958 Garfield Sobers completes a century in each innings for WI vs. Pakistan


CricketerGarfield Sobers
Sports History
1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California, 75-55; Buckeyes' future Hall of Fame forward Jerry Lucas is named tournament MOP


NBA ForwardJerry Lucas

• 1966 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky, 72-65; Miners first title in first title game
• 1971 Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-80 in 2nd half enroute to a 147-127 victory
• 1972 1st AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48 in Normal
• 1972 LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
• 1975 Pennsylvania is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
• 1977 France beats Ireland, 15-6 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin to clinch its 6th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 2nd Grand Slam

PGA Players Championship
1978 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 3rd TPC title, 1 stroke ahead of Lou Graham; 4th straight start for Nicklaus that ends with a top-2 finish


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1981 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
• 1983 France (16-9 v Wales) and Ireland (25-15 v England) win final round matches to finish level and share the Five Nations Rugby Championship; no tie-break procedure exists before 1993

Sports History
1984 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain is indicted on charges of drug trafficking, embezzlement and racketeering; 25 year sentence later quashed


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1985 NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket

World Record
1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies' world record 500 m (39.43 sec)


Speed SkaterBonnie Blair
World Record
1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)


Speed SkaterYvonne van Gennip

• 1988 France edges Wales, 10-9 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to share the Five Nations Rugby Championship with the Welsh with 3-1 records
• 1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
• 1989 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USSR)
• 1989 Ice Pairs World Championship at Paris won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)

Sports History
1989 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN)


Figure SkaterKurt Browning
PGA Players Championship
1989 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tom Kite wins the title in gusty conditions, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck


GolferTom Kite

• 1989 Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)

Sports History
1991 KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers


NFL Running Back and Baseball OutfielderBo Jackson
Super Bowl
1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of the 1993 Super Bowl game because Arizona does not recognize the federal holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day


Civil Rights ActivistMartin Luther King Jr.

• 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses

Sports History
1991 St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season


NHL LegendBrett Hull

• 1993 Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS)
• 1994 England beats Wales, 15-8 at Twickenham, London but the Welsh take the Five Nations Rugby Championship as title decided by using points difference for the first time

Sports History
1994 Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown


CricketerBrian Lara

• 1994 NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season
• 1995 American Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)

Sports History
1995 Michael Jordan rejoins NBA Chicago Bulls after 17 months trying a career in baseball; he scores 19 poimts in 103-96 loss to the Pacers in Indianapolis


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1995 NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)
• 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
• 2005 Wales beats Ireland, 32-20 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship and become the 1st team to complete a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home
• 2011 Despite a final round 24-8 defeat to Ireland at the new Aviva Stadium in Dublin, England wins the Six Nations Rugby Championship courtesy of their opening 4 straight victories

Sports History
2016 England beats France 31-21 at Stade de France, Paris to claim Six Nations Rugby Championship; secure their first Grand Slam since 2003; Owen Farrell with 7 goals, England's 2nd-highest points scorer behind Jonny Wilkinson


Rugby PlayerJonny Wilkinson

• 2019 Houston Rockets guard James Harden becomes first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points against all 29 opponents in a single season with 31 in a 121-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks

Sports History
2022 LeBron James moves past Karl Malone (36,909) into second on NBA's all-time scoring list with 38 points in LA Lakers' 127-119 loss to Washington Wizards; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar leads (38,387)


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

Basketball PlayerKarl Malone

 

MARCH 20

• 1891 53rd Grand National: Irish jockey, trainer Harry Beasley wins aboard 4/1 Come Away
• 1892 54th Grand National: Capt. Roddy Owen wins aboard 20/1 chance Father O'Flynn
• 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)

• 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
• 1920 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Pat O'Hara Wood beats fellow Australian Ronald Thomas 6-3, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3

Sherwin Badger US Champion

1920 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger


Figure SkaterSherwin Badger

• 1932 Legendary Australian race horse Phar Lap's last race, winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in Mexico in record time

Didrikson Zaharias's Hitless Inning
1934 American all-round female super athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias pitches a hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in their exhibition pre-season baseball game against Brooklyn Dodgers


All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias

• 1937 England beats Scotland, 6-3 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to clinch the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown
• 1948 102nd Grand National: 50/1 chance Sheila's Cottage first mare to win the GN for 46 years; ridden by Irish jockey Arthur Thompson

Peggy Kirk Wins LPGA
1949 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Amateur Peggy Kirk wins her only major title by 2 strokes from Patty Berg and Dorothy Kirby


GolferPatty Berg

• 1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley, 92-76; Explorers' small forward Tom Gola is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater
• 1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan, 91-80; Bruins' back-to-back National titles; Gail Goodrich 42 points
• 1965 Wales misses out on a 4th Grand Slam after losing to France, 22-13 at Stade Colombes, Paris despite winning the Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game

Baseball Hall of Fame
1973 Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash


Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente

• 1977 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Mark Hayes wins in windy conditions, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike McCullough
• 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1982 France beats Ireland, 22-9 at the Parc des Princes, Paris but the Irish take the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-1 record and also their 5th Triple Crown

Sports History
1983 In a clash of tennis legends, Martina Navratilova outclasses Chris Evert Lloyd 6-2, 6-0 to win her first of 5 straight WTA Tour Championships at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis LegendChris Evert
World Record
1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies' world record 5 km (7:20.36)


Speed SkaterYvonne van Gennip
Boxing Title Fight
1988 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tony Tubbs by TKO in round 2 at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
Sports History
1989 Major League Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
Sports History
1990 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar
World Record
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)


Speed SkaterDan Jansen

• 1993 France beats Wales, 26-10 at Parc des Princes, Paris for it's 10th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 2010 France edges England, 12-10 at Stade de France, Saint Denis to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; France's 17th title

Sports History
2020 After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a 2-year $50m guaranteed deal


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady

 

MARCH 21

• 1871 33rd Grand National: Irish 1868 winner The Lamb claims second GN at 11/2; ridden by Tommy Pickernell
• 1872 34th Grand National: John Page wins his second GN aboard 20/1 shot Casse Tete
• 1902 64th Grand National: David Read aboard 20/1 chance Shannon Lass wins by 3 lengths from Matthew

• 1909 Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)

Maribel Vinson US Champion

1931 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson


Figure SkaterMaribel Vinson
Louis vs Simon
1941 In a hard fought 15th title defense Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in the 13th round at Olympia Stadium, Detroit to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1946 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
• 1947 Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch

Berg Wins 4th Title
1948 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke ahead of Babe Zaharias and Peggy Kirk


GolferPatty Berg

• 1953 England beats Scotland, 26-8 at Twickenham, London to clinch their 14th Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1953 NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
• 1955 Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
• 1959 113th Grand National: Michael Scudamore wins aboard 8/1 second favourite Oxo; only 4 of 32 starters finish the race

Sports History
1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia, 71-70; WV future Hall of Fame point guard Jerry West is named MOP


NBA GuardJerry West
Sports History
1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record sum ($3,925,000)


BusinessmanArt Modell

• 1962 Philadelphia Phillies retire pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
• 1964 118th Grand National: Willie Robinson aboard American-owned 12-year-old Team Spirit wins at odds of 18/1
• 1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke, 98-83; Bruins first title in first title game; undefeated season (30-0)
• 1964 Wales draws 11-11 with France in Cardiff, whilst Scotland beats England, 15-6 at Murrayfield to leave the Five Nations Rugby Championship shared by Wales and Scotland on 6 competition points
• 1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville, 80-69; Bruins' 4th straight title under coach John Wooden
• 1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.

Cricket History
1971 Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket centuries; 116 in drawn 3rd Test at Georgetown, Guyana


CricketerSunil Gavaskar
Sports History
1973 Montreal Canadiens' left wing Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHL player to score 500 goals


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich

• 1978 Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
• 1981 France beats England 16-12 at Twickenham, London for it's 7th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 3rd Grand Slam title
• 1982 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
• 1982 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Jerry Pate shoots a final round 67 to win by 2 strokes over runners-up Scott Simpson and Brad Bryant

Cricket History
1984 Australian Allan Border scores 100* vs West Indies in a cricket test at Trinidad after scoring a 98* in his 1st innings


Test CricketerAllan Border

• 1984 NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebration rule

Hall of Fame
1985 Arthur Ashe is nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame


Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe
Sports History
1985 Canadian Rick Hansen sets off on his 'Man in Motion' world tour in his wheelchair raising money for spinal research, from Oakridge Mall, Vancouver (successfully completes May 1987) [1]


Track and Field Athlete and ParalympianRick Hansen

• 1986 Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million
• 1987 France beats Ireland, 19-13 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin the clinch the outright Five Nations Rugby Championship for the 8th time and 4th Grand Slam title
• 1987 PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (Ÿ17 million)
• 1991 Quebec Nordiques goaltender Ron Tugnutt sets NHL modern-day record for most saves in a regular season non-loss game (70 of 73 shots in 3-3 tie with the Boston Bruins
• 1992 Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup cricket semi

