Today's events in sports history

MAR 6

• 1858 20th Grand National: William Archer wins aboard outsider Little Charley at 100/6
• 1867 29th Grand National: John Page wins aboard Irish 16/1 shot Cortolvin; trainer Harry Lamplugh's second GN victory

• 1895 England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2; Jack Brown hits the fastest 50 in test cricket in 28 mins
• 1906 Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
• 1919 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, 3 games to 1 with 1 tie

Contract of Interest

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


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

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

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


Inventor and GymnastGeorge Nissen

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

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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

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

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


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


GolferJack Nicklaus

GolferArnold Palmer

• 1974 Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145 & 121) and Greg Chappell (247no and 133) score unique twin centuries in drawn 1st Test vs New Zealand in Wellington
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• 1976 23rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Virginia beats North Carolina, 67-62
• 1976 European Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden won by John Curry (Great Britain)
• 1976 Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)

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


BoxerWilfred Benítez

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

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


Figure SkaterDorothy Hamill

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

Hall of Fame
1985 Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame


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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

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

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


NHL LegendRay Bourque

 

MAR 7

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

• 1860 22nd Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins aboard Irish horse Anatis at 5/1
• 1866 28th Grand National: 1852 winner Alec Goodman wins his second GN aboard Irish 40/1 outsider Salamander
• 1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East
• 1922 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard

Sports History

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


Figure SkaterSherwin Badger

• 1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
• 1935 Malcolm Campbell sets world land speed record speed of 276.71 mph driving his famous Blue Bird car; last record set at Daytona Beach, Florida
• 1940 Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home

Sports History
1940 Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerBronko Nagurski

• 1950 Men's Figure Skating World Championship in London won by Dick Button (USA)

Boxing Title Fight
1951 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for 2nd time to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionEzzard Charles

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJersey Joe Walcott

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

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


CricketerFazal Mahmood

• 1964 11th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 80-59
• 1970 17th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats South Carolina, 42-39 (2 OT)
• 1970 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
• 1970 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
• 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1979 Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires
• 1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1981 22nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Ole Miss beats Georgia, 66-62
• 1981 28th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 61-60
• 1982 29th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 47-45
• 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time

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


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

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

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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award

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


NHL StarDino Ciccarelli

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

Sports History
1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists


NBA LegendMagic Johnson

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

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


FootballerNeymar
Sports History
2016 Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the Denver Broncos and the NFL


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


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


Basketball PlayerGiannis Antetokounmpo

 

MAR 8

• 1865 27th Grand National: Captain Henry Coventry wins aboard French outsider Alcibiade at 100/7
• 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville & Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)

• 1904 Australian cricket spin bowler Hugh Trumble dismisses England batsmen Bernard Bosanquet, Plum Warner and Dick Lilley for his second Test hat-trick in 5th Test victory in Melbourne; Trumble's final Test
• 1906 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa HC beats Smiths Falls (ON), 8-2 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
• 1913 MLB Federal League organizes with 6 teams, including the Chicago Whales, who built and played at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field); League folded after 3 seasons

Contract of Interest

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


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1931 Australian Championships Men's Tennis: Jack Crawford wins 1st of 4 Australian titles; beats fellow Australian Harry Hopman 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• 1931 Australian Championships Women's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Coral McInnes Buttsworth beats Marjorie Cox Crawford 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 1936 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
• 1958 5th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats North Carolina, 86-74

Hall of Fame
1966 Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel

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

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


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

• 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
• 1975 22nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats NC State, 70-66
• 1980 Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad
• 1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game
• 1985 6th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats St. John's, 92-80
• 1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
• 1986 27th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72
• 1986 7th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Syracuse, 70-69

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


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1987 28th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats LSU, 69-62
• 1987 34th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 68-67
• 1987 8th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 69-59
• 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust
• 1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
• 1998 39th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats South Carolina, 86-56
• 1998 45th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats #1 Duke, 83-68
• 2019 US national women's soccer team sue for equal pay by filing a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against United States Soccer Federation
• 2020 BNP Paribas Open international tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, dubbed 'the 5th Grand Slam' is cancelled due to concerns surrounding COVID-19 and the safety of participants and attendees
• 2020 ICC Women's Cricket T20 World Cup, Melbourne: Defending champions Australia beats India by 85 runs; Beth Mooney [77no] Player of the Series; Alyssa Healy 75 off 39 balls MVP; crowd 86,174

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


NFL QuarterbackAaron Rodgers

 

MAR. 9

• 1864 26th Grand National: George Stevens wins his 3rd GN aboard 10/1 Emblematic; winning mare's full sister Emblem the race winner the previous year
• 1870 32nd Grand National: George Stevens wins consecutive GN's aboard 7/2 favourite The Colonel; his 5th and final GN victory

• 1895 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Victorias clinches trophy as Montreal HC beats Queens University (Kingston, Ontario), 5-1
• 1897 Cleveland Indians fans start calling the team "Indians" (in 1915 becomes official)
• 1897 MLB Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
• 1904 Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
• 1908 Italian football club Inter Milan founded as Foot-Ball Club Internazionale
• 1923 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2

