Today's events in sports history

JAN 9

• 1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
• 1903 Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace

• 1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League's Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and move it to NYC (later the NY Yankees)
• 1930 Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game

Boxing Title Fight

1942 In his 20th title defence, Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in the 1st round of their rematch to retain his world heavyweight boxing title at New York’s Madison Square Garden


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1947 Providence Steamrollers guard Dino Martin becomes the first NBA player to ever score 40 points in a game, in a 91-68 win over Cleveland Rebels at Rhode Island Auditorium
• 1951 Washington Capitals NBA club folds
• 1952 Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title

Sports History
1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
• 1954 Bert Olmstead of the Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game

Sports History
1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54


NBA PlayerOscar Robertson

• 1962 NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
• 1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"

Sports History
1972 Led by future Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks beat LA Lakers, 120-104, ending LA's consecutive win streak at 33, the longest winning streak in major league sports history


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

• 1975 Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes

Sports History
1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot


NHL StarBryan Trottier
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1977 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Roscoe Tanner wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-3, 6-3, 6-3


Tennis PlayerRoscoe Tanner

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionGuillermo Vilas
Super Bowl
1977 Super Bowl XI, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14; MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR


NFL Coach and SportscasterJohn Madden
Sports History
1979 Bobby Orr's #4 jersey is retired by the Boston Bruins


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
• 1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
• 1986 NY Islanders repeat their greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Sports History
1988 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano


Figure SkaterBrian Boitano
Hall of Fame
1989 Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


MLB CatcherJohnny Bench

MLB OutfielderCarl Yastrzemski

• 1990 Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78

Hall of Fame
1990 Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


MLB Hall of Fame Infielder and BroadcasterJoe Morgan

Baseball PlayerJim Palmer
Hall of Fame
1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame for betting on baseball


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose
Sports History
1991 Chicago's Michael Jordan scores a game-high 40 points to lead the Bulls to a 107-99 win over Philadelphia at the Spectrum; reaches the 15,000 point mark of his career


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1991 Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
• 1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100m free style (53.33)

Sports History
1998 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title


Chess GrandmasterAnatoly Karpov

• 1998 Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving

Sports History
1998 Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky as the best NHL player ever


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1999 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Mark Philippoussis clinches Australia's unassailable 2-0 lead, (ends 2-1), with a 6-3, 7-6 win over Sweden's Jonas Björkman; Australia's first title

Sports History
2000 Miami Dolphin QB Dan Marino wins his last career NFL game (20-17 vs Seattle)


Hall of Fame NFL QuarterbackDan Marino

• 2009 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Dominik Hrbatý beats Russia's Marat Safin 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 for an unassailable 2-0 lead, and Slovakia's 3rd title

Hopman Cup
2010 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: María José Martínez Sánchez & Tommy Robredo of Spain beat British pair Laura Robson & Andy Murray 7-6, 7-5 to clinch a 2-1 win; Spain's 3rd title


Tennis ChampionAndy Murray

• 2012 College Football, 14th BCS National Championship, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans: #2 Alabama beats #1 LSU, 21-0

Ballon d'Or
2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi wins award for a record 3rd consecutive year; Japanese midfielder Homare Sawa wins women's award


Football StarLionel Messi

• 2014 Yaya Toure wins African Footballer of the Year
• 2016 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Australian Nick Kyrgios beats Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 for an unassailable 2-0 lead and the home nation's second title
• 2017 College Football National Championship, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa: #2 Clemson beats #1 Alabama, 35-31

 

JAN 10

• 1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214
• 1914 Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen skates world 500m record in 43.7s in Oslo, Norway

• 1920 Montreal's Newsy Lalonde scores 6 goals as Canadiens beat Toronto St. Patricks, 14-7 at Mount Royal Arena, Montreal; combined 21 goals an NHL record
• 1930 New Zealand's 1st game of Test cricket is held in Christchurch, NZ. Englishman Maurice Allom takes a Test hat-trick.
• 1945 No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

NHL Record

1951 Maurice Richard scores his 16th career hat trick in the Montreal Canadiens' 3-0 win over NY Rangers to bring his career total to 274 goals; passes Howie Morenz as NHL's #2 all-time leading goal scorer


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard

• 1953 3rd NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: National Conference beats American Conference, 27-7; MVP: Don Doll, Detroit Lions, DB

Sports History
1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates


Singer and ActorBing Crosby
NFL Pro Bowl
1965 15th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 34-14; MVPs: Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota Vikings, QB; Terry Barr, Detroit Lions, DB


NFL QuarterbackFran Tarkenton
NBA All-Star Game
1967 17th NBA All-Star Game, Cow Palace, San Francisco, Ca: West beats East, 135-120; MVP: Rick Barry, SF Warriors, SF


NBA Small ForwardRick Barry

• 1982 AFC Championship, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati: Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego Chargers, 27-7 in the "Freezer Bowl"

NFC Championship
1982 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 28-27; "The Catch" - iconic moment in NFL history - Dwight Clark makes fingertip catch for a TD from Joe Montana with 58" remaining; SF goes on to win Super Bowl


NFL QuarterbackJoe Montana

• 1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
• 1983 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver

Hall of Fame
1984 Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew and Don Drysdale elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerHarmon Killebrew

MLB PlayerDon Drysdale
Sports History
1985 Lenny Wilkens becomes first to coach in 1,000 NBA games when his Seattle SuperSonics defeat the Golden State Warriors, 89-86


NBA Point Guard and CoachLenny Wilkens

Sports History
1986 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; only NBA player to reach the milestone at that time; remains all-time leader (38,387)


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar
Sports History
1989 LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than Gordie Howe


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
• 1996 Boston guard Dana Barros sinks a 3-point field goal in his 89th straight game, during the Celtics' 113-104 win over Sacramento Kings; NBA record streak ends in next game when he goes 0 from 9

Sports History
1996 Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins


NFL Head CoachJimmy Johnson
Hopman Cup
1998 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Karina Habšudová & Karol Kučera beat French pair Mary Pierce & Cédric Pioline 6-3, 6-4 for a 2-1 win, and Slovakia's first title


Tennis PlayerMary Pierce

Tennis PlayerCedric Pioline

• 1998 Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan wins his 600th NBA game with a 111-84 victory at the Houston Rockets

Sports History
1998 Vancouver Canucks veteran center Mark Messier becomes the 6th player in NHL history to record 1,000 assists in a 2-2 tie against the Florida Panthers at General Motors Place


NHL LegendMark Messier

• 2003 NBA announces Charlotte, N.C. is awarded an NBA expansion franchise to be known as the Charlotte Bobcats and start play in 2004-05; eventually changes to the Charlotte Hornets for the 2014-15 season
• 2004 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Lindsay Davenport & James Blake beat Slovakian pair Daniela Hantuchová & Karol Kučera 6-2, 6-3 for a 2-1 win, and 3rd American title
• 2011 College Football, 13th BCS National Championship, University of Phoenix Stadium: #1 Auburn beats #2 Oregon, 22-19

Ballon d'Or
2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi wins 2nd straight award from teammates Andrés Iniesta & Xavi; Brazilian forward Marta wins women's award for 5th consecutive year


Football StarLionel Messi
Hopman Cup
2015 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska & Jerzy Janowicz beat American pair Serena Williams & John Isner 7-5, 6-3 to clinch a 2-1 win; earlier Radwańska defeats Williams 6-4, 6-7, 6-1


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

Tennis PlayerJohn Isner

Tennis PlayerAgnieszka Radwańska
Sports History
2021 PGA of America pulls 2022 PGA Championship from Trump National GC at Bedminster, NJ, days after supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol


45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

• 2022 College Football, National Championship, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana: #3 Georgia beats #1 Alabama, 33-18

 

JAN 11

World Record
1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)


Cyclist and Speed SkaterJaap Eden

• 1915 Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000, Ruppert pays his portion in cash

Sports History
1938 Bradman scores a second innings 113 v Qld after a ton in the 1st


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1946 Bert Bell becomes second NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia

Sports History
1953 J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club


First Director of the FBIJ. Edgar Hoover

• 1959 9th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 28-21; MVPs: Frank Gifford, NY Giants, HB; Doug Atkins, Chicago Bears, DE
• 1959 Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad smashes 499 for Karachi v Bahawalpur, then 1st class world record
• 1960 LaMar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts

Sports History
1963 SF Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 points in 134-129 defeat to LA Lakers at Cow Palace


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1966 16th NBA All-Star Game, Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, OH: East beats West, 137-94; MVP: Adrian Smith, Cincinnati Royals, PG
• 1967 San Diego is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Rockets; franchise moves to Houston for the 1971-72 season
• 1970 Super Bowl IV, Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA: KC Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7; MVP: Len Dawson, Kansas City, QB
• 1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule

Sports History
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship


Figure SkaterDorothy Hamill

• 1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
• 1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics
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• 1981 AFC Championship, Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego: Oakland Raiders beat San Diego Chargers, 34-27
• 1981 NFC Championship, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles beat Dallas Cowboys, 20-7

Sports History
1983 Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 3rd time


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1983 Edmonton’s Pat Hughes sets NHL record for the fastest 2 shorthanded goals by one player at just 25 seconds apart in a 7-5 win at St. Louis; first player to break a Wayne Gretzky record

Sports History
1983 LA Kings' center Marcel Dionne picks up his 24th NHL career hat-trick and adds 3 assists for 6 points in a 9-7 win at Washington; Kings' first road win after 8 straight losses


NHL StarMarcel Dionne

• 1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game

AFC Championship
1987 AFC Championship, Cleveland Stadium: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 23-20 (OT)


NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
• 1987 NFC Championship, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford: New York Giants beat Washington Redskins, 17-0
• 1988 USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
• 1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
• 1990 Bobby Knight becomes college basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)

Sports History
1990 NHL New York Islander Pat LaFontaine sets team record of scoring goals in 11 straight games


NHL StarPat LaFontaine

• 1991 Ben Johnson's 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finishes 2nd
• 1992 US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi
• 1995 Birmingham Barracudas (based in Alabama) granted CFL franchise, experiment only lasts one season
• 1995 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
• 1998 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21
• 1998 NFC Championship, 3Com Park, SF: Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49ers, 23-10
• 1998 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
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• 1998 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

Sports History
1999 Marty Schottenheimer resigns as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs


NFL CoachMarty Schottenheimer

• 2001 New York Knicks hold an opponent under 100 points for NBA-record 29th straight game in a 76-75 loss to the Houston Rockets; streak snaps 46-year-old NBA record of 28 straight set by the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1954-55

Sports History
2003 Washington right wing Jaromír Jágr scores his 10th career hat-trick and adds 4 assists for 7 points and his 1,200th NHL point in a 12-2 win against Florida; Jágr has 20+ goals in each of his 13 NHL seasons


Ice Hockey PlayerJaromír Jágr

• 2004 "4th and 26", trailing Green Bay Packers by 3 in NFC Divisional Playoff Game, Philadelphia Eagles face 4th and 26 on their final drive, Donovan McNabb hits Freddie Mitchell for 29 yards. Eagles tie the game and go on to win in overtime
• 2004 Washington Capitals' German goaltender Olaf Kölzig records his 32nd NHL career shutout in a 1-0 win against the visiting Edmonton Oilers
• 2016 College Football National Championship, University of Phoenix Stadium: #2 Alabama beats #1 Clemson, 45-40

Ballon d'Or
2016 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi wins his record 5th award with 41.33% of the votes; American midfielder Carli Lloyd is Women's World Player of the Year


Football StarLionel Messi

• 2021 College Football, National Championship, Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida: #1 Alabama beats #3 Ohio State, 52-24

 

JAN 12

NHL Record

1918 Montreal Canadien's center Joe Malone scores 5 goals in a 9-4 win over Ottawa to become the first 20 goal scorer in NHL history; goes on to score 44 regular season goals


Ice Hockey PlayerJoe Malone

• 1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
• 1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA

Boxing Title Fight
1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

• 1952 2nd NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: National Conference beats American Conference, 30-13; MVP: Dan Towler, LA Rams, FB
• 1958 8th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 26-7; MVPs: Hugh McElhenny, SF 49ers, HB; Gene Brito, Washington Redskins, DE
• 1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring

NBA Record
1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points


NBA Power Forward and CoachDolph Schayes

• 1960 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points

NFL Pro Bowl
1964 14th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 31-17; MVPs: Johnny Unitas, Baltimore Colts, QB; Gino Marchetti, Baltimore Colts, DE


NFL QuarterbackJohnny Unitas
NBA History
1966 Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach records his 1,000th NBA career victory (regular season and playoffs), 114-102 over the Los Angeles Lakers in Boston


NBA Head CoachRed Auerbach
Boxing History
1967 Louisville, Kentucky draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali [1]


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Super Bowl
1969 Super Bowl III, Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7; MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB


NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath
NBA All-Star Game
1971 21st NBA All-Star Game, San Diego Sports Arena: West beats East, 108-107; MVP: Lenny Wilkens, Seattle SuperSonics, PG; oldest MVP in All-Star history (33); scores 21 points


NBA Point Guard and CoachLenny Wilkens

• 1975 Super Bowl IX, Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6; MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB

Sports History
1980 Björn Borg of Sweden wins his first of 2 season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles outclassing American Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 6–2 at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

Tennis PlayerVitas Gerulaitis

• 1980 Phoenix point guard Mike Bratz begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games during a 107-96 loss at the Golden State Warriors
• 1981 MLB Cincinnati Reds become last team to sign a free agent, outfielder Larry Biitner

Hall of Fame
1983 Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame Third BasemanBrooks Robinson

Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherJuan Marichal

• 1983 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
• 1983 Quebec Nordiques play 230th NHL game without being shut out
• 1986 AFC Championship, Miami Orange Bowl: New England Patriots beat Miami Dolphins, 31-14
• 1986 Chicago Blackhawk centre Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
• 1986 NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat Los Angeles Rams, 24-0

Hall of Fame
1988 Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder/first baseman Willie Stargell elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Left fielder / First basemanWillie Stargell

• 1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Women's Basketball game (11,520)
• 1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)

AFC Championship
1992 AFC Championship, Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY: Buffalo Bills beat Denver Broncos, 10-7


NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 1992 Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Troy State Trojans defeat DeVry Hoyas 258-149 in Troy, Alabama
• 1992 NFC Championship, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Detroit Lions, 41-10

Sports History
1993 NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma


NHL Legend and OwnerMario Lemieux
Hall of Fame
1994 Lefthanded pitcher Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Hall of Fame
1995 10th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Allman Brothers Band; Al Green; Janis Joplin; Led Zeppelin; Martha and the Vandellas; Neil Young; Frank Zappa; The Orioles; Paul Ackerman


Singer-SongwriterJanis Joplin

Singer-songwriterNeil Young
Trial of Interest
1995 Murder trial against O.J. Simpson, begins in LA


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1997 AFC Championship, Foxborough Stadium: New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars, 20-6
• 1997 Ladies' figure skating star Oksana Baiul injured slightly while driving intoxicated in Bloomfield, Connecticut
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• 1997 NFC Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers beat Carolina Panthers, 30-13

NHL History
2006 During an emotional ceremony, Mark Messier's #11 jersey is retired by the New York Rangers


NHL LegendMark Messier
Football Awards
2009 Cristiano Ronaldo is awarded 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year for the first time at a ceremony in Zurich


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2013 "Mile High Miracle", In AFC Divisional Playoff Game Denver Broncos ahead of Baltimore Ravens 35-28 with 1:09 remaining, quarterback Joe Flacco heaves 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game. Ravens win in overtime.
• 2014 Stephen Bunting and Lisa Ashton win the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship
• 2015 College Football National Championship, AT&T Stadium, Arlington: #4 Ohio State beats #2 Oregon, 42-20
• 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid & Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins for a 2nd consecutive time; his 3rd award overall; VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Nadine Keßler is women's award winner
• 2017 Justin Thomas (23) becomes the youngest player to shoot a sub-60 round of 59 in the opening round of the Sony Open at Waialae CC in Hawaii; he also wins the tournament

Tennis Tournmaent
2020 1st ATP Cup Men's Tennis, Sydney: Novak Đoković & Viktor Troicki beat Spanish pair Pablo Carreño Busta & Feliciano López 6-3, 6-4 to clinch inaugural title for Serbia, 2-1; Đoković beats Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

Tennis ChampionRafael Nadal

• 2020 Argentine striker Sergio Agüero becomes top-scoring overseas player in English Premier League football history with a hat-trick in Manchester City's 6-1 rout of Aston Villa; total 177 takes him past Thierry Henry

 

JAN 13

• 1908 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers rout Ottawa Victorias, 13-1 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
• 1919 Dutch Soccer team OSV forms

NBA All-Star Game

1953 3rd NBA All-Star Game, Allen County Coliseum, Fort Wayne, Indiana: West beats East, 79-75; MVP: George Mikan, Minneapolis Lakers, C


NBA CenterGeorge Mikan

• 1957 7th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 19-10; MVPs: Bert Rechichar, Baltimore Colts, K; Ernie Stautner, Pittsburgh Steelers, DT

Sports History
1962 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points in Warriors' 135-117 win over Chicago Packers; at the time, most points scored in NBA regulation game, and remains tied for 3rd-highest total


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
NFL Pro Bowl
1963 13th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 30-20; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Eugene Lipscomb, Pittsburgh Steelers, DT


NFL LegendJim Brown

• 1963 2nd AFL All Star Game, Balboa Stadium, San Diego, California: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 21-14; MVPs: Curtis McClinton, Dallas Texans, RB; Earl Faison, LA Chargers, DE

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1964 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson retains title; beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-3, 6-4, 6-2


Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

• 1964 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Australian Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3, 6-2 for her 5th Australian singles crown

NBA All-Star Game
1965 15th NBA All-Star Game, St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Mo: East beats West, 124-123; MVP: Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati Royals, F


NBA ForwardJerry Lucas

• 1968 Minnesota North Stars NHL player Bill Masterson, suffers head injuries during a game and dies two days later, becoming the 1st player to die as result of a game

Sports History
1971 In a high profile NHL trade, the Montreal Canadiens obtain future Hockey Hall of Fame left wing Frank Mahovlich from Detroit, in exchange for Bill Collins, Guy Charron and Mickey Redmond


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich

• 1972 Bernice Gera wins anti-discrimination case against the National Baseball Congressl, initiated March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
• 1974 Super Bowl VIII, Rice Stadium, Houston, TX: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7; MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB
• 1976 Future undisputed world middleweight boxing champion Marvin Hagler suffers his first career loss in a controversial 10-round majority decision to Bobby Watts at the Philadelphia Spectrum

NHL Record
1981 Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

Hall of Fame
1982 Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
Sports History
1983 AMA urges ban on boxing, cites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1985 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
• 1985 99 year old Otto Bucher from Switzerland becomes oldest man to record a hole-in-one at Spanish GC La Manga's 130-yard 12th hole
• 1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders

Sports History
1985 John McEnroe repeats previous year's result with a 7–5, 6–0, 6–4 win over Ivan Lendl to claim back-to-back season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl
Sports History
1985 Playing in his 436th career game, Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky scores his 400th career NHL goal and adds 2 assists in a 5-4 Oilers' win over the Sabres in Buffalo


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Sports History
1988 LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey

• 1989 Jerry Parks, Oklahoma defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate
• 1991 Football fans of the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates clash in Orkney, South Africa leading to a riot and 42 deaths in the Oppenheimer Stadium disaster

Sports History
1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan


Figure SkaterTonya Harding

Figure SkaterNancy Kerrigan

• 1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
• 1995 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race

Sports History
1999 Basketball superstar Michael Jordan announces his second retirement just prior to start of lockout-shortened 1998-99 NBA season; returns in 2001 with Washington


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 2001 Atlanta Hawks retire Dominique Wilkins' No. 21 in pre-game ceremonies at Philips Arena; joins Bob Pettit and Lou Hudson as the only Hawks to have their numbers retired

Sports History
2002 In a controversial move, Marty Schottenheimer is fired as head coach of the Washington Redskins after just one season


NFL CoachMarty Schottenheimer

• 2004 Toronto's Tom Fitzgerald and Gary Roberts become first teammates in NHL history to play their 1,000th NHL game on the same night as the Maple Leafs beat the visiting Calgary Flames, 4-1
• 2008 Orlando Magic knock down a then NBA-record 23 3-pointers in 37 attempts (62.2%); Jameer Nelson goes 5-for-5 from beyond the arc as Magic beat the Sacramento Kings, 139-107

Ballon d'Or
2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid & Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo ends Lionel Messi's domination of award; FFC Frankfurt goalkeeper Nadine Angerer takes women's award


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

Football StarLionel Messi

• 2017 Cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scores Bangladesh's top Test score ever (217) during the 1st Test v New Zealand in Wellington
• 2019 Houston guard James Harden scores 38 points in Rockets' 116-108 loss to Orlando; 16th straight game with 30+ points matching Kobe Bryant's NBA record streak; also goes 1 for 17 from 3-point arc, tying record for most misses

Sports History
2019 Lionel Messi scores for FC Barcelona in 3-0 win over Eibar, his 400th goal in La Liga; becomes first player to reach mark in just one of Europe's top 5 leagues; Cristiano Ronaldo had 409 in Spain, England & Italy


Football StarLionel Messi

• 2020 College Football, National Championship, Superdome, New Orleans: #1 LSU beats #3 Clemson, 42-15
• 2020 Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow are fired by team owner Jim Crane for their roles in the sign-stealing scandal after MLB suspends both for one year

 

Jan 14

• 1898 Australian cricketer Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
• 1919 John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham and Judge MCQuade buy NY Giants

• 1927 Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers

Hall of Fame

1932 Racing Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro wins his 1st race


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyEddie Arcaro
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1935 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Home favourite Jack Crawford wins his 4th Australian title; beats Fred Perry of England 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4


Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry

• 1935 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: In an all-British final Dorothy Round Little defeats Nancy Lyle 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• 1940 2nd NFL All Star Game, Gilmore Stadium, LA, CA: Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars, 16-7

Sports History
1940 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers minor league players


1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis

• 1943 Montreal Canadiens' left wing Alex Smart becomes the first NHL rookie to score a hat trick in his first NHL game, a 5-1 win at home over the Chicago Black Hawks
• 1946 1946 NFL Draft: Frank Dancewicz from University of Notre Dame first pick by Boston Yanks

NFL Pro Bowl
1951 1st NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: American Conference beats National Conference, 28-27; MVP: Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns, QB


NFL QuarterbackOtto Graham

• 1961 Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL

NFL Pro Bowl
1962 12th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 31-30; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Henry Jordan, Green Bay Packers, DT


NFL LegendJim Brown
NBA All-Star Game
1964 14th NBA All-Star Game, Boston Garden: East beats West, 111-107; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG


NBA PlayerOscar Robertson
Super Bowl
1968 Super Bowl II, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14; MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB


NFL Coach and SportscasterJohn Madden

• 1969 19th NBA All-Star Game, Baltimore Civic Centre: East beats West, 123-112; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG
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• 1969 Matt Busby retires from Manchester United
• 1971 Cricketer John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
• 1973 Super Bowl VII, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins, 14-7; MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S

NBA All-Star Game
1975 25th NBA All-Star Game, Arizona Vets Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, Az: East beats West, 108-102; MVP: Walt Frazier, NY Knicks, PG


Basketball PlayerWalt Frazier

• 1975 Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m

Sports History
1976 Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves


Businessman and SailorTed Turner
Sports History
1979 John McEnroe wins his first of 3 season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 against fellow American Arthur Ashe at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe
Sports History
1979 Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benitez beats WBC welterweight champion Carlos Palomino of Mexico in a 15-round split decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico; becomes two-division champion at the age of 20