NHL Record
1994 Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1997 Ice Dance Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
• 2009 Ireland completes a Grand Slam with a 17-15 win over Wales at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to win the Six Nations Rugby Championship
• 2012 Sergio Agüero & Samir Nasri score to give Manchester City 2-1 win over Chelsea at City of Manchester Stadium; EPL record 20th consecutive home win; streak ends with 3-3 draw v Sunderland 31/3
• 2013 Martin Gould defeats Ali Carter to win the snooker 2013 Championship League

Olympic Gold
2014 Canadian freestyle skier (moguls) and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 26


Freestyle SkierAlexandre Bilodeau

• 2015 Ireland retains Six Nations Rugby Championship with 40-10 win over Scotland at Murrayfield; England needs 26 point win over France for title but can only beat Les Bleus, 55-35 at Twickenham

Sports History
2019 Japanese baseball right fielder Ichiro Suzuki finishes his career with a record 4,367 base hits (NPB & MLB) as Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland A's, 5-4 in Tokyo, Japan


Baseball StarIchiro Suzuki

 

MARCH 22

• 1894 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa HC, 3-1 to win 3-team challenge tournament
• 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins the first modern marathon in 3:18 at the Panhellenic Games
• 1907 69th Grand National: Alf Newey wins aboard 8/1 chance Eremon

• 1929 88th Grand National: Robert W. H. Everett wins aboard 100/1 outsider Gregalach
• 1952 Wales wins Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam & Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at St. Helen's Ground, Swansea

Sports History

1958 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle, 84-72; Seattle's future Hall of Fame small forward Elgin Baylor is named tournament MOP


NBA ForwardElgin Baylor
LPGA Western Open
1964 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Carol Mann her 1st of 2 major titles by 2 shots from Ruth Jessen and Judy Kimball


GolferCarol Mann
Boxing Title Fight
1967 Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1969 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72; Bruins' 3-peat; center Lew Alcindor tournament Most Outstanding Player for 3rd consecutive year

Sports History
1969 Ethiopian double Olympic marathon gold medalist Abebe Bikila (36) is paralyzed in auto accident near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; regained upper-body mobility, but never walked again


Marathon RunnerAbebe Bikila
Sports History
1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

• 1972 Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million
• 1972 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
• 1979 NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers)

NHL Record
1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game


NHL StarBryan Trottier

• 1986 HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament
• 1986 Ice Pairs World Championship at Geneva won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)

Boxing Title Fight
1986 Jamaican boxer Trevor Berbick upsets Pinklon Thomas by unanimous decision in Las Vegas to win WBC heavyweight title


BoxerTrevor Berbick

• 1988 WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
• 1989 Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally cuts his throat

Sports History
1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years


NFL CommissionerPete Rozelle

• 1990 The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games
• 1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
• 1997 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)
• 2008 French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets world record of 47.50 for 100m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008
• 2009 Cricket Women's World Cup: England defeats New Zealand by 4 wickets

Sports History
2011 Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerLawrence Taylor

 

MARCH 23

• 1877 39th Grand National: Fred Hobson aboard 15/1 shot Austerlitz wins by 4 lengths from Congress
• 1878 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Royal Engineers, 3–1; Wanderers' back-to-back and 5th title overall
• 1888 50th Grand National: George Mawson aboard 40/1 outsider Playfair easily wins by 10 lengths from Frigate

• 1923 82nd Grand National: Capt. Tuppy Bennett wins aboard 13-year-old 100/6 shot Sergeant Murphy; first US bred horse to win race

Vinson Again US Champion
1930 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson


Figure SkaterMaribel Vinson

• 1934 93rd Grand National: Gerry Wilson wins aboard 8/1 Golden Miller in race record 9:20.04; becomes only horse to win both UK's premier steeplechases with Cheltenham Gold Cup victory 1934

Commissioner Frees Cardinals
1938 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St Louis Cardinals minor league players from their contracts


1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis

• 1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina, 43-40; Cowboys' back-to-back titles and center Bob Kurland MOP for 2nd straight year
• 1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor, 58-42; Wildcats' first victory in first title game
• 1952 NY Rangers blow 6-2 lead, lose 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Bill Mosienko scores fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds

Sports History
1957 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas, 54-53 (3 OT); Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas 4th player to be named tournament MOP despite not playing for the championship team


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains the Indian cricket team against the West Indies at the age of 21 years and 77 days
• 1962 William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000
• 1963 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola-Chicago beats Cincinnati, 60-58 (OT); Ramblers' first title in first title game
• 1968 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina, 78-55; Bruins back-to-back titles; Lew Alcindor tournament Most Outstanding Player for the 2nd of 3 consecutive years
• 1968 France retains the Five Nations Rugby Championship with an 14-9 win over Wales at the National Stadium, Cardiff; first Grand Slam victory for France
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• 1972 Geoge Harrison and Friends' "The Concert for Bangladesh" concert film, directed by Saul Swimmer released in the US
• 1972 NY Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx

Boxing Title Fight
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title


BoxerLarry Holmes
Sports History
1980 18-year old American tennis star Tracy Austin wins her only WTA Tour Championship; upsets Martina Navratilova in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 in NYC


Tennis PlayerTracy Austin

Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
Cricket History
1980 Australian cricketer Allan Border becomes the first and only batsman to reach 150 in each innings of a test, in the 3rd test vs Pakistan in Lahore


Test CricketerAllan Border
PGA Players Championship
1980 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass Country Club (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida): Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw


GolferBen Crenshaw

GolferLee Trevino
PGA Players Championship
1981 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Raymond Floyd beats Barry Jaeckel and Curtis Strange on the first hole of a sudden death playoff in a rain affected Monday finish


Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd

GolferCurtis Strange
NHL Record
1982 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick, in his 5th career 4-goal game, an 8-1 win over visiting Washington Capitols


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1984 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)

Sports History
1984 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)


Figure SkaterScott Hamilton
Sports History
1984 World Ice Dancing Championship won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain) in Ottawa, Canada


Ice DancerChristopher Dean

Ice DancerJayne Torvill
Sports History
1986 First of 2 WTA Tour Championships of the year; change of tennis schedule; Martina Navratilova wins 4th straight and 7th overall title 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 against Hana Mandlíková in NYC


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova

• 1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
• 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)
• 1992 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
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• 1993 NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
• 1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)

Cricket History
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev


CricketerKapil Dev
NHL Record
1994 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
NHL Record
2000 Joe Sakic records his 400th career goal and becomes the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche all-time leading point scorer


NHL LegendJoe Sakic
Cricket World Cup
2003 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa: Australia retain trophy with 125 run win over India; Player of the Match: Ricky Ponting (AUS) 140 no (121)


CricketerRicky Ponting
Sports History
2013 Chris Sharma becomes the second person to climb a 9b+ (5.15c) route with his ascent of La Dura Dura in Oliana, Spain


Rock ClimberChris Sharma

• 2022 After 114 consecutive weeks as world #1 female tennis player, 25-year-old Australian Ash Barty makes shock retirement announcement; cites contentment with all she achieved in the sport

Sports History
2023 Harry Kane overtakes Wayne Rooney's record to become England's all-time greatest goalscorer in 2-1 victory over Italy with his 54th goal [1]


FootballerHarry Kane

English FootballerWayne Rooney
Sports History
2023 Lewis Koumas makes his debut for the Wales U19 national team against Scotland U19


FootballerLewis Koumas

 

MARCH 24

• 1876 38th Grand National: Joe Cannon aboard 25/1 chance Regal wins by a neck from Congress
• 1877 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2–1 (a.e.t.); Wanderers' 4th title
• 1882 44th Grand National: Lord Manners aboard 10/1 shot Seaman wins in heavy snow and freezing conditions

• 1893 55th Grand National: Bill Dollery aboard 9/2 favourite Cloister wins by a massive 40 lengths from Aesop; owner Charles Duff fields 2 more winners 1912-13
• 1899 61st Grand National: George Williamson aboard 1897 winner Manifesto wins by 4 lengths from Ford Of Fyne
• 1911 73rd Grand National: legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his first of 3 GN's aboard 20/1 Glenside in torrential rain
• 1913 Dutch soccer forward Huug de Groot scores twice as Netherlands score first ever victory over England; 2-1 at HBS, The Hague
• 1922 81st Grand National: Lewis Rees aboard 100/9 chance Music Hall wins; only 5 out of 32 starters finish
• 1933 92nd Grand National: Dudley Williams aboard 25/1 chance Kellsboro' Jack wins by 3 lengths and a neck from Really True
• 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 in 16:30 of 6th period of OT; record Stanley Cup playoff game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes)
• 1939 98th Grand National: Irish jockey Tim Hyde wins, riding 100/8 shot Workman

Glenn Miller's 1st Film

1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie "Sun Valley Serenade", starring Sonja Henie and John Payne, for 20th Century Fox


Big Band Leader and Jazz ComposerGlenn Miller

Figure Skater and ActressSonja Henie

• 1941 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship

Sports History
1950 US Mens Figure Skating Championship won by Dick Button


Figure SkaterDick Button

• 1956 110th Grand National: race best remembered for Devon Loch's inexplicable fall on final straight, just 40 yards from a certain victory; Dave Dick wins aboard E.S.B.
• 1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa, 83-71; Dons' back-to-back National titles
• 1956 Wales beats France, 5-3 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch their 13th Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1961 NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
• 1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State, 71-59; Bearcats win back-to-back National titles