Sports History

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


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


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

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

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


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

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

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


MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

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

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


NHL StarGilbert Perreault

• 1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
• 1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
• 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
• 1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• 1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's Cricket World Cup Quarter Final loss to India

Cricket World Cup
1996 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in Cricket World Cup Quarter Final


CricketerSanath Jayasuriya

• 1997 38th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 95-68
• 1997 44th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 North Carolina beats NC State, 64-54

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


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


CricketerRahul Dravid

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

 

MAR 10

Boxing Title Fight

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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJohn L. Sullivan

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

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


Ice Hockey PlayerJoe Malone

• 1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history ends - 18 games with 15 wins, 3 ties

Sports History
1934 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner


Figure SkaterRoger Turner

• 1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
• 1951 Ireland clinches their 7th Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Wales at the National Stadium, Cardiff
• 1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy

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


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck

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

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


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


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1970 South Africa cricket team complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia in South Africa, in the country's last official international cricket test for 22 years
• 1973 20th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 76-74
• 1982 Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
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• 1983 Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1984 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49
• 1984 5th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 82-71 (OT)
• 1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
• 1985 32nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats North Carolina, 57-54
• 1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
• 1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"

Sports History
1986 Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, & Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame


Hall of Fame Baseball PlayerBobby Doerr
Sports History
1988 NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

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

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


Figure SkaterKurt Browning

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

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


Olympic SprinterUsain Bolt

Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

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

 

MAR 11

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

• 1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts)
• 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
• 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
• 1905 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Rat Portage Thisles, 5-4 for 2-1 challenge series victory

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


CricketerJack Hobbs

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

Sports History
1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minnesota, to become wrestling champ


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


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

GolferPatty Berg

• 1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each)
• 1967 14th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 82-73
• 1972 19th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 73-64
• 1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game
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• 1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw
• 1981 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1982 Detroit Pistons play the Chicago Bulls, with final score of Detroit 152 to Chicago 144 and Detroit having 20 blocked shots

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


Ice DancerChristopher Dean

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


Figure SkaterScott Hamilton

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

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


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

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

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


Tennis Player and Nine-Time Major ChampionMonica Seles

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


Figure SkaterKurt Browning

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

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


Olympic SprinterUsain Bolt

Football StarThomas Müller

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

 

MAR 12

• 1862 24th Grand National: Harry Lamplugh wins aboard The Huntsman; first French trained winner; only human fatality recorded in the event, jockey Joe Wynne
• 1881 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain

• 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) baseball franchise is approved as a member of the American League
• 1908 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 9-3 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
• 1910 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3
• 1912 Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Botev Plovdiv
• 1949 Ireland retains Five Nations Rugby Championship & Triple Crown with a 5-0 win over Wales at St. Helen's Ground, Swansea

NHL Record
1966 Chicago Black Hawks Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record


NHL LegendBobby Hull

• 1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
• 1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet

World Record
1978 American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record 1000m (1:14.99)


Speed SkaterEric Heiden

• 1980 NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin

Sports History
1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands


West Indian CricketerCourtney Walsh

• 1983 4th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Boston College, 85-77

Sports History
1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points


NBA LegendLarry Bird
Sports History
1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game


NBA CenterDavid Robinson

• 1987 Ice Pairs World Championship at Cincinnati won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
• 1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)
• 1989 10th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 88-79
• 1989 30th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Florida, 72-60
• 1989 36th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74
• 1995 16th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Connecticut, 94-78
• 1995 36th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 95-93 (OT)
• 1995 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT)
• 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)

Sports History
1995 Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain


CricketerBrian Lara

• 2000 41st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Arkansas beats Auburn, 75-67
• 2000 47th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats #20 Maryland, 81-68
• 2005 26th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats West Virginia, 68-59
• 2006 47th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats South Carolina, 49-47
• 2006 53rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #7 Boston College, 78-76
• 2011 32nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Connecticut beats #3 Louisville, 69-66
• 2020 2020 NCAA men's basketball tournament is cancelled over concerns of the spread of COVID-19; first time 'March Madness' not held since it began in 1939; women's tournament also cancelled
• 2020 NHL announces the pausing of the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic

 

MAR 13

• 1861 23rd Grand National: Joseph Kendall wins aboard Jealousy at 5/1
• 1875 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Royal Engineers and Old Etonians draw 1-1; replay won by Engineers, 2-0

• 1878 Oxford University defeats Cambridge University in their 1st golf match
• 1894 J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
• 1901 Amidst increasing anti-gambling sentiment, wagering on horse racing is banned in San Francisco, CA; Ingleside Race Track closes March 15
• 1911 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 7-4
• 1912 Stanley Cup, Quebec Skating Rink, Quebec City, Quebec: Quebec Bulldogs rout Moncton Victorias (NB), 8-0 for a 2-0 sweep of the challenge series
• 1915 Brooklyn Robins manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substitutes a grapefruit
• 1918 1st NHL championship: Toronto Arenas beat Montreal Canadiens, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set
• 1922 NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games
• 1925 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games