BoxerWilfred Benítez

• 1984 Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini scores a 3rd-round TKO of Bobby Chacon to retain his WBA lightweight title in Reno, Nevada; Chacon so severely battered he thanks referee Richard Steele for stopping the fight

Sports History
1985 Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

AFC Championship
1990 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21


NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 1990 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams, 30-3

NBA Record
1993 Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

• 1994 Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)

Sports History
1995 Vinny Pazienza beats Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán in a 12-round unanimous decision in a super middleweight bout in Atlantic City; 2nd time in 6 months Pazienza wears down 43-year-old Duran in a high profile pay-pay-view bout


BoxerRoberto Durán

• 1996 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts, 20-16
• 1996 NFC Championship, Texas Stadium: Dallas Cowboys beat Green Bay Packers, 38-27

Sports History
1998 Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge


NBA Power ForwardCharles Barkley

• 2001 AFC Championship, Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland: Baltimore Ravens beat Oakland Raiders, 16-3
• 2001 NFC Championship, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford: New York Giants beat Minnesota Vikings, 41-0
• 2020 Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseball's investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros; Cora was the Astros' bench coach before moving to Boston

 

JAN 15

Baseball History

1892 Basketball rules first published in Triangle Magazine, written by James Naismith


Basketball InventorJames Naismith

• 1895 Australian cricket spin bowler Albert Trott takes 8-43 on debut to end England's 2nd innings at 143 in 3rd Test in Adelaide; Australia wins by 382 in 4 days

Cricket Debut
1930 Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley scores 157 of 176 on debut on the 4th day of the drawn 1st Test against England in Bridgetown, Barbados


West Indian CricketerGeorge Headley
Contract of Interest
1934 New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, nearing end of illustrious career, signs a 1-year contract worth $35,000; represents a pay cut of $17,000 for "The Babe"


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1936 Horace Stoneham is elected president of New York Giants MLB franchise; succeeds late father, Charles; remains president for next 40 years, presiding over move to SF, before selling team in 1976

Sports History
1939 1st NFL All Star Game, Wrigley Field, Chicago: New York Giants beat All America All-Stars, 13-10


American Football PlayerMel Hein

• 1942 Chicago Cubs drop plans to install lights at Wrigley Field because of military's need for materials; takes 35 years before lights finally installed at the venerable ballpark

Sports History
1942 US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sends his famed "Green Light Letter" to MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, encouraging baseball to continue playing during World War II


32nd US PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt

1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis
Sports History
1950 Red Wings' rookie goalie Terry Sawchuk records his first of 115 career NHL shutouts, as Detroit beats the New York Rangers, 1-0 at Madison Square Garden


NHL LegendTerry Sawchuk
NFL Pro Bowl
1956 6th NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 31-30; MVP: Ollie Matson, Baltimore Colts, RB


American Football PlayerOllie Matson
NBA All-Star Game
1957 7th NBA All-Star Game, Boston Garden: East beats West, 109-97; MVP: Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics, PG


NBA Point GuardBob Cousy

• 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers extend their 5-year lease on Ebbets Field by signing a new 3-year lease with real estate developer Marvin Kratter; club moves to Los Angeles the next year
• 1958 New York Yankees announce that 140 MLB games to be televised on WPIX TV this season in a deal worth over $1 million dollars

NFL Pro Bowl
1961 11th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 35-31; MVPs: Johnny Unitas, Baltimore Colts, QB; Sam Huff, NY Giants, LB


NFL QuarterbackJohnny Unitas
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1962 50th Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Rod Laver takes the 1st leg of his 1st Grand Slam; beats fellow Queenslander Roy Emerson 8-6, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4


Tennis PlayerRod Laver

Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

• 1962 50th Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Jan Lehane O'Neill in the final for 3rd straight year 6-0, 6-2
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• 1964 MLB executives vote to hold a free agent amateur draft, officially known as Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in NYC

Contract of Interest
1964 San Francisco Giants make champion outfielder Willie Mays the highest-paid player in baseball when they sign him to a new $105,000 per season contract


MLB LegendWillie Mays
NBA Record
1965 One of the biggest trades in NBA history; San Francisco Warriors send Wilt Chamberlain to the Philadelphia 76ers for Connie Dierking, Lee Shaffer, Paul Neumann and cash


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
Sports History
1966 5th AFL All Star Game, Rice Stadium, Houston: All-Stars beat Buffalo Bills, 30-19: MVPs: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB; Frank Buncom, LA Chargers, LB


NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath

• 1967 Super Bowl I, LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10; MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
• 1968 Minnesota North Stars forward Bill Masterton dies 2 days after suffering a head injury in a game against the Oakland Seals; the only death as a result of a game injury in NHL history

Boxing Title Fight
1972 World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier stops Terry Daniels in 4 rounds in New Orleans to retain his WBC and WBA titles


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1974 24th NBA All-Star Game, Seattle Center Coliseum: West beats East, 134-123; MVP: Bob Lanier, Detroit Pistons
• 1978 Super Bowl XII, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10; MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE & Randy White, Dallas, DT
• 1981 Pitcher Bob Gibson is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility; after a stellar 17 year career, polls 337 votes from Baseball Writers Association of America
• 1983 Javed Miandad & Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand v India

Sports History
1984 John McEnroe reverses previous year's result with a 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 win over Ivan Lendl to claim his second season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis title at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl
Sports History
1984 Martina Navratilova’s 54-match winning streak ends when beaten by Hana Mandlíková 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 in the final of the Virginia Slims of California tennis event in Oakland; after loss Navratilova wins next 74 matches for new record


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova

Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1985 Mike Gatting (207) and Graeme Fowler (201) become first pair of England batsmen to complete double centuries in the same innings during 9-wicket 4th cricket Test win against India at Madras

Sports History
1986 Montreal's rookie goaltender Patrick Roy records his first of 66 career NHL shutouts, in the Canadiens' 4-0 win against the Winnipeg Jets at the Forum


NHL Goalie and CoachPatrick Roy
Sports History
1987 Champion Boston Celtics NBA forward Larry Bird is named Man of the Year by 'The Sporting News' and Athlete of the Year by 'Associated Press'; first time one athlete gains both distinctions


NBA LegendLarry Bird

• 1988 19-year-old Indian cricket leg-spinner Narenda Hirwani records best bowling figures on debut in Test history; captures 16-136 in 255 run 4th Test win v West Indies in Madras; Hirwani takes 8 wickets in each innings
• 1988 NFL analyst Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes several questionable comments about African Americans during a lunchtime interview on CBS' NFL Today; fired the next day

Boxing Title Fight
1990 42 year old former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman stops Gerry Cooney in 2 rounds in Atlantic City in a non-title bout; Cooney's last fight


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

• 1990 Golden State coach Don Nelson becomes 2nd man in NBA history to appear in 1,000 games both as a player and coach (joining Lenny Wilkens) as the Warriors lose to the Indiana Pacers, 144-105
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• 1990 In a bizarre twist in the NHL, Washington Capitals fire coach Brian Murray, who had been head coach since 1981; replace him with his brother Terry, who had been coaching in the minors
• 1990 In a shrewd move, Detroit Tigers sign 1st baseman Cecil Fielder who spent previous season in Japan; hits 51 homers this MLB season and becomes a premier power hitter for most of the 1990s
• 1991 Dean Jones (76) and Mark Taylor (71) lead Australia to 7 wicket win over New Zealand in cricket's World Series Cup 2nd Final in Melbourne; win series, 2-0
• 1994 Dallas Mavericks drop a 104-87 decision to the San Antonio Spurs at Reunion Arena to set an unwanted NBA record with their 17th consecutive home defeat; break mark of 16 set by Orlando in 1990

Sports History
1994 Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from the NFL


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerLawrence Taylor

• 1995 AFC Championship, Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh: San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 17-13
• 1995 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 38-28

Sports History
1997 Controversial Chicago Bulls' forward Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman Eugene Amos in the groin during a game against Minnesota Timberwolves; ultimately pays Amos $200,000 settlement, and is suspended for 11 games without pay


Basketball PlayerDennis Rodman

• 1997 San Francisco head coach George Seifert announces his resignation after 8 highly-successful NFL seasons with the 49ers: winningest coach in team history at 108-35; 2 Super Bowl titles
• 1997 Seattle's Sam Perkins ties Jeff Hornacek's NBA single-game record by connecting on 8 straight 3-point field goals during Sonics' 122-78 win over visiting Toronto; Seattle also sets an NBA steals record with 27
• 1998 Australian schoolboy Ian Thorpe becomes youngest ever male to become a world swimming champion when he wins 400m freestyle aged 15 years, 3 months in Perth; also wins event at 2001 & 2003 World Championships

Sports History
1998 Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Dino Ciccarelli finds his 5th NHL club; traded from Tampa Bay Lightning to Florida Panthers


NHL StarDino Ciccarelli

• 2000 Utah's Jerry Sloan becomes 12th coach in NBA history to reach the 700-victory plateau when the Jazz defeat the LA Clippers, 112-75 at the Delta Center, Salt Lake City
• 2014 LA Dodgers sign pitcher Clayton Kershaw to the biggest deal in baseball history, a 7-year, $215 million package averaging $30.7 million per season

Sports History
2018 US Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar


GymnastSimone Biles

 

JAN 16

• 1883 Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
• 1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months

• 1905 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators rout Dawson City (Yukon), 23-2 for 2-0 series sweep; most lopsided challenge playoff game in history; Frank McGee 14 goals

Cricket History

1931 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 223 v West Indies in 3rd Test in Brisbane; most runs scored by a player in a Test match in Australia in one day


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1933 Cricket's Bodyline Tour: Australian batsman Bert Oldfield's skull fractured by delivery bowled by Englishman Harold Larwood during the third test in Adelaide

Golf Tournament
1938 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg retains title by a massive 14 strokes ahead of Jane Cothran


GolferPatty Berg
Sports History
1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1955 5th NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 26-19; MVP: Billy Wilson, SF 49ers, WR

Sports History
1960 Detroit right wing Gordie Howe scores a goal and assist in his 888th career game, a 3-1 win at home over Chicago; becomes NHL's all time leading scorer, with 947 points passing Montreal's Maurice Richard


Ice Hockey LegendGordie Howe
NBA All-Star Game
1962 12th NBA All-Star Game, St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Mo: West beats East, 150-130; MVP: Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks, C; All-Star record 27 rebounds


NBA ForwardBob Pettit
NBA All-Star Game
1963 13th NBA All-Star Game, LA Memorial Sports Arena: East beats West, 115-108; MVP: Bill Russell, Boston Celtics, C


Basketball PlayerBill Russell

• 1965 4th AFL All Star Game, Jeppeson Stadium, Houston: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 38-14; MVPs: Keith Lincoln, LA Chargers, RB; Willie Brown, Denver Broncos, DB

NFL Pro Bowl
1966 16th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: East beats West, 36-7; MVPs: Jim Brown, Cleveland Browns, RB; Dale Meinert, St. Louis Cardinals, LB


NFL LegendJim Brown
NHL Record
1966 Chicago Black Hawks' right wing Bobby Hull scores 4 goals (his 17th career hat trick) in a 6-5 loss to NY Rangers; becomes the first player in team history to score 300 goals


NHL LegendBobby Hull

• 1966 Chicago is granted an NBA franchise to be called the Bulls; become the 3rd NBA franchise in the city, after the Chicago Stags (1946–50) and Chicago Packers/Zephyrs (now Washington Wizards)
• 1968 21st NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens: Toronto Maple Leafs beat All-Stars 4-3; MVP: Bruce Gamble, Toronto, G

Sports History
1970 Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause [1]


Baseball PlayerCurt Flood

• 1970 Inaugural Buffalo Sabres owners Seymour H. Knox III and Northrup Knox hire former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and head coach Punch Imlach in the same capacities for their new NHL franchise
• 1970 NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)