Boxing Title Fight
1962 Emile Griffith beats Benny " Kid" Paret by TKO in 12th round in welterweight boxing title fight at MSG, NYC; Paret dies 10 days later; first use of television slow motion replay


BoxerEmile Griffith

• 1973 San Francisco 49er president Lou Spadia proposes the NFL expands to 30 teams
• 1974 36th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette, 76-64; Wolfpack first title; first tournament officially designated as a Division I championship

Boxing Title Fight
1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Cricket History
1979 1st appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes


CricketerKim Hughes
Sports History
1979 Michigan State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers a triple-double with 29 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 victory over Penn State


NBA LegendMagic Johnson

• 1980 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA, 59-54; Cardinals' first title in first title game
• 1981 Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
• 1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
• 1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)

Sports History
1985 Third straight WTA Tour Championship for tennis legend Martina Navratilova; beats Helena Suková 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
Sports History
1986 Men's International Professional Tennis Council announces Jimmy Connors' 10 week suspension and $20,000 fine for storming off the court after defaulting against Ivan Lendl at Boca Raton, Florida in February


Tennis LegendJimmy Connors

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

• 1987 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
• 1988 San Diego Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts announces his retirement after 15 seasons
• 1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec)

Sports History
1991 Ayrton Senna wins the Brazilian Grand Prix for the 1st time, at Interlagos, São Paulo


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

• 1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game
• 1991 NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
• 2002 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Unheralded New Zealander Craig Perks chips-in twice on the final 3 holes for his only PGA Tour career win, 2 strokes ahead of Stephen Ames
• 2013 Scotland defeats Sweden to win the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship
• 2016 Former English international footballer Adam Johnson sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual activity with a schoolgirl
• 2018 Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft is caught on camera rubbing the match ball with an object during the third cricket test in Cape Town, resulting in an infamous ball-tampering scandal
• 2019 2-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels

Sports History
2019 Margo Hayes completes her third 9a+ (5.15a) graded climb, Papichulo at Oliana, Spain, becoming the first woman to complete the '9a+ Trilogy'


Rock ClimberMargo Hayes
Sports History
2019 New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement as 3-time Super Bowl winner, tight end postseason record, most receptions (81), receiving yards (1,163) and receiving TDs (12)


American Football PlayerRob Gronkowski
Olympics Postponed
2020 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the summer of 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic


Prime Minister of JapanShinzō Abe

 

MARCH 25

• 1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland defeat Wales (4-0)
• 1881 43rd Grand National: Irish jockey Tommy Beasley wins his second consecutive GN aboard 11/2 co-favourite Woodbrook
• 1887 49th Grand National: Bill Daniels aboard 20/1 chance Gamecock wins by 3 lengths from Savoyard

1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England

• 1898 60th Grand National: John Gourley wins aboard 25/1 shot Drogheda
• 1904 66th Grand National: Arthur Birch wins aboard 25/1 New Zealand bred Moifaa; horse survives shipwreck off Ireland a year earlier
• 1907 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles, 6-5 but win on 2 game aggregate, 12-8
• 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
• 1924 Stanley Cup Final, Ottawa Auditorium, Ottawa, ON: Montreal Canadiens (NHL) beat Calgary Tigers (WCHL), 3-0 for a 2-0 series sweep
• 1927 86th Grand National: 8/1 favourite Sprig wins; ridden by jockey Ted Leader, trained by his father Tom Leader

1st Augusta National Invitation

1934 1st Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins with 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole, 1 stroke ahead of Craig Wood


GolferCraig Wood
Babe Ruth's Quaker Ads
1937 It is revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot
• 1938 97th Grand National: 17-year-old jockey Bruce Hobbs wins aboard 40/1 Battleship; first US bred and owned winner; only horse to win GN and American Grand National (1934)
• 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma, 58-47; Crusaders' first victory in first title game
• 1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v NZ, Christchurch)
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• 1950 104th Grand National: Jimmy Power wins aboard 10/1 Irish co-favourite Freebooter; estimated 500,00 in attendance including Royal Family
• 1950 Wales outclasses France, 21-0 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch the Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam and Triple Crown
• 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule

Sports History
1958 Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times


Champion BoxerSugar Ray Robinson

• 1959 Bill White traded to St Louis for pitchers Sam Jones & Don Choate
• 1960 Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires
• 1961 115th Grand National: Bobby Beasley wins aboard Nicolaus Silver, 5 lengths ahead of defending champion Merryman II; first grey winner for 90 years

Sports History
1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State, 70-65 (OT); Buckeyes' future Hall of Fame forward Jerry Lucas is MOP for 2nd straight year


NBA ForwardJerry Lucas

• 1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah, 127-120 in quadruple overtime

Sports History
1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton, 79-64; Bruins center Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) tournament MOP


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

• 1971 NFL football team Boston Patriots become New England Patriots as they relocate to Foxboro. Massachusetts

Sports History
1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida, 81-76; 6th straight title for Bruins; future Hall of Fame center Bill Walton tournament MOP


NBA Center and Television SportscasterBill Walton
Sports History
1972 Chicago Black Hawks Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals, with a goal in Boston assisted by his brother Dennis


NHL LegendBobby Hull

• 1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
• 1973 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52, Immaculata 1st undefeated team in New York

Sports History
1979 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova retains her WTA Tour Championship with a 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 win over American teenager Tracey Austin in NYC


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova
PGA Players Championship
1979 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Lanny Wadkins wins in windy conditions, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson


GolferTom Watson
Sports History
1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Sports History
1986 Canadian Kurt Browning becomes the 1st figure skater to land a quadruple jump


Figure SkaterKurt Browning
Sports History
1986 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA)


Figure SkaterBrian Boitano
Sports History
1988 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

Model and ActressRobin Givens
Sports History
1991 Allan Border takes 5-68 v WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown


Test CricketerAllan Border
Cricket World Cup
1992 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia: Pakistan beats England by 22 runs for their first trophy; Player of the Match: Wasim Akram (PAK) 33 (18) & 3/49


CricketerWasim Akram

• 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
• 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
• 1996 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA)

Sports History
1996 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA)


Figure SkaterTodd Eldredge
Baseball Trade
1997 MLB Cleveland Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Marquis Grissom & David Justice


MLB OutfielderDavid Justice
Golf Major
2001 Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Sweden's Annika Sörenstam shoots a final round 69 to win the first of her 3 titles at this event, 3 strokes ahead of 5 runners-up


GolferAnnika Sörenstam
Sports History
2013 Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking


GolferTiger Woods

• 2018 Australian cricket captain Steve Smith handed one-match ban after admitting Australian team tampered with the ball in 3rd test against South Africa in South Africa
• 2022 Sydney forward Lance "Buddy" Franklin kicks 4 goals to become only 6th player in VFL/AFL history to kick 1,000 career goals; Swans overrun Geelong, 107-77 at the SCG

 

MARCH 26

• 1874 36th Grand National: Mr. J. M. Richardson wins his second consecutive GN aboard French 5/1 favourite Reugny
• 1886 48th Grand National: Tommy Skelton wins aboard 25/1 chance Old Joe
• 1889 English cricketer Johnny Briggs takes 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) at Newlands as South Africa are all out for 47 with Bernard Tancred not out on 26, then follow-on and are again all out for 43

• 1897 59th Grand National: Terry Kavanagh aboard 6/1 favourite Manifesto wins by 20 lengths from Filbert
• 1909 71st Grand National: Georges Parfrement wins aboard French 100/9 hope Lutteur III
• 1915 77th Grand National: legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his second of 3 GN's aboard 100/8 bet Ally Sloper
• 1915 Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Barney Stanley scores 5 goals as Vancouver Millionaires beat Ottawa Senators, 12-3 for a 3-0 sweep of first non-challenge series; Vancouver first PCHA champions
• 1917 Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 9-1 for a 3-1 series victory; first US team to win SC
• 1920 79th Grand National: legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his record 3rd GN aboard 6/1 Troytown
• 1926 85th Grand National: Billy Watkinson victorious aboard 25/1 bet Jack Horner; first Australian jockey to win the race

DiMaggio's New Bat

1937 Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replaces his 40 oz bat with a 36 oz one


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

MLB LegendTy Cobb
NIT Basketball Championship
1945 De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34


NBA CenterGeorge Mikan

• 1945 Venray soccer team forms
• 1949 103rd Grand National: Leo McMorrow aboard 66/1 outsider Russian Hero wins by a comfortable 8 lengths ahead of Roimond
• 1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State, 46-36; Wildcats' back-to-back titles; center Alex Groza MOP
• 1952 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns, 80-63; first tournament to have a true "Final Four" format
• 1955 109th Grand National: Pat Taaffe wins aboard Quare Times at 100/9; third consecutive GN victory for trainer Vincent O'Brien
• 1955 France misses out on a maiden Grand Slam after losing, 16-11 to Wales at Stade Colombes; share Five Nations Rugby Championship with Wales with 3-1 record
• 1959 Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies, aged 15 years
• 1960 114th Grand National: Gerry Scott wins aboard 13/2 favourite Merryman II; first clear favourite to win in 33 years
• 1960 Orioles-Reds series planned for Havana is moved to Miami
• 1960 USC captures NCAA swimming title
• 1966 120th Grand National: Tim Norman aboard 50/1 outsider Anglo wins by 20 lengths, giving Freddie 2nd place for a second straight year
• 1966 Wales beats France, 9-8 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch their 15th Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1972 LA Lakers break the NBA wins record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13), record stands for 24 years