Cricket History
1929 20 year old Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman scores 123 in 5th Test vs England at MCG; his second Test century


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1936 Irish-bred Golden Miller with Evan Williams aboard wins record 5th consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cup steeplechase at 21/20 favourite; only horse to complete Gold Cup-Grand National double
• 1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata)
• 1948 Ireland beats Wales, 6-3 at Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast to clinch the Five Nations Rugby Championship and first Grand Slam

Sports History
1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

Golf Tournament
1955 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 6th Titleholders title by 2 strokes from Mary Lena Faulk


GolferPatty Berg

• 1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
• 1960 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Fay Crocker of Uruguay wins by 7 strokes ahead of Kathy Cornelius
• 1960 NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
• 1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number

Boxing Title Fight
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight boxing title


Boxing ChampionFloyd Patterson

• 1971 18th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: South Carolina beats North Carolina, 52-51
• 1971 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins her 10th Australian singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
• 1974 Glenn Turner scores twin tons for NZ's 1st win against Aust
• 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test

NHL Record
1979 Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy
World Record
1980 American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record 1000m (1:13.60)


Speed SkaterEric Heiden
Sports History
1982 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GBR)


Ice DancerChristopher Dean

Ice DancerJayne Torvill
Sports History
1982 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)


Figure SkaterScott Hamilton

• 1982 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) who lands 6 triple jumps
• 1983 24th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia beats Alabama, 86-71
• 1983 30th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Virginia, 81-78
• 1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
• 1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
• 1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
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• 1988 29th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 62-57
• 1988 35th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats North Carolina, 65-61
• 1988 9th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Villanova, 85-68

Sports History
1992 Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

• 1994 15th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Providence beats Georgetown, 74-64
• 1994 35th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 73-60
• 1994 41st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats Virginia, 73-66
• 2004 25th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Pittsburgh, 61-58
• 2005 46th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Kentucky, 70-53
• 2005 52nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats Georgia Tech, 69-64
• 2009 30th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 Louisville beats #10 Villanova, 69-55
• 2010 31st Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 West Virginia beats #22 Georgetown, 60-58
• 2011 52nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 70-54
• 2011 58th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #5 Duke beats #6 North Carolina, 75-58
• 2019 Australian cricketers beat India by 35 runs in Delhi to win ODI series, 3-2; first Australian team to recover from 0-2 in a 5-match series; Usman Khawaja 100, Adam Zampa 3/46
• 2020 12 hours after PGA Tour cancelled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces postponement of the Masters Tournament to a date to be fixed because of COVID-19 pandemic
• 2020 Elite football in Britain, including England's Premier League, EFL, Women's Super League plus in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is suspended until at least 3 April because of COVID-19 pandemic

Sports History
2022 After a 40-day retirement, record breaking quarterback Tom Brady announces he will play at least one more season in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady

 

MAR 14

• 1874 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Oxford University beats Royal Engineers, 2-0
• 1899 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks beat Queens University, 6-2 to clinch trophy for CAHL

• 1903 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa HC beats Rat Portage Thisles, 4-2 for a 2-0 challenge series sweep
• 1908 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Toronto Professionals, 6-4
• 1936 Wales beats Ireland, 3-0 in Cardiff to clinch the Home Nations Rugby Championship with a 2-1-0 record

Golf Tournament

1954 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her second Titleholders title by 7 strokes from Patty Berg


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

GolferPatty Berg
Baseball Record
1954 Milwaukee Braves future home run king Hank Aaron homers in his debut exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron
Contract of Interest
1956 50-year-old baseball pitching star Satchel Paige signs a contract to play for and manage the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige
NBA Record
1960 Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA playoff record of 53 points in Warriors' 132-112 win over Syracuse Nationals at Philadelphia Civic Center


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1961 Former New York Yankees general manager George Weiss becomes first President of New York Mets after MLB expansion franchise formed

NHL Record
1962 Red Wings' forward Gordie Howe becomes second player in NHL history to score 500 career goals in Detroit's 3-2 loss to NY Rangers


Ice Hockey LegendGordie Howe

• 1967 1967 NFL Draft: Michigan State defensive end Bubba Smith first pick by Baltimore Colts
• 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes first female jockey to win at Aqueduct Racetrack, NYC aboard 2-year-old bay Bravy Galaxy at 13 to 1
• 1969 West Indies cricket batsman Seymour Nurse scores career high 258 in his last Test innings in 3rd Test win over NZ at Christchurch

Australian Men's Tennis Open
1971 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall of Australia beats American defending champion Arthur Ashe 6-1, 7-5, 6-3; first man to win an Open era Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set


Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionKen Rosewall

Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe

• 1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals, plagued by poor home attendance, announce they are moving franchise to Kansas City

Sports History
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race


Racing Hall of Fame JockeyBill Shoemaker

• 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
• 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund West Germany won by Regoczy & Sallay
• 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
• 1981 NCAA St Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul 49-48
• 1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century

Sports History
1987 NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry

• 1987 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
• 1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel & Phil Duchesnay (FRA)