World Record
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7)


Speed SkaterArd Schenk

• 1972 Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European Allround ladies champion, for the first of three consecutive years
• 1972 Super Bowl VI, Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA: Dallas Cowboys beat Miami Dolphins, 24-3; MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
• 1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders

Sports History
1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even take his gold teeth


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionLeon Spinks
Sports History
1982 Edmonton's rookie goaltender Grant Fuhr has his 23-game unbeaten streak end with a 7-1 Oilers' defeat in Toronto


NHL GoalieGrant Fuhr

• 1988 NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix

NBA Record
2019 Golden State guard Stephen Curry first player in NBA history to hit 8+ three-point FGs in 3 consecutive games; goes 9-of- 17 three's in Warriors' 147-140 win over New Orleans; teams combine for NBA record 43 3-pointers


Basketball SuperstarStephen Curry

• 2019 Golden State Warriors break 2 franchise records in 142-111 win over Denver Nuggets; in 1st quarter, record 10 three-point field goals on way to franchise best 51 points in the period
• 2019 Houston guard James Harden becomes first player to score 55+ points in back-to-back NBA games since Wilt Chamberlain (1962); scores 58 in 145-142 OT loss to Brooklyn; 18 straight games with 30+ points
• 2020 Former Sacramento State softball player Alyssa Nakken becomes first woman to hold a coaching position on a MLB staff when named an assistant by the San Francisco Giants
• 2020 Newly appointed manager Carlos Beltran and New York Mets mutually agree to part ways because of his role in Houston Astros sign stealing scandal; third manager forced out of a job as a result of the allegations

Sports History
2022 Unvaccinated World #1 tennis player Novak Đoković is deported by the Australian government on "health and good order" grounds, without playing in the Australian Open


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

 

JAN 17

• 1916 Rodman Wanamaker organises a lunch to discuss forming a golfers association (later the PGA) at the Taplow Club, Martinique Hotel, New York City

Cricket History

1933 Australian cricket batting champion Don Bradman takes only his 2nd Test wicket; bowls England's Walter Hammond for 85 during 338-run 3rd Test defeat in Adelaide


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

Contract of Interest
1934 NY Giants reward NL MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with a huge $18,000 contract


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell
Golf Tournament
1937 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural event by 3 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby


GolferPatty Berg

• 1939 Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
• 1952 1952 NFL Draft: Bill Wade QB University of Vanderbilt #1 pick by Los Angeles Rams

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1953 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Mervyn Rose 6-0, 6-3, 6-4


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1953 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-American final Maureen Connolly wins 1st leg of her Grand Slam; beats Julia Sampson 6-3, 6-2


Tennis playerMaureen Connolly
NFL Pro Bowl
1954 4th NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 20-9; MVP: Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia Eagles, LB


NFL Player and SportscasterTom Brookshier
NFL Pro Bowl
1960 10th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: Western Conference beats Eastern Conference, 38-21; MVPs: Johnny Unitas, Baltimore Colts, QB; Eugene Lipscomb, Baltimore Colts, DL


NFL QuarterbackJohnny Unitas
NBA All-Star Game
1961 11th NBA All-Star Game, Onondaga County Coliseum, Syracuse, NY: West beats East, 153-131; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG; at 22, youngest player to receive All-Star MVP honours, 23 points & 14 assists


NBA PlayerOscar Robertson

• 1970 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
• 1970 9th AFL All Star Game, Astrodome, Houston: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 26-3; MVP: John Hadl, LA Chargers, QB

Sports History
1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1971 Super Bowl V, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys, 16-13; MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB
• 1977 NFL Pro Bowl, Seattle Kingdome: AFC beats NFC, 24-14; MVP: Mel Blount, Pittsburgh Steelers, CB

Sports History
1982 Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl scores a 6–7, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4 win over American Vitas Gerulaitis to claim his first of 5 ATP Masters Grand Prix titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

Tennis PlayerVitas Gerulaitis

• 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats defending champion Tony Tubbs by majority decision in 15 rounds at The Omni, Atlanta for WBA heavyweight boxing title

AFC Championship
1988 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns, 38-33; features infamous "The Fumble", Browns' Earnest Byner at Denver 3-yard line with 1:12 remaining


NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 1988 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings, 17-10

Sports History
1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach


Ice Hockey Player and CoachAl Arbour

• 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
• 1991 Andy Van Hellemond sets NHL record for most games worked by a referee when he appears in his 1,173rd regular season encounter as the St. Louis Blues host the Montreal Canadiens
• 1993 AFC Championship, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami: Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins, 29-10
• 1993 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 30-20

Sports History
1994 Patrick Ewing becomes first New York player to reach the 15,000-point mark in his NBA career; scores a game-high 34 points in the Knicks' 106-94 win over visiting Minnesota


Hall of Fame NBA CentrePatrick Ewing

• 1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• 1995 LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis

Sports History
1996 Detroit center Steve Yzerman scores his 500th career NHL goal as the Red Wings beat Colorado, 3-2 at Joe Louis Arena and joins Gordie Howe as the only players to score 500 goals for Detroit


NHL LegendSteve Yzerman
Sports History
1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman


Basketball PlayerDennis Rodman

• 1999 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat New York Jets, 23-10; features infamous "The Miss", Vikings' PK Gary Anderson misses field goal late 4th quarter
• 1999 NFC Championship, Metrodome, Minneapolis: Atlanta Falcons beat Minnesota Vikings, 30-27 (OT)

NBA Record
2012 LeBron James becomes youngest player in NBA history to record 20,000 career points during the Miami Heat's 92-75 victory over Golden State; James, 28 years, 17 days, passes Kobe Bryant, 29 years, 122 days


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

• 2015 American boxer Deontay Wilder wins the WBC heavyweight championship by unanimous decision over Bermane Stiverne at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; Wilder first American to hold a heavyweight title since Shannon Briggs in 2007

 

Jan 18

• 1886 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England
• 1896 First college basketball game with 5 players on each side is conducted by the University of Iowa; invites student athletes from University of Chicago for an experimental game; Chicago beats Iowa 15-12

• 1938 Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Contract of Interest

1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg
Sports History
1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller

• 1951 1951 NFL Draft: Kyle Rote from SMU first pick by New York Giants
• 1951 NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
• 1951 NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts

NBA All-Star Game
1955 5th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden NYC: East beats West, 100-91; MVP: Bill Sharman, Boston Celtics, G


NBA GuardBill Sharman

• 1958 Willie O’Ree is the 1st African-American to appear in the NHL, making his debut for the Boston Bruins in a 3-0 victory in Montreal

Sports History
1963 Al Davis becomes the head coach and general manager of the Oakland Raiders


American Football Coach and ExecutiveAl Davis
NHL All-Star Game
1967 20th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 3-0; MVP: Henri Richard, Montreal, C


Ice Hockey GreatHenri Richard
NFL Pro Bowl
1970 20th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East, 16-13; MVPs: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; George Andrie, Dallas Cowboys, DE


NFL Running BackGale Sayers
NBA All-Star Game
1972 22nd NBA All Star Game, The Forum, Inglewood, Ca: West beats East, 112-110: MVP: Jerry West, LA Lakers, G, hits a last-second, 20-foot game-winning jumper


NBA GuardJerry West

• 1973 Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH
• 1973 Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak
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• 1976 Super Bowl X, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17; MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR

Cricket History
1977 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan takes 6 for 63 in the Australian 2nd innings for a match total of 12 to lead his side to an easy 8 wicket 3rd Test win in Sydney


Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan
Sports History
1981 Swedish tennis star Björn Borg claims his second straight ATP Masters Grand Prix title with a 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 win over Ivan Lendl at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

• 1983 Dick Motta becomes the 5th NBA coach to record 600 wins as his Dallas Mavericks defeat the Golden State Warriors, 112-102 in Oakland, California

Sports History
1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals (Pentathlon & Decathlon victories) 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semi-pro baseball


Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe

• 1989 West Indies beat Australia in a rain-affected 3rd final in Sydney to win cricket's World Series Cup Tri-Series, 2-1; match reduced to 18 overs

Sports History
1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 mins


Tennis LegendBoris Becker

Tennis PlayerOmar Camporese

• 1991 WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights

NHL All-Star Game
1992 43rd NHL All-Star Game, Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA: Campbell beats Wales, 10-6; MVP: Brett Hull, St. Louis, RW


NHL LegendBrett Hull

• 1993 West Indies beat Australia 2-0 win cricket's World Series Cup
• 1996 Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
• 1997 47th NHL All-Star Game, San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA: East beats West, 11-7; Mark Recchi, Montreal, RW
• 1998 48th NHL All-Star Game, General Motors Place, Vancouver, BC: North America beats World, 8-7; MVP: Teemu Selänne, Anaheim, RW
• 1998 Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00

Sports History
1998 Larry Bird returns to Boston as head coach of the Indiana Pacers for the first time, as former Celtics center Robert Parish is honoured by having his No. 00 raised to the Fleet Center rafters


NBA LegendLarry Bird

Basketball PlayerRobert Parish

• 2001 New York's Mike Richter picks up his 267th career NHL win to become the winningest goaltender in team history; passes Ed Giacomin; Rangers beat the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1 in overtime
• 2004 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts, 24-14
• 2004 NFC Championship, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia: Carolina Panthers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 14-3
• 2009 AFC Championship, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Baltimore Ravens, 23-14
• 2009 NFC Championship, University of Phoenix Stadium: Arizona Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles, 32-25
• 2015 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts, 45-7

NFC Championship
2015 NFC Championship, CenturyLink Field, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat Green Bay Packers, 28-22 (OT)


NFL PlayerRichard Sherman

• 2015 South African batsman AB de Villiers makes fastest century in ODI cricket history from 31 balls during an innings of 149 against the West Indies in Johannesburg

Hall of Fame
2017 Baseball Hall of Fame adds Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez


MLB OutfielderTim Raines

• 2018 Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rides the largest-ever wave by a female surfer at 20.72 m (68 ft) at Praia do Norte in Nazaréin, Portugal
• 2020 Premiership Rugby announces reigning European and English champions Saracens to be relegated for exceeding salary cap the previous 3 seasons; club fined £5.3m and docked 35 Premiership points
• 2022 Boston Bruins retire Willie O'Ree's #22 jersey, on the 64th anniversary of his becoming the NHL's first Black player [1]

 

JAN 19

• 1903 French newspaper L'Auto announces new 5-stage, long distance bicycle race, "Tour de France"

World Record

1929 Finnish speed skater Clas Thunberg sets new world 500m record in 42.8 seconds in Davos, Switzerland


Speed SkaterClas Thunberg

• 1932 Charlie Conacher becomes first Toronto player to score 5 goals in an NHL game as Maple Leafs rout the NY Americans, 11-3 at Maple Leaf Gardens

Sports History
1934 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement into baseball; Jackson was banned after 1919 "Black Sox" World Series


1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis
Hall of Fame
1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


MLB PitcherCy Young

Baseball PlayerTris Speaker

• 1940 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Helen Hicks wins by 1 stroke ahead of Helen Dettweiler
• 1952 NFL purchases struggling football franchise, New York Yanks from owner Ted Collins; moves club to Dallas, Texas
• 1952 PGA approves allowing black participants

Sports History
1953 American track and field olympian Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary


Track and Field AthleteJesse Owens
Sports History
1956 Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field


Inventor of Modern BaseballAlexander Cartwright
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1963 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson wins 1st of 5 straight Australian titles; beats countryman Ken Fletcher 6-3, 6-3, 6-1


Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

• 1963 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane O'Neill for 4th consecutive year 6-2, 6-2
• 1964 3rd AFL All Star Game, Balboa Stadium, SD: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 27-24; MVPs: Keith Lincoln, LA Chargers, RB; Archie Matsos, Oakland Raiders, LB
• 1969 19th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East, 10-7; MVPs: Roman Gabriel, Los Angeles Rams, QB; Merlin Olsen, Los Angeles Rams, DT
• 1969 8th AFL All Star Game, Gator Bowl, Jacksonville: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 38-25; MVPs: Len Dawson, KC Chiefs, QB; George Webster, Houston Oilers, LB