Sports History
1973 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76; Bruins' 7th straight title; future Hall of Fame center Bill Walton tournament MOP for 2nd consecutive year


NBA Center and Television SportscasterBill Walton
Boxing Title Fight
1974 George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2nd round for the WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles in Caracas, Venezuela


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

Heavyweight BoxerKen Norton

• 1975 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses

Sports History
1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Indiana State, 75-64; marks start of rivalry between future Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; highest-rated game in history of televised college basketball


NBA LegendMagic Johnson

NBA LegendLarry Bird

• 1979 MLB San Diego Padres & San Francisco Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it
• 1991 Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34
• 1991 Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final

Sports History
1992 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1992 NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years

World Record
1994 American Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) in Calgary, Alberta


Speed SkaterBonnie Blair

• 1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Nanci Bowen wins her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Susie Redman; her sole LPGA Tour victory

PGA Players Championship
1995 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Lee Janzen wins by a stroke ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany


Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer
Cricket History
1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)


Test CricketerAllan Border

• 1997 NHL announces Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 season in Japan

Golf Major
2000 Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Karrie Webb of Australia wins the first of her 2 titles in this event, 10 strokes ahead of defending champion Dottie Pepper


GolferKarrie Webb
PGA Players Championship
2001 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins the first of his 2 PC's, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Vijay Singh of Fiji


GolferTiger Woods

GolferVijay Singh

• 2006 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Canadian Stephen Ames shoots a final round 67 to complete biggest win of his career by 6 strokes from Retief Goosen of South Africa

Laureus Awards
2014 Laureus World Sports Awards, Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Sportsman: Sebastian Vettel; Sportswoman: Genzebe Dibaba; Team: Germany Men's National Football team


Formula 1 DriverSebastian Vettel

• 2021 Scotland beats France 27-23 at Saint-Denis to confirm Wales' 28th Six-Nations Rugby Championship title; Welsh also claim Triple Crown
• 2023 WPL Cricket Final, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai: Mumbai Indians win inaugural tournament beating Delhi Capitals by 7 wickets with 3 balls to spare; Player of the match: Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians) 60no

 

MARCH 27

• 1871 First international rugby union match, Scotland beats England 1-0 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
• 1873 35th Grand National: J. M. Richardson wins aboard 20/1 shot Disturbance by 6 lengths from Rhyshworth
• 1885 47th Grand National: Jockey Ted Wilson wins his second consecutive GN aboard 10/3 favourite Roquefort

• 1896 58th Grand National: Former owner David Campbell wins aboard 40/1 outsider The Soarer
• 1903 65th Grand National: Percy Woodland aboard 13/2 chance Drumcree wins by 3 lengths from Detail
• 1908 70th Grand National: Henry Bletsoe wins aboard American 66/1 outsider Rubio
• 1914 76th Grand National: Bill Smith aboard Sunloch wins by 8 lengths from Trianon III
• 1925 84th Grand National: Major John Wilson wins aboard 100/9 shot Double Chance; first year a tape, known then as a 'gate', used at the start line

Sports History

1928 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson


Figure SkaterMaribel Vinson

• 1929 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
• 1931 90th Grand National: 9-year-old Grakle, at odds of 100/6 and ridden by jockey Bob Lyall wins by 1.5 lengths from 1929 winner Gregalach
• 1931 John McGraw says night baseball will not catch on
• 1932 De Bataven soccer team forms in Gendt
• 1936 95th Grand National: Fulke Walwyn scores back-to-back GN victories aboard Reynoldstown at 10/1
• 1937 Feijenoord Stadion, home ground of Dutch football club Feyenoord Rotterdam and nicknamed De Kuip opens after 2 years in construction
• 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: U of Oregon beats Ohio State, 46-33; Ohio State forward Jimmy Hull is named tournament Most Outstanding Player

Louis vs. Simon
1942 Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title (NYC)


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU, 49-44; Cowboys' center Bob Kurland is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1951 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas, 68-58; Wildcats' 3rd title; 16-team field is introduced

NHL Record
1962 NHL Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy


NHL GoalieJacques Plante

• 1965 119th Grand National: Tommy Smith becomes first American jockey to win GN aboard US trained and owned horse, Jay Trump at 100/6
• 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova, 68-62; UCLA's 5th consecutive title; Villanova later disqualified, ineligible player Howard Porter
• 1971 Wales clinches its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship, 6th Grand Slam and 12th Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at Stade Colombes, Paris
• 1973 Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket

Sports History
1977 American tennis star Chris Evert wins her 4th and final WTA Tour Championship 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 against England's Sue Barker at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1978 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke, 94-88; Wildcats 5th title; forward Jack Givens scores 41 points
• 1982 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore

Boxing Title Fight
1983 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title


BoxerLarry Holmes

• 1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
• 1988 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR)

Sports History
1988 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA)


Figure SkaterBrian Boitano

• 1988 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament
• 1988 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Local resident Mark McCumber wins with record total 273 (−15), 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid
• 1989 Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1990 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
• 1991 NCAA bans U of Minn football team from postseason play in 1992

Hockey Hall of Fame
1991 Scotty Bowman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a "builder" of the game


NHL CoachScotty Bowman

• 1994 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk & Platov (RUS)

Golf Major
1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Donna Andrews wins her only major title by 1 over British runner-up Laura Davies; Andrews birdies final hole while Davies makes bogey.


LPGA GolferLaura Davies
PGA Players Championship
1994 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller


GolferGreg Norman

GolferFuzzy Zoeller

• 1998 Chicago Bulls - Atlanta Hawks matchup at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, draws a crowd of 62,046, largest in any game in NBA history; Bulls win, 89-74

PGA Players Championship
2000 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 1983 champion Hal Sutton leads wire-to-wire to win by a stroke ahead of runner-up Tiger Woods


GolferTiger Woods

• 2004 France beats England, 24-21 at Stade de France, Saint Denis to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; England earns the Triple Crown

Golf Major
2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins event for the 3rd time, 8 strokes ahead of American Rosie Jones


GolferAnnika Sörenstam

 

MARCH 28

• 1879 41st Grand National: Garry Moore aboard 5/1 chance The Liberator wins by 2 lengths from Jackal
• 1884 46th Grand National: Ted Wilson aboard 10/1 shot Voluptuary wins by 4 lengths from Frigate
• 1890 52nd Grand National: Arthur Nightingall wins aboard 4/1 favourite Ilex

• 1891 1st World Weightlifting Championship is won by Edward Lawrence in London
• 1919 78th Grand National: Ernie Piggott wins aboard Poethlyn; shortest price winner in history at 11-4
• 1922 Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Toronto St Patricks (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 5-1 for a 3-2 series win
• 1924 83rd Grand National: Bob Trudgill wins aboard 25/1 shot Master Robert; last GN from a general riding start, now-familiar 'tape' introduced the following year.
• 1933 1st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 46-27
• 1939 Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
• 1942 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth, 53-38; Cardinal forward Howie Dallmar is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth, 42-40; Utes' first title; small forward Arnie Ferrin is named tournament MOP
• 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley, 71-68; City College of NY first to win NCAA & National Invitational Basketball in same year

Sports History

1952 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright


Figure SkaterTenley Albright

• 1953 107th Grand National: Bryan Marshall wins aboard Irish 8-year old Early Mist; first of 3 consecutive GN victories for trainer Vincent O'Brien
• 1953 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
• 1955 NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
• 1957 1st National Curling Championship held

Sports History
1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by West Indian spin bowler Lance Gibbs gives home side innings & 30 run 3rd Test win over India in Bridgetown


West Indian CricketerLance Gibbs

• 1963 AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets

Sports History
1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1975 NHL Washington Capitals win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses
• 1976 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64 at Pennsylvania State University
• 1977 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina, 67-59; Warriors' first title; coach Al McGuire retires

Sports History
1981 Martina Navratilova beats 16-year-old American tennis prodigy Andrea Jaeger 6-3, 7-6 in the final of the WTA Tour Championships at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis PlayerAndrea Jaeger
Sports History
1981 Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua


Cricketer and Master BlasterViv Richards

• 1982 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tech beats Cheney, 76-62; Lady Techsters' forward Janice Lawrence tournament MOP
• 1982 Last AIAW Women's Basketball Championship, Rutgers beat Texas 83-77 in Philadelphia
• 1983 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Hal Sutton comes from 4 strokes back with a final round 69 to win a rain-affected Monday finish by 1 stroke ahead of Bob Eastwood
• 1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
• 1990 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient

NBA Record
1990 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan
Sports History
1990 US President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal


Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens

41st US PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Sports History
1991 Mike Tyson admits paternity in Manhattan Family Court to Kimberly Scarborough's infant daughter


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Helen Alfredsson of Sweden wins her only major title, 2 strokes ahead of 3 runners-up; first non-American to win the event as a major

PGA Players Championship
1993 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Nick Price of Zimbabwe sets a scoring record of 270 (−18) to finish 5 strokes ahead of Germany's Bernhard Langer