Sports History
1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN)


Figure SkaterKurt Browning
Sports History
1992 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape


Baseball PitcherDwight Gooden

• 1993 14th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Syracuse, 103-70
• 1993 34th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats LSU, 82-65
• 1993 40th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats #1 North Carolina, 77-75
• 1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
• 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
• 1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
• 2004 45th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 89-73
• 2004 51st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats #5 Duke, 95-87
• 2009 Canterbury winger Hazem El Masri becomes highest point scorer in Australian Rugby League history; 33rd minute penalty in Bulldogs' 34-12 win over Manly at ANZ Stadium, Sydney takes him to 2,178; Andrew Johns, 2,176
• 2010 51st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 75-74 (OT)
• 2010 57th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 Duke beats Georgia Tech, 65-61
• 2015 36th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Xavier, 69-52
• 2015 62nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Notre Dame beats North Carolina, 90-82
• 2017 World's oldest golf club Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for 1st time in 273 years
• 2021 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: American Justin Thomas edges Lee Westwood of England by 1 stroke; Thomas wins $2.7m winner's share of the $15m purse
• 2022 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Cameron Smith wins $3.6m, biggest individual event purse in golf history; beats Anirban Lahiri of India by 1 stroke

 

MAR 15

• 1869 With 10 salaried players, Cincinnati Red Stockings become baseball's first professional team
• 1877 Australian batsman Charles Bannerman completes first Test century in cricket history in 1st Test v England in Melbourne; retires hurt on 165 the following day

• 1877 Cricket's inaugural Test match commences as Australia plays England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Australia wins by 45 runs in 4 days

Cy Young Retires

1912 Legendary pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511-315 win-loss record


MLB PitcherCy Young
Cricket History
1935 Brilliant batsman George Headley steers West Indies to an innings victory over England in 4th cricket Test at Kingston, Jamaica with a patient, unbeaten 270


West Indian CricketerGeorge Headley

• 1945 As a symbol of wartime baseball, Bert Shepard (one-legged WWII veteran) begins a successful tryout as a pitcher for the Washington Senators

Don Bradman Knighted
1949 Cricket's master batsman Don Bradman receives his knighthood from the Governor-General of Australia, the Rt Hon. WJ McKell at the investiture in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Golf Tournament
1953 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 5th Titleholders title by 9 strokes from Betsy Rawls


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

GolferPatty Berg

• 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
• 1958 England retains the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh; England’s 16th FN title

NBA Record
1958 Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati Royals scores a NBA midwest region-record 56-point game


NBA PlayerOscar Robertson

• 1958 Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapses during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently disabled

Golf Tournament
1959 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke from Betsy Rawls


Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGALouise Suggs

LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls
Sports History
1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

• 1968 Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4")
• 1975 Wales trounce Ireland, 32-4 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch their 18th Five Nations Rugby Championship
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• 1978 A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players & $390,000

NHL Record
1979 Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick


NHL StarBryan Trottier

• 1980 England beats Scotland, 30-18 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to claim it's 18th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 8th Grand Slam and 15th Triple Crown
• 1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy

Boxing Title Fight
1985 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

• 1986 Scotland (10-9 v Ireland) and France (29-10 v England) win their final round matches to share the Five Nations Rugby Championship with 3-1 records
• 1987 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner
• 1987 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
• 1987 US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
• 1988 NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
• 1989 NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
• 1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record 6.14m (20 feet 1 3/4)
• 1992 13th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Georgetown, 56-54
• 1992 33rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 80-54
• 1992 39th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #20 North Carolina, 94-74
• 1994 Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit
• 1997 France beats Scotland, 47-20 at Parc des Princes, Paris to claim an 11th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 5th Triple Crown; fly-half Christophe Lamaison lands 6 penalties and 3 conversions
• 1997 Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
• 2003 24th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Pittsburgh beats Connecticut, 74-56
• 2008 29th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Pittsburgh beats Georgetown, 74-65
• 2008 Wales beats France, 29-12 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship with a 19th Triple Crown
• 2009 50th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Tennessee, 64-61
• 2009 56th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Duke beats #22 Florida State, 79-69
• 2013 Patrick Chan of Canada wins the men’s 2013 World Figure Skating Championships
• 2014 35th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Providence beats Creighton, 65-58
• 2014 Ireland edges France, 22-20 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis to beat England on points difference and win Six Nations Rugby Championship; final international match for Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll with record 141 caps
• 2015 56th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 78-63

 

MAR 16

• 1872 1st English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers, 1-0; Morton Betts scores winner
• 1875 English FA Cup Final Replay, Kennington Oval, London: Royal Engineers beat Old Etonians, 2-0 after initial 1-1 draw

• 1876 Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)

American League Reorganized

1900 AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces AL league will be Chicago White Stockings, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Blues, Boston Americans, Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

• 1907 First 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
• 1911 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur Bearcats (ON), 13-4
• 1935 Scotland beats England, 10-7 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to allow Ireland to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship with a 2-1 record
• 1939 NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period

Golf Tournament
1952 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins her 3rd Titleholders title by 7 strokes from Betsy Rawls