NHL All-Star Game
1971 24th NHL All-Star Game, Boston Garden: Western Division beats Eastern Division, 2-1; MVP: Bobby Hull, Chicago, LW


NHL LegendBobby Hull

• 1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association

Hall of Fame
1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, 71-70 in South Bend, Indiana to end Bruins' NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak

Hall of Fame
1977 Ernie Banks elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Agreement of Interest
1981 Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) led by Bernie Ecclestone, the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile led by Jean Marie Balestre and the Formula One teams agree to the First Concorde Agreement granting FOCA the right to televise Formula One races and requiring all teams to compete in every race under fixed rules


Business Magnate and Formula 1 SupremoBernie Ecclestone
Sports History
1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km

Sports History
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

US President & ActorRonald Reagan

• 1990 Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
• 1991 42nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: Campbell beats Wales, 11-5; Vincent Damphousse, Toronto Maple Leafs, C
• 1996 NHL Board of Governors approves sale of Winnipeg Jets, officially clearing the way for the team to move to Phoenix, Arizona in time for 1996-97 season

NBA Finals
2000 Michael Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA championships as a player, returns to the NBA, joining the Washington Wizards as part owner and President of Basketball Operations


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 2002 "Tuck Rule Game" AFC Divisional Playoff Game; with under 2 minutes to play New England Patriots trail Oakland Raiders, 13-10 in a driving snowstorm, when a Tom Brady fumble ruled an incomplete pass. Patriots win 16-13 in overtime
• 2003 AFC Championship, Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland: Oakland Raiders beat Tennessee Titans, 41-24
• 2003 NFC Championship, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10

Sports History
2013 Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories


Cyclist and Drug CheatLance Armstrong

• 2013 The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
• 2014 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots, 26-16

NFC Championship
2014 NFC Championship, CenturyLink Field, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco 49ers, 23-17


NFL PlayerRichard Sherman

• 2020 AFC Championship, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Chiefs beat Tennessee Titans, 35-24
• 2020 NFC Championship, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California: San Francisco 49ers beat Green Bay Packers, 37-20

 

JAN 20

• 1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 1910 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators outclass Edmonton HC, 13-7 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series

Sports History

1919 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Double Bay, Sydney: Gerald Patterson beats Algernon Kingscote 6-4, 6-4, 8-6 to retain title for Australasia over the Great Britain, 3-1; ends 4-1


Tennis PlayerGerald Patterson
Golf Tournament
1939 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins 3rd straight title by 2 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby


GolferPatty Berg

• 1950 1950 NFL Draft: Leon Hart from University of Notre Dame first pick by Detroit Lions

Sports History
1952 The NBA's first superstar George Mikan scores a career high 61 points leading the Minneapolis Lakers to a 91-81 double-overtime victory over the Rochester Royals


NBA CenterGeorge Mikan
NBA Record
1967 Philadelphia 76ers center Wilt Chamberlain makes all 15 of his field goal attempts in a 119-108 win over LA Lakers; NBA record for consecutive shots made; beats mark twice before 1966-67 season ends


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1968 Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win basketball's Game of the Century and end UCLA's 47 game winning streak

Sports History
1968 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming


Figure SkaterPeggy Fleming

• 1968 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood

NBA All-Star Game
1970 20th NBA All-Star Game, Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa: East beats West, 142-135; MVP: Willis Reed, NY Knicks, C; Tom and Dick Van Arsdale, first brothers to play in same NBA All-Star Game


NBA Center and Power ForwardWillis Reed
NHL All-Star Game
1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game, St. Louis Arena: East beats West, 4-1; MVP: Bobby Hull, Chicago, LW


NHL LegendBobby Hull
Figure Skating History
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8)


Speed SkaterArd Schenk

• 1974 24th NFL Pro Bowl, Arrowhead Stadium, KC, Missouri: AFC beats NFC, 15-13; MVP: Garo Yepremian, Miami Dolphins, PK
• 1974 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
• 1975 25th NFL Pro Bowl, Miami Orange Bowl: NFC beats AFC, 17-10; MVP: James Harris, LA Rams, QB
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• 1976 29th NHL All-Star Game, Spectrum, Philadelphia: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 7-5; MVP: Peter Mahovlich, Montreal, C

Olympic Games
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow


39th US PresidentJimmy Carter

• 1980 Super Bowl XIV, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Pittsburgh Steelers beat LA Rams, 31-19; MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB

Sports History
1982 Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Rich Costello, a 2nd round draft pick and future considerations


NHL LegendDarryl Sittler
Super Bowl
1985 Super Bowl XIX, Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB


NFL QuarterbackJoe Montana

• 1987 UK Police crackdown on soccer hooligans in biggest operation against violence around football stadiums

NHL History
1989 Pittsburgh center Mario Lemieux becomes just the 2nd player in NHL history to score 50 goals in less than 50 games; #50 in 44th game as the Penguins lose 7-3 to the Jets in Winnipeg


NHL Legend and OwnerMario Lemieux

• 1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
• 1991 AFC Championship, Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY: Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders, 51-3
• 1991 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: New York Giants beat San Francisco 49ers, 15-13

Cricket History
1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup; Australian opener David Boon scores the most runs in the series (432)


Cricket BatsmanDavid Boon

• 1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards
• 1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike

NHL All-Star Game
1996 46th NHL All-Star Game, FleetCenter, Boston, MA: East beats West, 5-4; MVP: Ray Bourque, Boston Bruins, D


NHL LegendRay Bourque

• 1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• 1996 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
• 2007 Utah coach Jerry Sloan passes Larry Brown for 4th on the NBA's all-time win list (1,010) after the Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls, 95-85 at the United Center
• 2008 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat San Diego Chargers, 21-12
• 2008 NFC Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: New York Giants beat Green Bay Packers, 23-20 (OT)
• 2013 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: Baltimore Ravens beat New England Patriots, 28-13
• 2013 NFC Championship, Georgia Dome, Atlanta: San Francisco 49ers beat Atlanta Falcons, 28-24
• 2019 AFC Championship, Arrowhead Stadium, KC: New England Patriots beat Kansas City Chiefs, 37-31 OT
• 2019 NFC Championship, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans: Los Angeles Rams beat New Orleans Saints, 26-23 OT

 

JAN 21

• 1907 Stanley Cup Hockey, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Kenora Thistles (ON) beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-6 for 12-8 aggregate challenge series victory
• 1920 14th Davis Cup: Australasia beats Great Britain in Sydney (4-1)

• 1930 Boston Bruins become first team in NHL history to score 100 goals in a season, in a 5-1 win over Chicago at Boston Garden; Cooney Weiland scores Bruins' 100th goal in their 26th game of the year
• 1939 US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
• 1948 Three of the greats of cricket make their debut in a drawn 1st Test match at Bridgetown, Barbados; Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes for the West Indies, and Jim Laker for England

NBA All-Star Game

1954 4th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: East beats West, 98-93 (OT); MVP: Bob Cousy, Boston Celtics, PG


NBA Point GuardBob Cousy

• 1954 First time in All-Star history, an overtime period is needed to decide a winner; Boston Celtics' guard Bob Cousy's 10-point OT scoring burst gave the East a 98-93 win; Cousy wins All-Star MVP honours

NBA All-Star Game
1958 8th NBA All-Star Game, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Mo: East beats West, 130-118; MVP: Bob Pettit, Milwaukee Hawks, C


NBA ForwardBob Pettit

• 1958 Phillies agree to televise 78 games into NYC (doesn't happen)
• 1958 St Louis Hawks forward Bob Pettit becomes first member of the losing team to win the NBA All-Star MVP award; scores 28 points and grabs 26 rebounds, even though East beats West, 130-118
• 1967 6th AFL All Star Game, LA Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Division beats Western Division, 30-23: MVPs: Babe Parilli, Boston Patriots, QB; Verlon Biggs, NY Jets, DE

Sports History
1967 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming


Figure SkaterPeggy Fleming
NFL Pro Bowl
1968 18th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East, 38-20; MVPs: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; Dave Robinson, Green Bay Packers, DT


NFL Running BackGale Sayers
Sports History
1968 7th AFL All Star Game, Gator Bowl, Jacksonville: Eastern Division beats Western Division, 25-24; MVPs: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB; Don Maynard, NY Jets, F; Speedy Duncan, LA Chargers, DB/KR


NFL QuarterbackJoe Namath
NHL All-Star Game
1969 22nd NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum: Western Division ties Eastern Division, 3-3; MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Detroit, LW


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich
NFL Pro Bowl
1973 23rd NFL Pro Bowl, Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas: AFC beats NFC, 33-28; MVP: O. J. Simpson, Buffalo Bills, RB


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1975 28th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 7-1; MVP: Syl Apps Jr., Pittsburgh, C

Sports History
1978 Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán becomes undisputed world lightweight champion with a 12th-round TKO of Esteban De Jesus at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; defends his WBA title for 12th time, also takes De Jesus’ WBC title


BoxerRoberto Durán

• 1979 Super Bowl XIII, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31; MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB
• 1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
• 1982 NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak with a 6-1 win over Pittsburgh Penguins at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Sports History
1984 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton


Figure SkaterScott Hamilton

• 1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
• 1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38°F (3°C), Indiana

Sports History
1986 Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl defeats Boris Becker of Germany 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 to claim the season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix title for a third time at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

Tennis LegendBoris Becker

• 1989 A woman is assaulted and raped in room of an Oklahoma football player

Sports History
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

NHL StarMarcel Dionne
NHL All-Star Game
1990 41st NHL All-Star Game, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA: Wales beats Campbell, 12-7; MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C


NHL Legend and OwnerMario Lemieux

• 1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director

Sports History
1990 John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open


Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe

• 1991 Sacramento's Dick Motta coaches in his 1,648th regular season game, a 97-94 Kings' victory over Houston; at the time an NBA record for the most regular-season coaching appearances

Sports History
1992 Bill Cowher becomes the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, becoming only the second head coach of the team since 1970 (Chuck Noll)


NFL Head CoachBill Cowher

• 1994 Dallas Mavericks suffer 19th straight loss at Reunion Arena, 91-87 to the Seattle SuperSonics; extends an unwanted NBA record for the most consecutive home defeats
• 2001 Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-0 in first-ever NHL game featuring 2 European trained coaches; Czech Ivan Hlinka behind the bench for Pittsburgh, and Fin Alpo Suhonen, Chicago
• 2004 Minnesota Wild set an NHL record for 2 fastest goals, when Jim Dowd and Richard Park score just 3 seconds apart in the final 15 seconds of a 4-2 win over visiting Chicago Blackhawks
• 2007 AFC Championship, RCA Dome, Indianapolis: Indianapolis Colts beat New England Patriots, 38-34
• 2007 NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat New Orleans Saints, 39-14

Sports History
2010 LA Lakers forward Kobe Bryant becomes the youngest NBA player to reach 25,000 career points at 31 years, 151 days; beats Wilt Chamberlain by 35 days


NBA GuardKobe Bryant

• 2017 Adam Hadwin fires only the 7th sub-60 round (59) in PGA Tour history in the 3rd round of the CareerBuilder Challenge at LaQuinta CC
• 2018 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars, 24-20
• 2018 NFC Championship, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles beat Minnesota Vikings, 38-7
• 2019 A light aircraft carrying EPL team Cardiff City's record signing Emiliano Sala of French club FC Nantes disappears near the Channel islands en route to Wales
• 2019 Golden State guard Klay Thompson sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range as the Warriors beat the LA Lakers, 130-111; Thompson scores 44 points

Hall of Fame
2019 Li Na of China becomes first Asian player to be elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame; joins Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Mary Pierce of France as Class of 2019 inductees


Tennis PlayerLi Na

Tennis PlayerMary Pierce

 