GolferNick Price

Golfer and Two-Time Masters ChampionBernhard Langer

• 1995 Queensland beat South Australia in cricket to win the 1st ever Sheffield Shield
• 1999 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Purdue beats Duke, 62-45; Boilermakers' Ukari Figgs is named Most Outstanding Player

Golf Major
1999 Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: 1992 champion Dottie Pepper wins the last of her 2 major titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Meg Mallon


LPGA GolferMeg Mallon
PGA Players Championship
1999 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: David Duval wins by 2 strokes from Scott Gump; Duval's father Bob wins Senior Tour's Emerald Coast Classic on the same day


GolferDavid Duval

• 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Grace Park wins her only major title by 1 stroke, sinking a 6-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole; fellow South Korean Aree Song is runner-up
• 2004 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 23-year old Australian Adam Scott holds on for his 2nd PGA Tour title, 1 stroke ahead of Irishman Pádraig Harrington

PGA Players Championship
2005 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 48-year old Fred Funk becomes oldest event winner, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Luke Donald, Tom Lehman, and Scott Verplank


GolferTom Lehman

GolferFred Funk

• 2007 Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler Lasith Malinga produces unprecedented sequence of 4 wickets in 4 balls, as South Africa scrambles to a 1-wicket Super 8's ICC World Cup win in Guyana
• 2018 Captain Steve Smith and David Warner are suspended by Cricket Australia for 12 months, and Cameron Bancroft (9 months) for their part in the infamous ball-tampering scandal in South Africa

Sports History
2023 Chris Sharma completes the first redpoint of Sleeping Lion in Siurana, Spain, a 9b+ (5.15c) route


Rock ClimberChris Sharma

 

MARCH 29

• 1873 English FA Cup Final, Lillie Bridge, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2-0; second consecutive title
• 1878 40th Grand National: John Jones aboard 7/1 chance Shifnal wins by 2 lengths from Martha
• 1879 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Old Etonians beat Clapham Rovers, 1-0; Charles Clerke scores winner

• 1889 51st Grand National: Jockey Tommy Beasley wins his third GN aboard Irish 2-time runner-up Frigate at 8/1
• 1895 57th Grand National: Joe Widger aboard 10/1 chance Wild Man From Borneo wins by 1.5 lengths from Cathal
• 1901 63rd Grand National: Jockey Arthur Nightingall wins his 3rd GN aboard 9/1 shot Grudon in a howling snowstorm
• 1912 74th Grand National: Ernie Piggott wins aboard 4/1 co-favourite Jerry M at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England
• 1929 Stanley Cup Final, Madison Square Garden: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 2-1 for a 2-0 series sweep; Boston's first Championship
• 1930 89h Grand National: 10-year-old 100/8 shot Shaun Goilin, ridden by jockey Tommy Cullinan, wins by a neck from Melleray's Belle
• 1935 94th Grand National: Frank Furlong wins aboard Reynoldstown at 22/1; stallion repeats with back-to-back victory the following year

Louis vs Paycheck

1940 American boxer Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State, 39-34; Badgers' forward John Kotz is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
• 1946 Australian cricket bowlers Bill O'Reilly (5/14) and Ernie Toshack (4/12) rout NZ for 42 in one-off Test in Wellington; Test debuts of greats Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller & Don Tallon
• 1947 101st Grand National: 100/1 Irish outsider Caughoo ridden by 35-year-old jockey Eddie Dempsey wins by 20 lengths from Lough Conn
• 1948 Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten, Netherland
• 1948 New York Yankees & Boston Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
• 1958 112th Grand National: Arthur Freeman aboard 18/1 bet Mr. What wins by 30 lengths from Tiberetta

Cricket History
1959 West Indian cricket fast bowler Wes Hall dismisses Pakistani batsmen Mushtaq Mohammad, Fazal Mahmood and Nasim-ul-Ghani for a hat-trick in 3rd Test at Lahore


CricketerFazal Mahmood
Boxing Title Fight
1966 Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1969 123rd Grand National: Eddie P. Harty Sr. aboard 100/9 chance Highland Wedding wins by 12 lengths from Steel Bridge
• 1970 Manchester City of England win 10th European Cup Winner's Cup against Górnik Zabrze of Poland 2-1 in Vienna

Sports History
1973 Boston Celtic Dave Cowens wins NBA MVP


NBA Center and Head CoachDave Cowens

• 1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
• 1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan, 86-68; first time 2 teams from same conference (Big Ten) play in title game
• 1979 Delhi beats Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1979 Last day of Test cricket for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad
• 1980 134th Grand National: American amateur rider Charlie Fenwick wins aboard 40/1 outsider Ben Nevis; only 4 from 30 starters finish race
• 1981 AIAW Women's Basketball Championship, Louisiana Tech beat Tennessee 79-59 in Eugene
• 1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m

Sports History
1982 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown, 63-62; Tar Heels' future Hall of Fame small forward James Worthy named Tournament Most Outstanding Player


NBA Small ForwardJames Worthy

• 1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis

NHL Record
1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44; Lady Vols guard Tonya Edwards MOP
• 1987 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Sandy Lyle of Scotland defeats Jeff Sluman on the 3rd hole of a sudden-death playoff to become the first international player to win the title
• 1989 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
• 1992 Ice Dance Championship in Oakland, California won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)

Sports History
1992 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland, California won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)


Figure SkaterKristi Yamaguchi

• 1992 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland, California won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
• 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Dottie Pepper (Mochrie) wins the first of her 2 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Juli Inkster with par on the 1st extra hole

PGA Players Championship
1992 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Davis Love III wins by 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Ian Baker-Finch, Phil Blackmar, Nick Faldo, and Tom Watson.


Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship WinnerNick Faldo

GolferTom Watson

GolferDavis Love III

• 1993 Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final

Cricket History
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border


Test CricketerAllan Border
Sports History
1994 NFL coach Jimmy Johnson quits the Dallas Cowboys


NFL Head CoachJimmy Johnson

• 1996 Cleveland Browns choose new name for their relocated team - Baltimore Ravens
• 1996 NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
• 1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
• 1998 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech, 93-75; Volunteers' 3-peat, completing undefeated season (39–0)
• 1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Pat Hurst wins her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Helen Dobson after sinking a 5-foot birdie putt at the final green

PGA Players Championship
1998 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back to finish 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Glen Day and Tom Lehman


GolferTom Lehman

• 1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Duke, 77-74; Huskies' first title in first title game
• 2015 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Melbourne (MCG): Australia win their fourth title with 7 wicket win over New Zealand, 101 balls remaining; Player of the Match: James Faulkner (AUS) 3/36

 

MARCH 30

• 1883 45th Grand National: Austrian breeder, owner Count Karel Kinsky rides Zoedone to 10 length win; only 10 starters, the smallest GN field in history; first winning jockey from outside Britain and Ireland
• 1894 56th Grand National: Jockey Arthur Nightingall wins his second GN aboard 5/1 joint favourite Why Not

62nd Grand National

1900 62nd Grand National: Algy Anthony wins aboard Ambush II; owner is Prince Of Wales (King Edward VII)


King of the United KingdomEdward VII

• 1906 68th Grand National: Aubrey Hastings wins aboard 20/1 shot Ascetic's Silver
• 1916 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory
• 1918 Stanley Cup, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory; first series contested by the new NHL
• 1925 Stanley Cup Final, Patrick Arena, Victoria, BC: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 6-1 for a 3-1 series win; last non-NHL team to win trophy
• 1928 87th Grand National: Mr. William Dutton aboard 100/1 long-shot Tipperary Tim wins as all of the 41 other starters fall during the race
• 1930 Babberich-H soccer team forms
• 1940 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas, 60-42; Hoosiers' forward Marvin Huffman is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wyoming beats Georgetown, 46-34; Cowboys' point guard Ken Sailors is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 1946 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
• 1946 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)

Babe Didrikson Zaharias
1947 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins her first of 3 Titleholders titles by 5 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby


All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias
Cricket Debut
1954 Test Cricket debut of West Indian great Garfield Sobers vs England at Kingston Oval, Barbados


CricketerGarfield Sobers

• 1957 111th Grand National: Fred Winter aboard 20/1 bet Sundew wins by 8 lengths from Wyndburgh
• 1963 117th Grand National: 19-year old jockey Pat Buckley aboard 66/1 outsider Ayala wins by 3/4 of a length from Carrickbeg
• 1968 122nd Grand National: 20-year old Brian Fletcher aboard 100/7 chance Red Alligator rides the first of 3 GN victories
• 1974 128th Grand National: Brian Fletcher aboard Red Rum wins for the 2nd consecutive year; horse goes on to win 1977 race for 3 GN victories; Fletcher's record 3rd GN win
• 1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital

Sports History
1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina, 63-50; Hoosiers' future Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas is named Tournament Most Outstanding Player


NBA Point Guard and CoachIsiah Thomas

• 1985 139th Grand National: Welsh jockey Hywel Davies aboard 11-year old 50/1 outsider Last Suspect wins by 1½ lengths from Mr. Snugfit
• 1985 Ireland beats England, 13-10 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin to clinch its 10th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 6th triple Crown
• 1986 5th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas beats USC, 97-81; Longhorns' Clarissa Davis MOP award; complete first undefeated season (34-0)
• 1986 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: John Mahaffey wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize

Golf Tournament
1990 Jack Nicklaus debuts on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain and wins the event by four strokes over Gary Player


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferGary Player

• 1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
• 1991 Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title

Sports History
1992 Man accidentally backs into Oakland A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini


MLB PlayerJosé Canseco

• 1993 New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
• 1993 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1994 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1994 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
• 1996 149th Grand National: 7/1 favourite Rough Quest, ridden by Irish jockey Mick Fitzgerald wins by 1¼ lengths from Encore Un Peu

Cricket History
1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain


CricketerBrian Lara

• 1996 NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
• 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Old Dominion, 68-59; Volunteers 5th national title

Golf Major
1997 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: 41-year old Betsy King wins her 3rd title in this event, 2 strokes ahead of Kris Tschetter and Amy Fruhwirth; last of her 6 major titles


LPGA GolferBetsy King
PGA Players Championship
1997 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Steve Elkington of Australia leads wire-to-wire to win his 2nd PC title, a record 7 strokes ahead of runner-up Scott Hoch.