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias
Sports History
1953 AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck
Sports History
1955 NHL President Clarence Campbell suspends Montreal Canadiens superstar Maurice "Rocket" Richard for the remainder of the season after he viciously attacked an opponent; Riots ensued in Montreal


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard

3rd President of the NHLClarence Campbell

• 1956 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
• 1957 England clinches its 15th Five Nations Rugby Championship, the Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup with a 16-3 win over Scotland at Twickenham, London

Golf Tournament
1957 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 7th Titleholders title by 3 strokes from amateur Anne Quast


GolferPatty Berg

• 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
• 1958 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 5 strokes ahead of Betty Dodd
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• 1963 England edges Scotland, 10-8 at Twickenham, London to win its 17th Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1964 Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
• 1969 Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
• 1974 Both Wales (12-16 v England) and France (6-19 v Scotland) lose their final round matches handing Ireland their 8th Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1983 Smallest crowd of 1,814 attend NBA Cavaliers vs. NY Nets game at Cleveland Coliseum

Sports History
1985 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain is convicted of embezzlement and drug trafficking; sentenced to 25 years but conviction later reversed


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1991 England beats France, 21-19 at Twickenham for it's 19th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 9th Grand Slam and 16th Triple Crown; fullback Simon Hodgkinson 4 penalties and a conversion
• 1991 NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
• 1991 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi

Sports History
1994 American figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on former Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan


Figure SkaterTonya Harding

Figure SkaterNancy Kerrigan

• 1996 England beats Ireland, 28-15 at Twickenham for a second consecutive Five Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown; fly-half Paul Grayson lands 6 penalties, a conversion and drop goal

Boxing Title Fight
1996 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain heavyweight title


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

BoxerFrank Bruno

• 1996 Montreal Canadien's 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center)
• 1997 NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
• 2003 44th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 64-57
• 2003 50th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Duke beats NC State, 84-77
• 2008 49th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia beats Arkansas, 66-57
• 2008 55th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 North Carolina beats #22 Clemson, 86-81

Cricket History
2012 Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar becomes first cricketer to score 100 international centuries


CricketerSachin Tendulkar

• 2013 34th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Louisville beats Syracuse, 78-61
• 2013 Kim Yu-Na of South Korea wins the women’s 2013 World Figure Skating Championships
• 2013 Wales routs England by a record 30-3 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to retain their Six Nation Rugby Championship; Welsh winger Alex Cuthbert scores 2 tries and fullback Leigh Halfpenny lands 4/4 penalties
• 2014 55th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Kentucky, 61-60
• 2014 61st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #6 Virginia beats #7 Duke, 72-63
• 2020 Major League Baseball suspends remainder of Spring Training and delays start of regular season in response to COVID-19 pandemic; return dependent on recommendations by Centers for Disease Control
• 2022 After 20 seasons as Fox's NFL lead broadcast team, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman join ESPN as new lead commentators of Monday Night Football

 

MAR 17

• 1876 British high jump champion Marshall Jones Brooks clears 1.83m at Oxford, England for unofficial world record; thought to be first leap over 6'
• 1877 Australia's English born all-rounder Billy Midwinter completes Test cricket's first 5-wicket haul, 5-78 in the first ever Test match v England in Melbourne

• 1893 Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup (Stanley Cup): Montreal Hockey Club claim inaugural trophy after finishing top of final Amateur Hockey Association of Canada standings with a 7–1–0 record

Boxing Title Fight

1897 British boxer Bob Fitzsimmons KOs American champion 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett in the 14th round to win World Heavyweight title in Carson City, Nevada


BoxerBob Fitzsimmons

• 1906 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: ECAHA playoff: Montreal Wanderers lose, 9-3 to Ottawa HC but win challenge series, 12-10 on aggregate

Boxing Title Fight
1908 Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Irish challenger Jem Roche in 1:28s of the 1st round at the Theatre Royal, Dublin; then quickest world heavyweight boxing title fight


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionTommy Burns
Figure Skating History
1918 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles


Figure Skater and Tennis PlayerNathaniel Niles
NHL Record
1932 Montreal Canadiens center Howie Morenz registers his 334th career point with an assist in a 10-4 win v NY Americans; passes Cy Denneny as NHL leader for career points


NHL StarHowie Morenz

• 1934 England beats Scotland, 6-3 at Twickenham, London to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown
• 1951 Test cricket debut of great English fast bowler Brian Statham, England v NZ at Christchurch; goes on to play 70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84

Baseball History
1953 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M


MLB Team Owner and PromoterBill Veeck
Radio History
1955 After Maurice Richard is suspended for the remainder of the season, riots break out in Montreal. 37 people are injured and over 100 are arrested. The following morning, Richard goes on the radio to ask citizens to stop vandalizing the city.