JAN 22

• 1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded in New York
• 1883 England completes 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia at Melbourne Cricket Grounds

• 1905 Dutchman Coen de Koning wins the 1,500m, 5,000m & 10,000m at World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Groningen, Netherlands to become 2nd Dutchman to win a world title
• 1948 All time great England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his first Test innings in 1st Test v West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1953 1953 NFL Draft: Harry Babcock from University of Georgia first pick by San Francisco 49ers

NBA All-Star Game

1960 10th NBA All-Star Game, Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pa: East beats West, 125-115; MVP: Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors, C


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1960 Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title

NFL Pro Bowl
1967 17th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: East beats West, 20-10; MVPs: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; Floyd Peters, Philadelphia Eagles, DT


NFL Running BackGale Sayers

• 1968 NBA announces expansion franchise licences awarded to Milwaukee (Bucks) and Phoenix (Suns)

Hall of Fame
1969 Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame


MLB CatcherRoy Campanella

MLB LegendStan Musial
Boxing Title Fight
1973 George Foreman TKOs Joe Frazier in 2 rounds to win WBC & WBA heavyweight boxing titles in Kingston, Jamaica; Frazier knocked down 3 times in both 1st & 2nd rounds


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win cricket's 1st World Series Cup
• 1981 O A "Bum" Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints
• 1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
• 1983 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys, 31-17
• 1984 Annette Kennedy of SUNY sets women's basketball record with 70 pts

Sports History
1984 PGA Seniors' Championship Men's Golf, PGA National GC: Arnold Palmer wins third of 5 Champions Your major titles by 2 strokes from Don January


GolferArnold Palmer

• 1984 Super Bowl XVIII, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: LA Raiders beat Washington Redskins, 38-9; MVP: Marcus Allen, Los Angeles, RB
• 1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5

Cricket Debut
1988 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is


CricketerBrian Lara

• 1988 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal

Boxing Title Fight
1988 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats former titleholder Larry Holmes by TKO in round 4 at Convention Centre, Atlantic City to retain his undisputed heavyweight boxing title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes
Super Bowl
1989 After winning his third Super Bowl as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Bill Walsh retires


American Football CoachBill Walsh
Super Bowl
1989 Super Bowl XXIII, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16; MVP: Jerry Rice, SF, WR


NFL LegendJerry Rice
Sports History
1990 Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide


CricketerWasim Akram

• 1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
• 1994 45th NHL All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: East beats West, 9-8; MVP: Mike Richter, NY Rangers, G
• 1998 NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild

Sports History
1998 Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time


MLB OutfielderRickey Henderson

• 1998 World League of American Football renamed as NFL Europe
• 2006 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Denver Broncos, 34-17

NBA Record
2006 Kobe Bryant scores 81 points in a 122-104 Lakers victory over the Toronto Raptors; second-highest game total in NBA history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game (1962)


NBA GuardKobe Bryant

• 2006 NFC Championship, Qwest Stadium, Seattle: Seattle Seahawks beat Carolina Panthers, 34-14
• 2012 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Baltimore Ravens, 23-20
• 2012 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: New York Giants beat San Francisco 49ers, 20-17 (OT)
• 2017 AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 36-17
• 2017 NFC Championship, Georgia Dome, Atlanta: Atlanta Falcons beat Green Bay Packers, 44-21

Sports History
2018 New Orleans Pelicans' DeMarcus Cousins has 44 points, 24 rebounds & 10 assists in 132-128 double-OT win over Chicago Bulls; 1st player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1972) with 40+ points, 20+ rebounds & 10+ assists


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

 

JAN 23

• 1879 US National Archery Association forms in Crawfordsville, Indiana
• 1934 New York Rangers' left wing Murray Murdoch plays his 400th straight NHL game in a 5-2 win over Ottawa Senators at Madison Square Garden, NYC; streak reaches 508 consecutive games

• 1943 Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
• 1944 Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers with an NHL record 37 points; also record consecutive goals & most lopsided game, 15-0

Cricket History

1948 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 201 in 4th Test win v India in Adelaide; Sid Barnes 112 and Lindsay Hassett 198no in Australian total 674


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1950 AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
• 1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
• 1953 Future Australian cricket captain and coach Bobby Simpson makes his 1st-class debut for NSW at 16 years and 357 days
• 1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
• 1953 NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conference
• 1954 Equal longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history ends - 18 games, 16 wins, 2 ties
• 1958 Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad scores record 337 runs in 970 minutes in drawn 1st Test v West Indies at Bridgetown, longest innings in Test history

NBA All-Star Game
1959 9th NBA All-Star Game, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Mi: West beats East, 124-108; MVPs: Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers, F; Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks, C; first co-winners of MVP award


NBA ForwardElgin Baylor

NBA ForwardBob Pettit
Sports History
1965 Boston Celtics' center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in 104-100 loss to Philadelphia 76ers, led by newly acquired Wilt Chamberlain


Basketball PlayerBill Russell

NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
Sports History
1967 Stan Musial is named GM of Cards


MLB LegendStan Musial

• 1968 18th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, NYC: East beats West, 144-124; MVP: Hal Greer, Philadelphia 76ers, PG
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• 1968 Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1972 22nd NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: AFC beats NFC, 26-13; MVPs: Jan Stenerud, Kansas City Chiefs, PK; Willie Lanier, Kansas City Chiefs, LB

Sports History
1972 Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champion


Speed SkaterArd Schenk
NBA All-Star Game
1973 23rd NBA All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium: East beats West, 104-84; MVP: Dave Cowens, Boston Celtics, C


NBA Center and Head CoachDave Cowens

• 1975 Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Ralph Kiner is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
• 1976 Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
• 1978 NFL Pro Bowl, Tampa Stadium: NFC beats AFC, 14-13; MVP: Walter Peyton, Chicago Bears, RB

Hall of Fame
1979 NY/SF Giants / New York Mets center fielder Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


MLB LegendWillie Mays
Sports History
1981 Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1983 "Mud Bowl", Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 14-0 in the AFC Championship Game on a wet, muddy field, which negated the Jets significant speed and skill advantage
• 1983 AFC Championship, Miami Orange Bowl: Miami Dolphins beat New York Jets, 14-0
• 1983 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96

Sports History
1983 Ivan Lendl scores a 6–4, 6-4, 6–2 win over American John McEnroe to claim back-to-back ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

Tennis PlayerJohn McEnroe
Sports History
1983 Tennis great Björn Borg announces retirement at 26 (5 x Wimbledon, 6 x French Open)


Tennis PlayerBjörn Borg

• 1984 Buffalo Sabres become the first team in NHL history to win 10 straight road games with a 5-3 victory at Boston
• 1984 Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km

Pro Wrestling
1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to win his 1st World Wrestling Federation title at Madison Gardens, New York


Professional WrestlerHulk Hogan
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1988 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany wins 1st of 3 consecutive Australian singles crowns; beats American Chris Evert 6-1, 7-6


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
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• 1990 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores twin test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval

Sports History
1993 Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack


CricketerGraham Gooch
Sports History
1993 US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan


Figure SkaterNancy Kerrigan

• 1994 AFC Championship, Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY: Buffalo Bills beat Kansas City Chiefs, 30-13
• 1994 NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 38-21
• 1998 Denver Nuggets tie the NBA single-season record of 23 consecutive losses set by the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1995-96; streak ends with a 99-81 win the next day against the LA Clippers

NBA Record
1998 Michael Jordan scores in double figures for 800th consecutive game in a 100-98 OT win over New Jersey; adds 40 more double-figure scoring games to his NBA record before retiring for the second time (1998)


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 2000 AFC Championship, Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville: Tennessee Titans beat Jacksonville Jaguars, 33-14
• 2000 Dallas' Don Nelson becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to win 900 career games when the Mavericks defeat the Detroit Pistons, 99-91 at The Palace of Auburn Hills
• 2000 NFC Championship, Trans World Dome, St. Louis: St. Louis Rams beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 11-6
• 2005 AFC Championship, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh: New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 41-27
• 2005 NFC Championship, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles beat Atlanta Falcons, 27-10
• 2011 AFC Championship, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Steelers beat New York Jets, 24-19
• 2011 NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Green Bay Packers beat Chicago Bears, 21-14
• 2015 Golden State guard Klay Thompson scores the most NBA points in a quarter (37) and most 3-pointers in a quarter (9) in Warrior's 126-101 win over Sacramento Kings

Sports History
2017 Formula One Group removes Bernie Ecclestone as CEO, making him chairman emeritus, as Liberty Media completes $8 billion takeover of the organization


Business Magnate and Formula 1 SupremoBernie Ecclestone
Sports History
2018 LeBron James becomes the 7th and youngest (33 years 24 days) to reach the 30,000 NBA point milestone during 114-102 loss to San Antonio Spurs


Basketball PlayerLeBron James

• 2022 Buffalo wide receiver Gabriel Davis scores an NFL playoff record 4 TDs in the Bills' epic 42-36 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in their divisional-round playoff at Arrowhead Stadium

 

JAN 24

• 1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England
• 1920 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Sydney: Englishman Algernon Kingscote beats Eric Pockley of Australia 6-4, 6-0, 6-3

• 1930 J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington

Hall of Fame

1939 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball LegendEddie Collins

• 1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs

Contract of Interest
1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

• 1952 First NFL team in Texas; Dallas Texans, formerly NY Yanks; loses 11 of 12 games

NBA All-Star Game
1956 6th NBA All Star Game, Rochester War Memorial Coliseum, NY: West beats East, 108-94; MVP: Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks, C


NBA ForwardBob Pettit

• 1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st African American elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. Bob Feller is also elected.
• 1964 CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
• 1971 21st NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: NFC beats AFC, 27-6; MVPs: Fred Carr, Green Bay Packers, LB; Mel Renfro, Dallas Cowboys, CB

Hall of Fame
1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn

• 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89)

Boxing Title Fight
1976 Former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman KOs Ron Lyle in 5th round at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas; Foreman knocked down twice in 4th; 'The Ring' Fight of the Year


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

• 1978 31st NHL All-Star Game, Buffalo Municipal Auditorium, Buffalo, NY: Wales beats Campbell, 3-2 (OT); MVP: Billy Smith, NY Islanders, G
• 1981 Islanders scored 5 power play goals against Nordiques

Sports History
1981 Kim Hughes scores 213 v India at Adelaide


CricketerKim Hughes
Super Bowl
1982 Super Bowl XVI, Pontiac Silverdome, Detroit, MI: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB


NFL QuarterbackJoe Montana
Sports History
1986 NY Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1987 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlíková of Czechoslovakia wins her 4th and final Grand Slam singles crown; beats Martina Navratilova 7-5, 7-6


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova

Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1988 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1988 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander wins 3rd Australian title; beats home town favourite Pat Cash 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-1, 8-6


Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major ChampionMats Wilander

Tennis Player & Wimbledon ChampionPat Cash

• 1990 LAs' Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as the Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone

NHL All-Star Game
1999 49th NHL All-Star Game, Ice Palace, Tampa, FL: North America beats World, 8-6; MVP: Wayne Gretzky, NY Rangers, C


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky
Golf Tournament
1999 David Duval eagles the 18th hole for a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at PGA West; becomes only the 3rd player to fire a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour


GolferDavid Duval

• 2007 55th NHL All-Star Game, American Airlines Centre, Dallas, TX: West beats East, 12-9; MVP: Daniel Briere, Buffalo Sabres, C
• 2010 AFC Championship, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis Colts beat New York Jets, 30-17
• 2010 NFC Championship, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Saints beat Minnesota Vikings, 31-28 (OT)
• 2016 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO: Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots, 20-18
• 2016 NFC Championship, Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC: Carolina Panthers beat Arizona Cardinals, 49-15
• 2018 Former US Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar found guilty of molesting over 150 girls, sentenced up to 175 years in prison
• 2019 Search for missing Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala is called off after rescuers fail to find aircraft that disappeared from radar over English Channel 3 days earlier; search resumes funded by soccer community donations; wreckage discovered Feb 3
• 2021 AFC Championship, Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills, 38-24
• 2021 NFC Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Green Bay Packers, 31-26