Golfer and PGA ChampionSteve Elkington

• 1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Utah, 78-69; Wildcats' 2nd title in 3 seasons and 7th overall

World Record
2001 At 15 years, 9 months American swimmer Michael Phelps breaks 200m butterfly world record at the US World Championship trials at Austin, Texas; becomes youngest male to set a world mark


SwimmerMichael Phelps
Sports History
2003 In a final match decider, England beats Ireland 42-6 in Dublin to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; Jonny Wilkinson kicks 3 conversions, a penalty and 2 dropped goals for England


Rugby PlayerJonny Wilkinson
Golf Major
2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Patricia Meunier-Lebouc of France wins her only major title, 1 stroke ahead of the 2-time defending champion Annika Sörenstam of Sweden


GolferAnnika Sörenstam
PGA Players Championship
2003 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Davis Love III shoots a final round 64 to win his 2nd Players title, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Jay Haas and Pádraig Harrington


GolferDavis Love III

• 2020 International Olympic Committee announces postponed 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be held July 23-August 8 in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Cricket History
2022 State memorial service held for Australian cricketing great Shane Warne at Melbourne Cricket Ground, attended by 50,000


Cricketer and BroadcasterShane Warne

 

MARCH 31

Fred "The Demon" Spofforth

1877 Test cricket debut of feared Australian fast bowler Fred "The Demon" Spofforth; Australia loses the second Test by four wickets to England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

• 1905 67th Grand National: Frank Mason victorious aboard Kirkland; first Welsh-trained horse to win the event
• 1906 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is founded to set rules in amateur sports; becomes the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1910
• 1909 National Baseball Commission rules players who jump contracts to be suspended for 5 years; players joining outlaw organizations suspended for 3 years
• 1923 First dance marathon in New York City; Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hours with 6 different partners
• 1923 Stanley Cup Final, Denman Arena, Vancouver, BC: Ottawa Senators (NHL) edge Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL), 1-0 for a 2-0 series sweep
• 1955 West Indies cricket all-rounder Collie Smith scores 104 in his Test debut in a 9 wicket 1st Test defeat to Australia in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1962 116th Grand National: Fred Winter aboard 28/1 shot Kilmore wins by 10 lengths from Wyndburgh
• 1973 127th Grand National: Brian Fletcher wins aboard 9/1 co-favourite Red Rum; recovers from 15 lengths behind at final fence; first of Red Rum's record 3 GN victories

Sports History
1973 American tennis star Billie Jean King ends Australian Margaret Court's 57-match winning streak 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 in semi finals of the WTA event in Indianapolis, IN

NHL Record
1973 Boston Bruins defenceman Bobby Orr scores his 3rd career hat trick in a 7-3 loss at Toronto to become the first player in NHL history to score 100 points for 4 straight seasons


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr
Sports History
1973 Muhammad Ali suffers a broken jaw in a shock split-points decision loss to Ken Norton over 12 rounds in San Diego; Ali wins rematch in another controversial split decision


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

Heavyweight BoxerKen Norton

• 1973 Philadelphia Flyers score an NHL record tying 8 goals from an astounding 60 shots in the 2nd period of a 10-2 win over New York Islanders

Sports History
1974 American golfer Lee Trevino goes bogey-free for the full 4 rounds as he wins the Greater New Orleans Open by 8 strokes from Bobby Cole and Ben Crenshaw


GolferBen Crenshaw

GolferLee Trevino

• 1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky, 92-85; 10th title under coach John Wooden who had announced his retirement 2 days earlier
• 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Jazz, 110-101 in New Orleans to clinch club's first ever NBA playoff berth
• 1979 133rd Grand National: Maurice Barnes victorious aboard Rubstic; first Scottish-trained horse to win the event
• 1979 Montreal Canadiens beat visiting Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-3 to become just the 2nd team in NHL history to win 50 (or more) games for 4 straight years

Boxing Title Fight
1980 Almost concurrent heavyweight boxing championship fights: Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for WBC title in Las Vegas, NV whilst Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for WBA belt in Knoxville, TN


BoxerLarry Holmes

BoxerMike Weaver

• 1982 NBA and Players Association reach a 4-year agreement that includes a 53% revenue-sharing plan in return for minimum & maximum payrolls; first of its kind in team sports
• 1984 138th Grand National: Neale Doughty wins aboard 13/1 Hallo Dandy; 23 complete the course, breaking record for most finishers

Sports History
1984 Mike Bossy becomes first player in NHL history to record 7 straight 50 goal seasons; scores 50th and 51st of the year in a 3-1 New York Islanders' win at Washington


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia, 70-65; Monarchs' Tracy Claxton, MOP
• 1985 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Calvin Peete shoots final round 66 to win by 3 strokes from D. A. Weibring; Peete only player to break par in all 4 rounds
• 1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke, 72-69; first tournament to use a shot clock (initially set at 45 seconds)
• 1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse, 74-73; Hoosiers' guard Keith Smart hits game-winner in final seconds, intercepts full court pass at the last second

Sports History
1988 New York Islanders celebrate defenseman Denis Potvin's 1,000 points and 1,000 NHL games at tribute night at Nassau Coliseum


NHL StarDenis Potvin
Sports History
1990 20-year old Quebec Nordiques' center Joe Sakic scores a goal in a 3-2 loss to Hartford to become the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season


NHL LegendJoe Sakic

• 1991 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia, 70-67; first overtime win in the NCAA's 10-year history

Golf Major
1991 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Amy Alcott breaks her own scoring record to win her 3rd DS by 8 strokes over Dottie Pepper; her 5th major title, and 29th & final LPGA Tour win


GolferAmy Alcott
PGA Players Championship
1991 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Steve Elkington birdies final hole to win by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller


Golfer and PGA ChampionSteve Elkington

GolferFuzzy Zoeller
Sports History
1991 St. Louis Blues' future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Brett Hull scores his 86th goal of the season in a 2-1 win over Minnesota North Stars; 3rd best total in NHL history


NHL LegendBrett Hull

• 1992 Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons guides the Suns to a 128-111 home win over Portland to become the 6th coach in NBA history to record 800 career wins
• 1992 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi (Ajay Sharma 175 in 532) beats Tamil Nadu (449) on 1st innings

Sports History
1994 Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League; returns to NBA after one season


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1995 Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of US District Court in NYC issues an injunction against Major League Baseball owners in move that effectively ends 232-day strike
• 1995 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Bombay (Sanjay Manjrekar 224 in 6/690) beats Punjab (Vikram Rathour 177 in 372) on 1st innings

Davis Cup
1995 Second time in tennis history, world #1 and #2 ranked players play in the same Davis Cup team; Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi score victories in US quarter-final win against Italy in Palermo


Tennis PlayerPete Sampras

Tennis LegendAndre Agassi

• 1996 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia, 83-65; 3 Volunteers in All-Tournament team: Michelle Marciniak, Chamique Holdsclaw, Tiffani Johnson
• 1996 First time in MLB history, the regular season opens in March with Seattle Mariners beating Chicago White Sox, 3-2 in 12 innings at the Kingdome, Seattle

Golf Major
1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Patty Sheehan wIns by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins and Annika Sörenstam


LPGA GolferMeg Mallon

LPGA GolferPatty Sheehan

GolferAnnika Sörenstam
PGA Players Championship
1996 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Fred Couples shoots a final round 64 to win his 2nd PC title, 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles


Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples

GolferColin Montgomerie

• 1996 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras: Karnataka (Vijay Bharadwaj 146 of 8/620) beats Tamil Nadu (370) on 1st innings
• 1997 59th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arizona beats Kentucky, 84-79 (OT); Wildcats' first title in first title game

Cricket Debut
1997 West Indies cricketers win 3rd Test at Bridgetown, Barbados by 38 runs after setting India a modest 120 run target; tourists dismissed for 81 in Brian Lara's debut as Windies' captain


CricketerBrian Lara

• 1998 Expansion clubs, Tampa Bay and Arizona both suffer bad losses in their MLB debuts; Devil Rays lose, 11-6 to the Detroit Tigers and the Diamondbacks fall, 9-2 to Colorado Rockies
• 1998 Milwaukee becomes first team since the inception of the American League in 1901 to switch MLB leagues; Brewers lose first NL game, 2-1 to the Braves in Atlanta