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard

• 1970 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
• 1976 Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried in the US after being convicted of murder in 1967 (sentence is upheld but overturned 1985)
• 1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
• 1979 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk & G Karponosov USSR
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• 1979 Wales beats England, 27-3 at the National Stadium, Cardiff for its 2nd consecutive Five Nations Rugby Championship and record 21st outright title; record 4th straight Triple Crown
• 1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms

NBA History
1983 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1984 Scotland beats France, 21-12 at Murrayfield to win the Five Nations Rugby Championship outright and Triple Crown for first time since 1938; Grand Slam first time since 1925

Sports History
1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'


Ski JumperMatti Nykänen
Cricket History
1987 Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak


CricketerSunil Gavaskar

• 1988 Then highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
• 1990 Scotland beats England, 13-7 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh for it's 14th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 3rd Grand Slam title and 10th Triple Crown
• 1994 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark

Cricket World Cup
1996 Cricket World Cup, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan: Aravinda de Silva scores 107 no and takes 3/42 as Sri Lanka beats Australia by 7 wickets; Sanath Jayasuriya, Player of Series


CricketerSanath Jayasuriya

• 2012 Bolton Wanderer footballer Fabrice Muamba collapses and is rushed to hospital during a live football match against Tottenham Hotspur
• 2012 Wales beats France, 16-9 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to wrap up the Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship; Welsh fullback Leigh Halfpenny kicks 3 penalties and a conversion
• 2013 54th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Ole Miss beats Florida, 66-63
• 2013 60th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Miami beats North Carolina, 87-77
• 2018 Ireland beats England, 24-15 at Twickenham to wrap up Six Nations Rugby Championship; 3rd Grand Slam & 11th Triple Crown
• 2019 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk
• 2019 Wales beats Ireland, 25-7 at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff to clinch the Six-Nations Rugby Championship and Grand Slam; Welsh fly-half Gareth Anscombe kicks 6 penalties and a conversion
• 2020 French Open becomes first Grand Slam tennis tournament to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic; moves from May 24-June 7 to September 20-October 4; conflicts with Laver Cup men’s team event

America's Cup
2021 America's Cup, Auckland: Emirates Team New Zealand beats Italian yacht Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli by 46s in race 10 for a 7-3 series victory and retain the cup


YachtsmanPeter Burling

• 2022 Claude Giroux, NHL Philadelphia Flyers longest-serving captain, becomes only 2nd player in franchise history to play 1,000th game for the team, joining Bobby Clarke

 

MAR 18

• 1875 37th Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins his 3rd GN aboard 100/6 chance Pathfinder
• 1876 English FA Cup Final Replay, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Old Estonians, 3-0 after initial 1-1 draw; Wanderers 3rd title

• 1892 Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
• 1900 Ajax soccer club forms in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (33 Eredivisie titles, 18 KNVB Cups, 4 Champions League); named after legendary Greek hero
• 1910 72nd Grand National: Bob Chadwick wins aboard 100/8 chance Jenkinstown; earliest Grand National to which there are moving images
• 1918 Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
• 1921 80th Grand National: Fred Rees wins aboard 100/9 bet Shaun Spadah; winner is only horse to complete the course without falling
• 1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
• 1932 91st Grand National: Tim Hamey wins aboard 50/1 outsider Forbra
• 1933 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson

Sports History

1933 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner


Figure SkaterRoger Turner

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

Sports History
1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out


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


Ice Hockey PlayerMaurice Richard

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

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


NBA GuardBill Sharman

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

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


Olympic Executive and Commissioner of BaseballPeter Ueberroth

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

MLB LegendWillie Mays

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

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


NHL StarDino Ciccarelli

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

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


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


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

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

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


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

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

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


Rugby PlayerJonny Wilkinson

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

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


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


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

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

 

MAR 19

• 1880 42nd Grand National: Tommy Beasley aboard Irish 8/1 chance Empress wins by 2 lengths from defending champion The Liberator
• 1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England v South Africa (Cape Town)

• 1910 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Rodney Heath wins his 2nd and last Australasian title; beats fellow Australian Horace Rice 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
• 1914 Stanley Cup, Arena Gardens, Toronto ON: Toronto HC (NHA) defeat Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-0 series sweep; final series of the "challenge" era
• 1915 VI Summer (Modern) Olympic Games: IOC President Pierre de Coubertin writes to Associated Press indicating 1916 Berlin Games won't take place because of WWI
• 1932 England beats Scotland, 16-3 at Twickenham, London to force a 3-way share with Wales and Ireland of renewed Home Nations Rugby Championship; France expelled, alleged professionalism
• 1937 96th Grand National: With King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in attendance, aptly-named Royal Mail ridden by jockey Evan Williams wins at odds of 100/6; estimated crowd, 300,000
• 1938 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans combine to score 8 goals in just under 5 minutes; Toronto wins game 8-5
• 1938 Scotland beats England, 21-16 at Twickenham, London to win the Home Nations Rugby Championship, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup
• 1942 Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago

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


World Middleweight Boxing ChampionJake LaMotta
Golf Tournament
1950 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins her 2nd of 3 Titleholders titles by 8 strokes from amateur Claire Doran


All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias
US Women's Golf Open
1950 US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Hills CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 9 strokes from amateur Betsy Rawls


LPGA GolferBetsy Rawls

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


West Indian CricketerEverton Weekes

• 1954 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright

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


Basketball PlayerBill Russell

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

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


NBA ForwardJerry Lucas

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

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


GolferJack Nicklaus

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

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


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

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

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


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


Speed SkaterYvonne van Gennip

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

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


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


GolferTom Kite

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

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


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


Civil Rights ActivistMartin Luther King Jr.