 

JAN 25

• 1894 In his only successful title defence, James J Corbett KOs English champion Charley Mitchell in 3 rounds at the Duvall Athletic Club, Jacksonville, Florida for the world heavyweight boxing title

1st Winter Olympics
1924 1st Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France


Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 1924

Cricket History
1929 Future Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 340 for NSW v Victoria (488 mins, 38 fours); then highest individual score in a Sheffield Shield match


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1930 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Edgar Moon wins his first and only Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow Australian Harry Hopman 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
• 1930 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: Daphne Akhurst Cozens wins 3rd straight Australian singles title; beats Sylvia Lance Harper 10-8, 2-6, 7-5

Boxing Title Fight
1939 In only the second World Heavyweight C'ship fight between two black boxers, Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 at Madison Square Garden, NYC


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1945 NY Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to construction magnate Del Webb and partners Dan Topping and Larry MacPhail for $2.8 million

Cricket Debut
1952 Test debut of great Australian cricket captain (62 Tests) and broadcaster Richie Benaud, v West Indies at the SCG


Cricketer and CommentatorRichie Benaud
Sports History
1960 Wilt Chamberlain scores 58 points, the most ever by an NBA rookie, as Philadelphia Warriors beat Detroit Pistons, 127-117 at Bethlehem, PA


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
Sports History
1961 Toronto left wing Frank Mahovlich scores twice, giving him 39 for the season, and making him highest single season goal scorer in Maple Leafs' history, as Toronto beats Montreal Canadiens, 5-3


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich
NHL All-Star Game
1972 25th NHL All-Star Game, East beats West, 3-2; MVP: Bobby Orr, Boston, D, at Metropolitan Sports Centre, Bloomington, Minnesota


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr
Sports History
1974 Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's buys San Diego Padres baseball team for $12 million


McDonald's EntrepreneurRay Kroc
Sports History
1975 10th hat trick in NY Islander history, Denis Potvin's 1st


NHL StarDenis Potvin

• 1977 30th NHL All-Star Game, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: Wales beats Campbell, 4-3; MVP: Rick Martin, Buffalo Sabres, LW

Sports History
1978 MLB San Diego Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & $125,000 to Texas Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)


Baseball PitcherGaylord Perry

• 1980 Dutch government demands boycott of Olympics
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• 1981 Super Bowl XV, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10; MVP: Jim Plunkett, Oakland, QB

Sports History
1985 Test debut of Wasim Akram, v New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)


CricketerWasim Akram
NHL Record
1986 Edmonton's Paul Coffey sets NHL record for defensemen with a point in his 28th consecutive game, as the Oilers beat the visiting LA Kings, 5-2


NHL StarPaul Coffey
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1987 75th Australian Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins 2nd career Grand Slam title and 2nd Australian title; beats home town favourite Pat Cash 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3


Tennis Player & Wimbledon ChampionPat Cash

Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg
Super Bowl
1987 Super Bowl XXI, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: NY Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20; MVP: Phil Simms, NY Giants, QB


NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 1988 Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)

NHL Record
1989 Mario Lemieux scores a goal and 3 assists in Penguins' 5-4 win over Winnipeg in Pittsburgh; sets NHL record by picking up a point in 14 consecutive games; record stands for 10 years


NHL Legend and OwnerMario Lemieux
Sports History
1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan
Meeting of Interest
1989 NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1991 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide

Sports History
1991 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull scores twice in Blues' 9-4 win at Detroit, to give him 50 goals in 49 games; becomes 3rd player in NHL history with 50 goals in less than 50 games


NHL LegendBrett Hull
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1992 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats American Mary Joe Fernández 6-2, 6-3 for her 5th career Grand Slam title


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles
World Record
1992 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"


Speed SkaterDan Jansen

• 1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• 1995 Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers, 5-1 in the first NHL game in their new home, the United Center; defenseman Chris Chelios leads scoring with a goal and 2 assists
• 1996 Ottawa Senators set an NHL record with 16th consecutive home game without a win (0-15-1) in a 4-2 loss to Detroit at the Palladium; old record (15) shared by 1928 Black Hawks & 1939 Canadiens
• 1997 In a high profile NHL trade, San Jose obtain future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Ed Belfour from Chicago in exchange for goaltender Chris Terreri, Ulf Dahlen, Michal Sykora and a conditional pick in 1998 Entry Draft

Sports History
1998 Spice Girl Victoria Beckham (Posh) and soccer player David Beckham get engaged

• 1998 Super Bowl XXXII, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers, 31-24; MVP: Terrell Davis, Denver RB
• 1999 After an inquiry into a corruption scandal, 6 International Olympic Committee members are expelled

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2003 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams wins 5th Grand Slam singles title and 4th straight; beats older sister Venus Williams 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 for her first Australian title

• 2009 57th NHL All-Star Game, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec: East beats West, 12-11, SO; MVP: Alexei Kovalev, Montreal Canadiens, RW

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2014 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Li Na of China becomes first Asian Australian champion; beats Dominika Cibulková of Slovakia 7-6, 6-0

• 2015 60th NHL All-Star Game, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH: Team Toews beats Team Foligno, 17-12; MVP: Ryan Johansen

NFL Pro Bowl
2015 NFL Pro Bowl, University of Phoenix, Glendale, AZ: Team Irvin beats Team Carter, 32-28; MVPs: J. J. Watt, Houston Texans, DE; Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions, QB


American Football PlayerJ. J. Watt

• 2020 65th NHL All Star Games, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MI: Pacific All Stars win four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: David Pastrnak LW Boston Bruins
• 2022 Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle becomes NHL's new "Iron Man" with his 965th consecutive regular-season game, breaking Doug Jarvis's all-time record, in a 4-3 loss at the New York Islanders [1]

 

JAN 26

• 1871 The Rugby Football Union is formed at a meeting of 21 clubs at the Pall Mall Restaurant, London, England

Olympic Games
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for playing 2 seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics


Versatile AthleteJim Thorpe

• 1921 Toronto NHL center Corb Denneny scores 6 goals to lead St. Patricks to a 10-3 win over Hamilton Tigers in Toronto

1st Winter Olympics
1924 American skater Charles Jewtraw claims the first ever Winter Olympic gold medal; wins 500m speed skating event in 44.0s at the Chamonix Games in France


Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 1924

• 1924 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis. Melbourne: James Anderson wins 2nd of 3 Australasian titles; beats fellow Australian Richard Schlesinger 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3
• 1924 Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: All-Australian final; Sylvia Lance Harper beats Esna Boyd Robertson 6-3, 3-6, 8-6

Olympic Gold
1924 Clas Thunberg of Finland claims his first of 5 gold medals when he wins the 5,000m speed skating in 2:20.8 at the Chamonix Winter Olympics


Speed SkaterClas Thunberg
Cricket History
1934 Australian cricket batting icon Don Bradman scores 128 in just 96 minutes for NSW v Victoria in Sydney; smashes 17 x fours, 4 x sixes


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1948 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Adrian Quist wins his 3rd Australian title; beats fellow Australian and doubles partner John Bromwich 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
• 1948 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Nancye Wynne Bolton beats Marie Toomey 6-3, 6-1 for 4th straight Australian single title

Hall of Fame
1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball Player and ManagerMel Ott

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
Hall of Fame
1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerHank Greenberg

Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin

• 1956 VII Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
• 1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves
• 1959 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: American based Peruvian Alex Olmedo wins his first Grand Slam event; beats Neale Fraser of Australia 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• 1959 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Mary Carter Reitano wins her 2nd home singles title; beats Renee Schuurman of South Africa 6-2, 6-3
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• 1960 High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
• 1960 Oakland Raiders enter the American Football League

Election of Interest
1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot


NFL CommissionerPete Rozelle

• 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone

World Record
1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2)


Speed SkaterArd Schenk
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1969 1st Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins inaugural Open event; beats American Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-1


Tennis LegendBillie Jean King

• 1970 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats fellow Australian Kerry Melville Reid 6-1, 6-3; Court retains title for 9th Australian singles crown and 1st leg of her Grand Slam
• 1976 NFL Pro Bowl, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans: NFC beats AFC, 23-20; MVP: Billy Johnson, Houston Oilers, WR
• 1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift in Helsinki
• 1980 Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
• 1982 In a 9-2 NHL win over Pittsburgh Penguins, the NY Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 in a 6 goal 1st period
• 1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders

Sports History
1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1986 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champion
• 1986 Super Bowl XX, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10; MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE

Sports History
1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG


Test CricketerAllan Border

• 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking African American female in a major-league front office)

Australian Open Women's Tennis
1991 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles becomes the only Yugoslav player – male or female – to win a Grand Slam singles title; beats Jana Novotná 5-7, 6-3, 6-1


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

Tennis Player & Wimbledon ChampionJana Novotna

• 1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell becomes 5th player in NBA history to score 30 points in a quarter in Rockets' 103-97 home win over Cleveland; joins Wilt Chamberlain, David Thompson, George Gervin & Michael Jordan
• 1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter
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• 1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1992 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American Jim Courier wins 2nd career Grand Slam title and 1st Australian title; beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2


Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg

• 1992 Super Bowl XXVI, Metrodome, Minneapolis, MI: Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24; MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB
• 1993 Everton scores a 3-1 away win over Wimbledon at Selhurst Park in London; lowest ever attendance at an EPL fixture, 3,039
• 1995 With a record 6,254,427 ballots cast by fans in NBA All-Star Voting, Detroit's Grant Hill becomes the first rookie to lead all NBA players in All-Star votes received, earning #1 on 1,289,585 ballots

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1997 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his 2nd and last Australian title; beats Carlos Moyá of Spain 6-2, 6-3, 6-3


Tennis PlayerPete Sampras
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1997 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis becomes first Swiss player – male or female – to win a Grand Slam singles title; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-2, 6-2


Tennis PlayerMartina Hingis

Tennis PlayerMary Pierce
NHL Record
1997 Mario Lemieux ties NHL record with 4 goals in the 3rd period as Pittsburgh wins, 5-2 at Montreal; 39th career hat trick and 13th 4-goal game, tying NHL record shared by Wayne Gretzky & Mike Bossy


NHL Legend and OwnerMario Lemieux

• 1997 Super Bowl XXXI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21; MVP: Desmond Howard, Green Bay KR
• 2002 Australian Open Women's Tennis: American Jennifer Capriati wins her 2nd consecutive Australian title; beats Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-6, 6-2

Australian Men's Tennis Open
2003 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi of the US wins his 8th and last Grand Slam title; beats Rainer Schuttler of Germany 6-2, 6-2, 6-1


Tennis LegendAndre Agassi

• 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII, Qualcmm Stadium, San Diego, CA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders, 48-21; MVP: Dexter Jackson, Tampa Bay, S

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2008 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Russian Maria Sharapova wins her first and only Australian title; beats Ana Ivanović of Serbia 7-5, 6-3

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2013 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus wins her 2nd straight Australian title; beats Li Na of China 4-6, 6-4, 6-3

Australian Men's Tennis Open
2014 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland wins his first major title; beats Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Sports History
2014 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: Team Rice beats Team Sanders, 22-21; MVPs: Nick Foles, Philadelphia, QB; Derrick Johnson, KC Chiefs, LB


NFL QuarterbackNick Foles

• 2019 64th NHL All Star Games, SAP Centre, San Jose, CA: Metropolitan All Stars win four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, C

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2019 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka becomes world #1 ranked player with 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic; first Japanese player to win Australian singles title

Sports History
2020 LA Lakers basketball legend Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash in foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas, southern California; considered one of the greatest players in the game's history

• 2020 NFL Pro Bowl, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida: AFC beats NFC, 38-33; MVP's: Lamar Jackson, QB (Baltimore Ravens), Calais Campbell, DE (Jacksonville Jaguars)