Sports History
2001 German brothers Michael and Ralf Schumacher become first siblings to share front row of the grid in a Formula 1 World Championship event; qualify 1st and 2nd respectively for Brazilian GP in São Paulo


Formula 1 DriverRalf Schumacher

• 2002 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Oklahoma, 82-70; Huskies conclude perfect season (39-0)

Sports History
2002 Andre Agassi wins his 700th career match and captures his second straight Key Biscayne title with a 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 win over Roger Federer at the Nasdaq-100 Open in Florida


Tennis LegendAndre Agassi

Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
Golf Major
2002 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Defending champion Annika Sörenstam of Sweden shoots a final round 68 to win, 1 stroke ahead of compatriot Liselotte Neumann


GolferAnnika Sörenstam
Sports History
2003 Cincinnati Reds open their new home, The Great American Ball Park, with a 10-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates; former President George H. W. Bush throws first ceremonial pitch


41st US PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush

• 2004 Australian swimmer Lisbeth Lenton breaks Inge de Bruijn's 4-year old 100m freestyle women's world record in 53.66s at the Australian Olympic trials in Sydney
• 2004 With a 12-1 defeat of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Tokyo, NY Yankees starter Kevin Brown becomes only the 2nd pitcher in MLB history to have beaten all 30 teams

 

APRIL 1

• 1888 Students from Rotterdam, Netherlands establish a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta which evolves into Sparta Rotterdam
• 1919 Stanley Cup Final, Seattle Ice Arena, Seattle, WA: With Montreal Canadiens (NHL) & Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) tied at 2-2-1, trophy not awarded due to worldwide flu epidemic
• 1920 Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Jack Darragh scores a hat-trick as Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA), 6-1 for a 3-2 series win

• 1926 Montreal Maroons' Clint Benedict becomes first NHL goalie to record 3 straight playoff shutouts, in a 3-0 win against the visiting Victoria Cougars in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Championship series

Jones' 13 Stroke Win

1930 American golfer Bobby Jones starts his Grand Slam season by winning the Southeastern Open by 13 strokes over Horton Smith at the Forest Hills-Ricker Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia


GolferBobby Jones

• 1930 Chicago Cubs catcher Leo Hartnett breaks the altitude record for a catch by gloving a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, California
• 1931 Jackie Mitchell becomes the second female (after Lizzie Arlington 1898) in organised baseball when she signs with the Chattanooga Lookouts Baseball Club
• 1933 England cricket batsman Wally Hammond smashes 34 fours, 10 sixes in a Test record unbeaten 336 in the drawn 2nd Test against New Zealand in Auckland
• 1933 Scotland beats Ireland, 8-6 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown

Louis vs. Thomas
1938 World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5th round of their title bout in Chicago; 3rd defense by Louis


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1948 Fast bowler Hines Johnson has match figures of 10-96 on debut in West Indies 4th cricket Test win v England in Kingston, Jamaica; first fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a single Test for West Indies

Three West Indian Centuries
1953 West Indian cricket batsmen Frank Worrell (237), Clyde Walcott (118) and Everton Weekes (109) all make centuries in 1st innings of drawn 5th Test v India in Kingston, Jamaica


West Indian CricketerEverton Weekes
Gordie Howe Fastest Goal
1954 Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe scores 2 goals and an assist, and sets a Stanley Cup playoff record for fastest goal from the start of a game 09) in a 4-3 2OT win over Toronto in Game 5 of the Semi-Finals


Ice Hockey LegendGordie Howe
Sports History
1963 NY Mets purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Duke Snider from the LA Dodgers for $40,000; Snider had starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers 1947-57


Baseball Hall of Fame OutfielderDuke Snider

• 1969 Seattle Pilots trade little-known minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to KC Royals for 2 prospects; hits .282 with 11 HRs & 68 RBI to win AL Rookie of the Year; becomes leading MLB manager
• 1970 Federal Bankruptcy Referee Sidney Volinn declares MLB's Seattle Pilots bankrupt; car dealer Bud Selig buys franchise for $10.8 million and moves club to Milwaukee (Brewers)
• 1972 MLB players stage first ever collective strike; play resumes (13/4/72) when owners and players agree to $500,000 increase in pension fund payments

NBA Record
1973 Boston Celtics captain John Havlicek scores career high 54 points in 134-109 rout of Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 of 1st round Eastern Conference playoffs; hits NBA playoff record 24-of-36 field-goal attempts


NBA Small forwardJohn Havlicek
Sports History
1973 Despite a final round, 5-3 loss to Montreal, Boston Bruins center Phil Esposito wins his third consecutive NHL scoring title with 130 points from 55 goals and 75 assists in the 78-game season


NHL StarPhil Esposito

• 1978 132nd Grand National: Bob Davies aboard 14/1 chance Lucius wins by half a length from Sebastian V

Sports History
1978 New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy becomes first NHL rookie to score 50 goals in a season after scoring #50 and #51 in the closing moments in a 3-2 win over Washington


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy
Sports History
1981 Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky has an assist (his 103rd) in the Oilers 4-4 tie with Colorado Rockies to break Bobby Orr's 10-year mark for most assists in a single NHL season


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
NHL Record
1982 Quebec center Peter Šťastný scores 4th career hat trick and 4 assists, and his brother Marián adds 5 assists to lead the Nordiques to an 8-5 win at Boston


Ice Hockey PlayerPeter Šťastný

• 1984 3rd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: USC goes back-to-back; beats Tennessee, 72-61; Cheryl Miller 2nd consecutive MOP award

PGA Players Championship
1984 PGA Tournament Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: 24-year old Fred Couples finishes at 277 (-11), 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino


Golfer and Masters ChampionFred Couples

GolferLee Trevino

• 1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Villanova beats Georgetown, 66-64; Wildcats lowest-seeded team (8th) to win tournament
• 1986 Ranji Trophy Men's Cricket, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141; Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110

Sports History
1989 A. Bartlett Giamatti replaces Peter Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of Major League Baseball; dies suddenly of a heart attack 5 months later


Olympic Executive and Commissioner of BaseballPeter Ueberroth

MLB CommissionerA. Bartlett Giamatti

• 1990 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn, 88-81; Cardinal point guard Jennifer Azzi MOP

Golf Major
1990 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Betsy King wIns the 2nd of her 3 Dinah Shore events, 2 strokes ahead of Shirley Furlong and Kathy Postlewait


LPGA GolferBetsy King
Golf Tournament
1990 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Jack Nicklaus wins his first start on the Senior PGA Tour by 4 strokes from Gary Player


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferGary Player

• 1991 53rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Kansas, 72-65; Blue Devils' first title; power forward Christian Laettner MOP
• 1992 NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history; 10 day action earns large playoff bonus increase, more control over licensing of their likenesses and changes to free agency system
• 1992 Sheffield Shield Men's Cricket Final, Perth: West Australia beats NSW by 44 runs; Justin Langer 149
• 1993 Reigning NASCAR Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki perishes in a private plane crash en route to Bristol for the Food City 500
• 1995 Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 12.94 seconds in 2-1 win at Everton
• 1995 New York Islanders retire Swedish right wing Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
• 1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse, 76-67; Wildcats' 6th national championship
• 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston, Massachusetts on WBCN 104.1 FM, in the live morning drive slot
• 1996 Veteran American MLB umpire John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring on Opening Day at the Cincinnati Reds' Riverfront Stadium; he was 51
• 1999 Detroit Pistons guard Joe Dumars becomes 10th player in NBA history to play 1,000 games with the same team and one of 8 to play 1,000 games with his only team; scores 18 points in 107-75 rout of Chicago Bulls
• 1999 Philadelphia 76ers head coach Larry Brown wins his 900th pro game with an 88-84 win over Miami Heat; Brown record: 671-547 NBA, 229-107 ABA, combined 900-654

Boxing Title Fight
2000 American boxer Chris Byrd wins WBO Heavyweight title after Ukrainian champion Vitali Klitschko retires with a shoulder injury at the end of the 9th round in Berlin, Germany


Boxer and Mayor of KyivVitali Klitschko

• 2000 Michelle Kwan pushes through all 7 triple jumps at the Palais des Exposition in Nice, France to become the first American since Peggy Flemming to win 3 world figure skating titles
• 2001 20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Notre Dame beats Purdue, 68-66; Fighting Irish forward Ruth Riley is named Most Outstanding Player
• 2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Maryland beats Indiana, 64-52; Terrapins' first title in first title game

Phelps Smashes 400m Medley Record
2007 American super swimmer Michael Phelps smashes his own world record in the 400m individual medley (4:06.22) to win his record 7th gold medal at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia


SwimmerMichael Phelps
36th Kraft Nabisco Championship
2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Morgan Pressel wins by 1 from Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew & Suzann Pettersen; youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days


GolferSuzann Pettersen

GolferCatriona Matthew

GolferBrittany Lincicome

• 2008 New York Yankees set a MLB record by winning their 11th straight home opener, 3-2 against Toronto Blue Jays
• 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Sun-Young Yoo wins sudden-death playoff on 1st extra hole after I.K. Kim misses a one-foot putt on the 72nd hole for the win
• 2016 The Golden State Warriors NBA record winning home run ends at 54 games with a 109-106 defeat to the Boston Celtics; the loss at Oracle Arena was the Warriors’ first since January 2015
• 2018 37th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Notre Dame beats Mississippi State, 61-58; Fighting Irish forward Jessica Shepard, 19 points
• 2020 All England Lawn Tennis Club cancels Wimbledon for the first time since World War II because of the COVID-19 pandemic; entire grass-court season abandoned
• 2024 Houston Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco no-hits Toronto Blue Jays, 10-0 at Minute Maid Park, Houston