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

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


NHL LegendBrett Hull

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

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


CricketerBrian Lara

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

Sports History
1995 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

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

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


Rugby PlayerJonny Wilkinson

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

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



Basketball PlayerKarl Malone

 

MAR 20

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

• 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC)
• 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
• 1920 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Adelaide: Pat O'Hara Wood beats fellow Australian Ronald Thomas 6-3, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3

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


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


All-Round Athlete and GolferBabe Didrikson Zaharias

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

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


GolferPatty Berg

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

Sports History
1969 Ethiopian double Olympic marathon gold medallist Abebe Bikila is paralysed in an auto-accident near Addis Ababa; regained upper-body mobility, but never walked again


Marathon RunnerAbebe Bikila

• 1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game

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


Baseball PlayerRoberto Clemente

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

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


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

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


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


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


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


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


Speed SkaterDan Jansen

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

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


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady

 

MAR 21

• 1871 33rd Grand National: Irish 1868 winner The Lamb claims second GN at 11/2; ridden by Tommy Pickernell
• 1872 34th Grand National: John Page wins his second GN aboard 20/1 shot Casse Tete

• 1902 64th Grand National: David Read aboard 20/1 chance Shannon Lass wins by 3 lengths from Matthew
• 1909 Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
• 1931 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson

Figure Skating History

1931 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner


Figure SkaterRoger Turner
Boxing Title Fight
1941 In a hard fought 15th title defense Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in the 13th round at Olympia Stadium, Detroit to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

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

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


GolferPatty Berg

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

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


NBA GuardJerry West

• 1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record sum ($3,925,000)
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• 1962 Philadelphia Phillies retire pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
• 1964 118th Grand National: Willie Robinson aboard American-owned 12-year-old Team Spirit wins at odds of 18/1
• 1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke, 98-83; Bruins first title in first title game; undefeated season (30-0)
• 1964 Wales draws 11-11 with France in Cardiff, whilst Scotland beats England, 15-6 at Murrayfield to leave the Five Nations Rugby Championship shared by Wales and Scotland on 6 competition points
• 1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville, 80-69; Bruins' 4th straight title under coach John Wooden
• 1970 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.

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


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


NHL LegendFrank Mahovlich

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

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


Test CricketerAllan Border

• 1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule

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


Tennis PlayerArthur Ashe

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

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


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

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

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


Freestyle SkierAlexandre Bilodeau

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

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


Baseball StarIchiro Suzuki

 

• 1894 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Hockey Club defeats Ottawa HC, 3-1 to win 3-team challenge tournament
• 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 at the Panhellenic Games

• 1907 69th Grand National: Alf Newey wins aboard 8/1 chance Eremon
• 1929 88th Grand National: Robert W. H. Everett wins aboard 100/1 outsider Gregalach
• 1952 Wales wins Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam & Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at St. Helen's Ground, Swansea

Sports History

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


NBA ForwardElgin Baylor

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

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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

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

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


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


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

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


NHL StarBryan Trottier

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

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


BoxerTrevor Berbick

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

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


NFL CommissionerPete Rozelle

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

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


Hall of Fame American Football PlayerLawrence Taylor

 

MAR 23

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

• 1888 50th Grand National: George Mawson aboard 40/1 outsider Playfair easily wins by 10 lengths from Frigate
• 1923 82nd Grand National: Capt. Tuppy Bennett wins aboard 13-year-old 100/6 shot Sergeant Murphy; first US bred horse to win race
• 1930 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson

Sports History
1930 US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner


Figure SkaterRoger Turner

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

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


1st MLB CommissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis

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

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


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain

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

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


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


Tennis PlayerTracy Austin

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


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


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


Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship WinnerRay Floyd
NHL Record
1982 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

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

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


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


Ice DancerChristopher Dean

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


Tennis PlayerMartina Navratilova

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major ChampionHana Mandlikova

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

Cricket History
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev


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


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


NHL LegendJoe Sakic
Cricket World Cup
2003 Cricket World Cup, Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, RSA: Ricky Ponting scores 140 no as defending champions Australia beat India by 125 runs; Sachin Tendulkar, Player of Series


CricketerSachin Tendulkar

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

 

MAR 24

• 1876 38th Grand National: Joe Cannon aboard 25/1 chance Regal wins by a neck from Congress
• 1877 English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers beat Oxford University, 2–1 (a.e.t.); Wanderers' 4th title