 

JAN 27

• 1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11

1st Winter Olympics

1924 Clas Thunberg of Finland claims 3 gold medals in one day when he wins the 1,500m, 5,000m and all-round speed skating events at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; won 5,000m the day before


Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, 1924

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1927 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Gerald Patterson wins his only home title; beats countryman John Hawkes 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 18-16, 6-3


Tennis PlayerGerald Patterson

• 1927 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Melbourne: Esna Boyd wins title after 5 consecutive runner-up finishes; beats Sylvia Lance Harper 5-7, 6-1, 6-2

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1934 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only Australian title; beats Jack Crawford of Australia 6-3, 7-5, 6-1


Tennis Player and BroadcasterFred Perry

• 1934 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Sydney: Joan Hartigan Bathurst retains title; beats Margaret Molesworth 6-1, 6-4

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1936 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Adrian Quist wins his first Grand Slam event; beats fellow Australian Jack Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 9-7


Tennis PlayerAdrian Quist

• 1936 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Joan Hartigan Bathurst wins her 3rd Australian singles title; beats Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-4, 6-4

Sports History
1944 Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, & Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Boxing Title Fight
1954 American boxer Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim in 15-round unanimous decision to retain his world light heavyweight title at the Orange Bowl, Miami; last of famous trilogy of fights, all won by Moore


Boxing ChampionArchie Moore

• 1955 1955 NFL Draft: George Shaw from University of Oregon first pick by Baltimore Colts
• 1956 NFL's New York Giants move their home from the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan to Yankee Stadium in The Bronx
• 1956 Veikko Hakulinen of Finland wins Olympic 30k cross country gold medal at Cortina d'Ampezzo; second career Olympic title after winning the 15k event in Oslo, 1952

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1958 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Ashley Cooper wins 2nd straight Australian title; beats fellow Australian Malcolm Anderson 7-5, 6-3, 6-4


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionAshley Cooper

• 1958 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Angela Mortimer Barrett of England beats Lorraine Coghlan of Australia 6-3, 6-4

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1961 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Rod Laver 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 for his first Grand Slam title


Tennis PlayerRoy Emerson

Tennis PlayerRod Laver

• 1961 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Court retains title; repeat of previous year's final beating Jan Lehane O'Neill 6-1, 6-4
• 1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, & John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1964 Barlow & Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval
• 1966 Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966
• 1967 New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1969 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Rod Laver takes 1st leg of his successful second Grand Slam; beats Andrés Gimeno of Spain 6-3, 6-4, 7-5


Tennis PlayerRod Laver
Appointment of Interest
1969 Chuck Noll is named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers (the youngest coach in NFL history at the time)


NFL Head CoachChuck Noll

• 1970 1970 NFL Draft: Terry Bradshaw from Louisiana Tech first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1970 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats big serving local Dick Crealy 6-4, 9-7, 6-2


Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe

• 1973 UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record)

Sports History
1976 Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia


Cricketer and Master BlasterViv Richards

• 1979 Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8)
• 1980 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 37-27; MVP: Chuck Muncie, New Orleans Saints, RB
• 1982 Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record with their 6th consecutive tied game, a 4-4 deadlock against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers

Sports History
1982 Philadelphia Phillies trade shortstop Larry Bowa & infielder Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs for 2nd baseman Ivan DeJesus


Baseball InfielderRyne Sandberg

• 1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• 1985 Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
• 1985 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 22-14; MVP: Mark Gastineau, NY Jets, DE

Sports History
1989 Detroit Red Wings center Steve Yzerman becomes the 4th NHL player to record 100 points in 50 games or less with a goal and 2 assists as Red Wings beat Toronto, 8-1


NHL LegendSteve Yzerman

• 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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• 1989 Oklahoma linebacker Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Oklahoma grad student

Australian Open Women's Tennis
1990 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats American Mary Joe Fernández 6-3, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1991 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his 1st Australian title; beats Ivan Lendl 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4


Tennis LegendBoris Becker

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

• 1991 Super Bowl XXV, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19; MVP: Ottis Anderson, NY Giants, RB

Sports History
1992 Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1995 Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan

Australian Open Women's Tennis
1996 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber of Germany 6-4, 6-1 for her first and only Grand Slam victory after her stabbing


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

Tennis PlayerAnke Huber

• 1998 WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2001 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Jennifer Capriati wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3

• 2002 AFC Championship, Heinz Field, Pittsburgh: New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-17
• 2002 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Thomas Johansson of Sweden wins his only Grand Slam title; beats Russian star Marat Safin 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6
• 2002 NFC Championship, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis: St. Louis Rams beat Philadelphia Eagles, 29-24

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2007 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2; first time the tournament used Hawk-Eye system for official line-calls

• 2008 56th NHL All-Star Game, Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 8-7; MVP: Eric Staal, Carolina, C

Australian Men's Tennis Open
2008 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 to become first Serbian player to win a Grand Slam title

• 2013 7 people are killed and 3 are injured after a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility, Turkey
• 2013 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins Open era record 4th Australian crown; beats Andy Murray of Scotland 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2

Sports History
2013 Magnus Carlsen wins the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament

• 2013 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 62-35; MVP: Kyle Rudolph, Minnesota Vikings, TE
• 2013 Spain defeats Denmark to win the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship

Australian Open Women's Tennis
2018 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win her first Grand Slam title

• 2019 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković of Serbia wins his record 7th Australian singles title; beats Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

NFL Pro Bowl
2019 NFL Pro Bowl, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 26-7; MVPs: Patrick Mahomes, KC Chiefs, QB; Jamal Adams, NY Jets, S


NFL QuarterbackPatrick Mahomes

 

JAN 28

• 1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
• 1922 J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL

• 1929 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Englishman Colin Gregory wins his only Grad Slam title, beating Richard Schlesinger of Australia 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
• 1929 Australian Championships Women's Tennis, Adelaide: Daphne Akhurst retains title; beats Louise Bickerton 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
• 1939 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Australian John Bromwich wins his 1st Australian title; beats doubles partner Adrian Quist 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• 1939 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Emily Hood Westacott beats Nell Hall Hopman 6-1, 6-2 for her only Grand Slam singles title
• 1940 Chicago's Les Cunningham scores 5 points in one period to set an NHL record that stands until 1978; records 2 goals & 3 assists in a 10:04 span during the 3d period of an 8-1 win over Montreal
• 1943 Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
• 1949 NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
• 1952 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Ken McGregor wins his first and only Grand Slam event; upsets fellow Australian Frank Sedgman 7-5, 12-10, 2-6, 6-2
• 1952 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Thelma Coyne Long beats Helen Angwin 6-2, 6-3 for 1st of her 2 Australian singles titles
• 1954 1954 NFL Draft: Bobby Garrett from University of Stanford first pick by Cleveland Browns
• 1956 Austrian skier Toni Sailer wins the giant slalom at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics on his way to a sweep of the 3 alpine skiing events at the Games
• 1956 Italy goes 1-2 in the 2-man bobsleigh at the Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics; along with silver in 4-man event, the only medals for the home nation at the Games

Australian Men's Tennis Open

1957 Australian Championship Men's Tennis: Ashley Cooper wins 1st of 2 straight Australian titles; beats fellow Australian Neale Fraser 6-3, 9-11, 6-4, 6-2


Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionAshley Cooper
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1957 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: Shirley Fry Irvin wins all-American final; beats Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-4 for her only Australian singles title


Tennis PlayerAlthea Gibson

Sports History
1958 Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck


MLB CatcherRoy Campanella

• 1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US
• 1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises
• 1968 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper
• 1968 Goose Goslin & Kiki Cuyler elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1968 Thai boxer Chartchai Chionoi retains his world flyweight title with a 13th-round TKO of home favourite Efren Torres in Mexico City; first of 3 meetings between the pair

Sports History
1969 1969 NFL Draft: O.J. Simpson from USC first pick by Buffalo Bills


NFL Running Back and Convicted CriminalO.J. Simpson

• 1971 1971 NFL Draft: Jim Plunkett from Stanford University first pick by New England Patriots
• 1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont
• 1973 Mickey Welch, George Kelly & Billy Evans elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame
1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame


Baseball PlayerJim Bottomley

• 1975 1975 NFL Draft: Steve Bartkowski from University of California first pick by Atlanta Falcons
• 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
• 1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1980 New York coach Red Holzman wins his 600th NBA game, only the second (after Red Auerbach) coach at the time to reach the plateau, as the Knicks beat Golden State, 107-103

NHL Record
1984 Edmonton center Wayne Gretzky's NHL record point scoring streak ends at 51 games when Oilers beaten 4-2 by LA Kings; Gretzky totals 61-92-153 during the period


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1985 Houston's Bill Fitch becomes the 6th coach in NBA history to post 600 wins as the Rockets beat the New Jersey Nets, 97-93
• 1987 Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
• 1988 Denver Nuggets point guard Michael Adams takes record streak to 79 consecutive games with at least one 3-point field goal in 117-102 loss against Indiana at Market Square Arena; streak ends next game

Sports History
1988 New York Rangers' Marcel Dionne scores a 2nd period power play goal in 5-2 win in Philadelphia; becomes 1st first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 17 seasons


NHL StarMarcel Dionne

Australian Open Women's Tennis
1989 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany beats Czech Helena Suková 6-4, 6-4 for her 6th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian singles crown


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf
Sports History
1989 David Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG


Cricket BatsmanDavid Boon
Australian Men's Tennis Open
1990 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American-based Czech star Ivan Lendl of wins 8th and last career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6, 5-2; Edberg retires injured


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg
Super Bowl
1990 Super Bowl XXIV, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB


NFL QuarterbackJoe Montana

NFL QuarterbackJohn Elway

• 1991 David Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 v England at Adelaide
• 1992 David Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 v India at Adelaide

Sports History
1992 St. Louis right wing Brett Hull becomes 2nd player (after Wayne Gretzky) in NHL history to record back-to-back seasons of 50 goals in 50 games; #50 comes in 3-3 Blues' tie in Los Angeles


NHL LegendBrett Hull
Australian Open Women's Tennis
1995 Australian Open Women's tennis: Mary Pierce of France beats Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3, 6-2 for her 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian singles title


Tennis PlayerMary Pierce

Tennis PlayerArantxa Sánchez Vicario

• 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1996 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his 6th and last career Grand Slam title; beats American Michael Chang 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2


Tennis LegendBoris Becker

Tennis Player and French Open ChampionMichael Chang

• 1996 Super Bowl XXX, Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17; MVP: Larry Brown, Dallas, CB

Australian Men's Tennis Open
2001 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Andre Agassi retains title; beats Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 for his 3rd Australian trophy


Tennis LegendAndre Agassi
Super Bowl
2001 Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants, 34-7; MVP: Ray Lewis, Baltimore, LB


NFL LegendRay Lewis

• 2006 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0; Henin retires from stomach cramps

Australian Men's Tennis Open
2007 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Swiss ace Roger Federer successfully defends his title beating Fernando González of Chile 7-6, 6-4, 6-4


Tennis ChampionRoger Federer
Australian Open Women's Tennis
2012 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Victoria Azarenka becomes first Belarusian player to win Grand Slam singles title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-0


Tennis PlayerMaria Sharapova

Tennis PlayerVictoria Azarenka
Australian Open Women's Tennis
2017 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams defeats older sister Venus Williams 6–4, 6–4 for her 7th Australian title and record 23rd Grand Slam event singles victory


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

• 2018 63rd NHL All Star Games, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Pacific Division All Stars win four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks, RW
• 2018 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer beats Marin Čilic 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win his record 20th Grand Slam title
• 2018 French drivers Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia win their 6th Monte Carlo Rally in an M-Sport Ford WRT
• 2018 NFL Pro Bowl, Orlando, FL: AFC beats NFC, 24-23; MVPs: Delanie Walker, Tennessee Titans, TE; Von Miller, Denver Broncos, LB