 

APRIL 2

• 1902 Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands
• 1906 Dave Nourse takes 4 wickets and Reggie Schwarz 3 as South Africa wins the 5th cricket Test in Cape Town to complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England

Girl Strikes Out Ruth, Gehrig

1931 17-year old girl Jackie Mitchell strikes out New York Yankees stars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition baseball game at Engel Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Tarzan the Ape Man
1932 "Tarzan the Ape Man" released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films


Swimmer and ActorJohnny Weissmuller

Author and Creator of the Character TarzanEdgar Rice Burroughs
Guldahl's Only Title
1939 6th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ralph Guldahl wins his only Masters title with a tournament record 279 (−9), 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Sam Snead


GolferSam Snead
1942 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Dorothy Kirby retains title by 5 strokes ahead of Eileen Stulb

• 1969 Toronto center Forbes Kennedy sets a Stanley Cup playoff record for most penalties in one game with 8 as the Maple Leafs crash 10-0 to the Bruins at Boston; Boston’s first NHL playoff victory in 10 years

Sports History
1972 New York Mets manager Gil Hodges collapses just minutes after completing a round of golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, and dies of a heart attack


MLB First BasemanGil Hodges
Cricket History
1974 England cricket fast bowler Tony Greig takes 8-86 in West Indies' 1st innings in tourists' 26 run 5th Test win in Port-of-Spain; Greig also captures 5-70 in 2nd innings
Baseball Trade
1976 Oakland Athletics trade 2 key members from recent World Series C'ship team, sending outfielder Reggie Jackson and pitcher Ken Holtzman to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for outfielder Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson
1977 131st Grand National: Tommy Stack wins aboard 9/1 Red Rum; record third GN victory (1973-74); Charlotte Brew first female to ride in the race

• 1977 Montreal Canadiens rout the Washington Capitals, 11-0 at the Montreal Forum to set an NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss

Sports History
1978 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova wins her first WTA Tour Championship; beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 7-6, 6-4 at Oakland Coliseum Arena
1978 Jamaican batsman Basil Williams scores 100 on debut for the West Indies in Australia's 3 wicket 3rd Test victory in Georgetown, Guyana
Sports History
1980 In his first full season in the NHL, Wayne Gretzky scores for Edmonton in a 1-1 tie with Minnesota North Stars to become the youngest player to reach 50 goals at 19 years and 2 months of age


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Sports History
1980 Montreal right wing Guy Lafleur scores twice to become the first player in NHL history to record 6 straight 50-goal seasons, as the Canadiens beat the Red Wings, 7-2 at Detroit
Sports History
1983 New York Islanders right wing Mike Bossy scores in a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins to become the first player in NHL history to score 60 goals in 3 consecutive seasons
Sports History
1984 46th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston, 84-75; Hoyas center Patrick Ewing tournament MOP; John Thompson first African-American head coach to lead his team to any NCAA Division I title


Hall of Fame NBA CentrePatrick Ewing

• 1985 Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky sets an NHL record with his 34th career hat trick as the Oilers beat the Kings 6-4 in Los Angeles

Sports History
1985 Quebec's Czech center Peter Šťastný scores his 100th NHL point of the season for the 5th straight year, with an assist for the Nordiques in a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins in Quebec City


Ice Hockey PlayerPeter Šťastný

• 1985 The NCAA Rules Committee adopts a 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball to begin in the 1986 season in an effort to eliminate stalling
• 1986 NCAA Basketball Rules Committee votes to adopt the 3-point shot beginning the 1986-87 season; sets college distance at 19 feet, 9 inches, compared to 21 feet in the NBA

NHL Record
1986 Paul Coffey of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 47th and 48th goals of the season in an 8-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks to break Bobby Orr's NHL record for most goals by a defenseman


NHL StarPaul Coffey
Cricket Debut
1988 West Indies cricket fast bowling great Curtly Ambrose makes his debut in 9 wicket 1st Test defeat to Pakistan in Georgetown, Guyana; low key debut with 2-108


CricketerCurtly Ambrose

• 1989 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn, 76-60; Lady Vols forward Bridgette Gordon MOP
• 1989 Calgary Flames right wing Joe Mullen sets new NHL record for most points in a season by a American-born player, with a goal and 2 assists in a 4-2 win over Edmonton Oilers gives him 110 points
• 1989 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Juli Inkster leads wire-to-wire to win her second DS event, 5 strokes ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner and Tammie Green
• 1990 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke, 103-73; record largest margin of victory in a championship game; Runnin' Rebels' first title
• 1993 Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws
• 1995 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 70-64; Huskies' first NCAA title, completing first undefeated season since 1986 Texas
• 1995 Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is the first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to a labor dispute

Golf Tournament
1995 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: 2-time champion Jack Nicklaus wins with birdie on 3rd playoff hole against Isao Aoki


GolferJack Nicklaus
WrestleMania
1995 WrestleMania XI, Hartford Civic Centre, CT: NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerLawrence Taylor
Baseball Record
1996 Detroit Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game, a 10-6 win at Minnesota Twins; longest duration in MLB history without a stolen base


Baseball PlayerCecil Fielder
Jayasuriya Scores 134
1996 Sri Lankan cricket batsman Sanath Jayasuriya hits century in 48 balls (134 off 65), in 34 run win over Pakistan in Singapore; world ODI record


CricketerSanath Jayasuriya

• 1996 Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 105-103 at General Motors Place Arena to end their NBA single-season record 23-game consecutive loss streak
• 2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 71-52; Huskies' point guard Shea Ralph is named the Most Outstanding Player
• 2000 Adam Gilchrist takes his 10th catch in the 3rd cricket Test against New Zealand in Hamilton to create an Australian record for dismissals by a wicketkeeper; Australia wins by 6 wickets for 3-0 series sweep
• 2000 Atlanta center Ray Ferraro scores a goal and added 2 assists as the Thrashers end an NHL record 17-game home winless streak (0-15-2) with a 5-4 win against the visiting New York Islanders

Sports History
2000 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Tom Kite wins his lone Champions Tour major with birdie on 6th playoff hole with Tom Watson & Larry Nelson


GolferTom Watson

Golfer and Three-Time Major Championship WinnerLarry Nelson

GolferTom Kite

• 2001 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Arizona, 82-72; Blue Devils' 3rd title; forward Shane Battier MOP

Baseball Record
2001 New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens becomes American League all-time strikeout leader, recording his 3,509th K in a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals; Walter Johnson previous record 3,508 Ks


MLB Pitching LegendRoger Clemens
Sports History
2001 Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has 2 hits and becomes first Japanese position player to play in a regular season MLB game as Mariners beat Oakland A's, 5-4 at Safeco Field


Baseball StarIchiro Suzuki
Sports History
2003 At 27 years, 249 days Texas Rangers infielder Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest MLB player to hit 300 home runs; homers off Ramon Ortiz in 5th inning of an 11-5 loss to the Angels in Anaheim


MLB ShortstopAlex Rodriguez

• 2005 Bubba Stewart becomes first African-American to win a major motor sports event when he takes out the Monster Energy AMA Supercross C'ship event in Irving, Texas
• 2005 Newcastle United teammates Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer are sent off for fighting each other in a 3-0 home defeat to EPL rivals Aston Villa at St. James’ Park

Golf Major
2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Australian Karrie Webb beats Lorena Ochoa of Mexico with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole; earlier eagles same hole to force the playoff

2007 69th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Florida beats Ohio State, 84-75; Gators' back-to-back titles; forward Corey Brewer named Most Outstanding Player
Laureus Awards
2007 Laureus World Sports Awards, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain: Sportsman: Roger Federer; Sportswoman: Yelena Isinbayeva; Team: Italy Men's National Football team

Contract of Interest
2010 Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million


NBA GuardKobe Bryant
Cricket World Cup
2011 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India: India beats Sri Lanka by 6 wickets for their second title; Player of the Match: MS Dhoni (IND) 91 no (79)

2012 74th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky defeats Kansas, 67-59; Wildcats guard Doron Lamb, 22 points

• 2017 36th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: South Carolina defeats Mississippi State, 67-55; Gamecocks power forward A'ja Wilson, 23 points
• 2017 ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Ryu So-yeon of South Korea wins 2nd major in a playoff with Lexi Thompson who had earlier been penalised 4 strokes
• 2018 80th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Villanova defeats Michigan, 79–62; Wildcats guard Donte DiVincenzo 31 points

Golf Major
2018 ANA Inspiration Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden gains her first pro win in a sudden-death playoff against Inbee Park and Jennifer Song that extends to 8 holes

2019 OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes 2nd player in NBA history to have 20+ points, rebounds and assists in a game; records 20-20-21 in 119-103 win over LA Lakers

• 2023 41st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas: LSU defeat Iowa Hawkeyes, 102-85 to win Tigers' first-ever national title; MOP: Angel Reese (LSU)