• 1882 44th Grand National: Lord Manners aboard 10/1 shot Seaman wins in heavy snow and freezing conditions
• 1893 55th Grand National: Bill Dollery aboard 9/2 favourite Cloister wins by a massive 40 lengths from Aesop; owner Charles Duff fields 2 more winners 1912-13
• 1899 61st Grand National: George Williamson aboard 1897 winner Manifesto wins by 4 lengths from Ford Of Fyne
• 1911 73rd Grand National: legendary jockey Jack Anthony wins his first of 3 GN's aboard 20/1 Glenside in torrential rain
• 1913 Dutch soccer forward Huug de Groot scores twice as Netherlands score first ever victory over England; 2-1 at HBS, The Hague
• 1922 81st Grand National: Lewis Rees aboard 100/9 chance Music Hall wins; only 5 out of 32 starters finish

Sports History

1927 Cuban chess champion José Raúl Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournament


Chess GrandmasterJosé Raúl Capablanca

• 1933 92nd Grand National: Dudley Williams aboard 25/1 chance Kellsboro' Jack wins by 3 lengths and a neck from Really True
• 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons, 1-0 in 16:30 of 6th period of OT; record Stanley Cup playoff game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes)
• 1939 98th Grand National: Irish jockey Tim Hyde wins, riding 100/8 shot Workman

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


Big Band Leader and Jazz ComposerGlenn Miller

Figure Skater and ActressSonja Henie

• 1941 LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
• 1950 US Mens Figure Skating Championship won by Dick Button
• 1956 110th Grand National: race best remembered for Devon Loch's inexplicable fall on final straight, just 40 yards from a certain victory; Dave Dick wins aboard E.S.B.
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• 1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa, 83-71; Dons' back-to-back National titles
• 1956 Wales beats France, 5-3 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to clinch their 13th Five Nations Rugby Championship
• 1961 NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
• 1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State, 71-59; Bearcats win back-to-back National titles
• 1962 Emile Griffith beats Benny " Kid" Paret by TKO in 12th round in welterweight boxing title fight at MSG, NYC; Paret dies 10 days later; first use of television slow motion replay
• 1973 San Francisco 49er president Lou Spadia proposes the NFL expands to 30 teams
• 1974 36th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette, 76-64; Wolfpack first title; first tournament officially designated as a Division I championship

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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Sports History
1979 10 rebounds & 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts


NBA LegendMagic Johnson
Cricket History
1979 1st appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes


CricketerKim Hughes

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

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


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


Tennis LegendJimmy Connors

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major ChampionIvan Lendl

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

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


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

• 1991 Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game
• 1991 NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
• 2002 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Unheralded New Zealander Craig Perks chips-in twice on the final 3 holes for his only PGA Tour career win, 2 strokes ahead of Stephen Ames
• 2013 Scotland defeats Sweden to win the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship
• 2016 English footballer Adam Johnson sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual activity with a schoolgirl
• 2018 Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft is caught on camera rubbing match ball with an object during 3rd Cricket Test in Cape Town, resulting in an infamous ball tampering scandal
• 2019 2-time American League MVP Mike Trout signs the biggest contract in North American sports history, a $426.5 million, 12-year extension with the Los Angeles Angels
• 2019 New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announces retirement as 3-time Super Bowl winner, TE postseason record, most receptions (81), receiving yards (1,163) and receiving TDs (12)

Olympics Postponed
2020 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces postponement of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games until summer of 2021 because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic


Prime Minister of JapanShinzō Abe

 

MAR 25

• 1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland defeat Wales (4-0)
• 1881 43rd Grand National: Irish jockey Tommy Beasley wins his second consecutive GN aboard 11/2 co-favourite Woodbrook

• 1887 49th Grand National: Bill Daniels aboard 20/1 chance Gamecock wins by 3 lengths from Savoyard
• 1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England
• 1898 60th Grand National: John Gourley wins aboard 25/1 shot Drogheda
• 1904 66th Grand National: Arthur Birch wins aboard 25/1 New Zealand bred Moifaa; horse survives shipwreck off Ireland a year earlier
• 1907 Stanley Cup, Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles, 6-5 but win on 2 game aggregate, 12-8
• 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
• 1924 Stanley Cup Final, Ottawa Auditorium, Ottawa, ON: Montreal Canadiens (NHL) beat Calgary Tigers (WCHL), 3-0 for a 2-0 series sweep
• 1927 86th Grand National: 8/1 favourite Sprig wins; ridden by jockey Ted Leader, trained by his father Tom Leader

US Masters Golf

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


GolferCraig Wood
Sports History
1937 It is revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

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

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


Champion BoxerSugar Ray Robinson

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

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


NBA ForwardJerry Lucas

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

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


NBA LegendKareem Abdul-Jabbar

• 1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots

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


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


NHL LegendBobby Hull

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

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


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


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


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


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


Figure SkaterBrian Boitano

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


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

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


Test CricketerAllan Border
Cricket World Cup
1992 Cricket World Cup, Melbourne (MCG): Imran Khan scores 72 in his final ODI as Pakistan beats England by 22 runs for their first title; Martin Crowe (NZ), Player of Series


CricketerMartin Crowe

Cricketer and Prime Minister of PakistanImran Khan

• 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
• 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
• 1996 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA)
• 1996 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA)
• 1997 Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & Justice

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


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


GolferTiger Woods

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