Today's events in sports history

March 2, 2022
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Sports History
1904 - The "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" were adopted.

1918 - Joe Malone (Toronto Arenas) became the first scoring leader in the NHL. He had scored 44 goals in 22 games in the first NHL season. His record stood until 1944-45 when 50 goals were scored by Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.

1922 - The Toronto St. Patricks and the Vancouver Millionaires played the final professional hockey game that featured seven players on each side.

1927 - Babe Ruth signed a 3-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $70,000 a year.

1929 - George Hainsworth (Montreal Canadiens) recorded his 20th shutout of the season. He ended the season with a total of 22.

1929 - The Chicago Blackhawks were shut out for the eighth consecutive game.

1940 - The first televised intercollegiate track meet was seen on TV in New York City on W2XBS. The game presented live from Madison Square Garden. New York University won the meet.

1962 - Wilt 'The Stilt' Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks. The final score was 169-147. Chamberlain broke several NBA records in the game.

1966 - Bobby Hull (Chicago Blackhawks) became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in two seasons.

1969 - Phil Esposito (Boston Bruins) became the first player in the NHL to score 100 points in a season. Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe also crossed the 100 mark during the same season.

1984 - John Long (Detroit) began a free throw streak of 51 NBA games.

1992 - Ryne Sandberg signed a 5-year contract with the Chicago Cubs worth $30.5 million.

2000 - Team New Zealand (Kiwis) retained yachting's America's Cup. It was the first time that a non-American syndicate had successfully defended the Cup.

2004 - The Pittsburgh Penguins ended their NHL record 14-game home losing streak when they tied the New York Islanders 3-3.

2004 - The Indianapolis Colts signed Peyton Manning to a seven-year, $98 million deal with a $34.5 million signing bonus. It was the largest package to date in the NFL.

 

March 3, 2022
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1875 - The first recorded hockey game was played in Montreal.

1920 - The Quebec Bulldogs beat the Montreal Canadiens 16-3.

1959 - The San Francisco Giants had their new stadium officially named Candlestick Park.

1968 - Jean Beliveau (Montreal Canadiens) became the second NHL player to score 1,000 regular-season career points.

1974 - George Foreman knocked out Ken Norton.

1982 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) scored his 77th, 78th and 79th goals of the season.

1992 - Mike Bossy's #2 became the second number retired by the New York Islanders.

1998 - Larry Doby became the first black player in the American League to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

2001 - John Ruiz became the first Hispanic heavyweight champion. He beat Evander Holyfield for the WBA heavyweight title.

2002 - The Dallas Stars set an NHL record with their 48th straight win when leading after two periods. The streak started on November 11, 2000.

2006 - In Tokyo, Japan, the opener of the World Baseball Classic took place.

 

March 4, 2022
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1913 - The New York Yankees traveled to Bermuda for spring practice. They were the first team to leave the U.S. to train.

1930 - Emma Fahning became the first woman bowler to make a perfect score in competition sanctioned by the Women's International Bowling Congress.

1970 - The New York Rangers set an NHL record of 126 games without being shutout.

1981 - Guy LaFleur (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1000th career point.

1993 - ESPN formed "The V Foundation" with Jim Valvano.

1993 - In New York, the first ESPY Awards were held.

 

March 5, 2022
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1864 - In England, Oxford and Cambridge met for the first time in track and field competition.

1924 - Frank Caruana of Buffalo, NY, became the first bowler to roll two perfect games in a row.

1964 - The NFL teams purchased Ed Sabol's Blair Motion Pictures, which was renamed NFL Films.

1985 - Mike Bossy, of the New York Islanders, became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.

1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) began his NBA free throw streak of 52 games.

1993 - Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.

1994 - Michael Adams (Washington Bullets) became the third player in NBA history to get 900 career three-point field goals.

1995 - Dennis Rodman (Chicago Bulls) was suspended by the NBA for one game after deliberately elbowing Milwaukee's Joe Wolf.

1996 - The Dallas Mavericks attempted 49 three-pointers for the fifth straight game.

 

March 6, 2022
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1973 - Larry Hisle (Minnesota Twins) became baseball's first designated hitter. The spring-training exhibition game was against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1982 - National Basketball Association history was made when San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 in three overtime periods to set the record for most points by two teams in a game. The record was beaten on December 13, 1983 by the Pistons and the Nuggets when they played to a final score of 186-184

1983 - The United States Football League began its first season of pro football competition.

1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) scored his 30th goal of the season. He set a record for scoring 30 goals in a season for the 17th time in his career.

 

March 7, 2022
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1921 - Cy Denneny (Ottawa Senators) scored six goals against the Hamilton Tigers.

1939 - The Boston Bruins won the Prince Wales Trophy when they clinched the NHL regular season championship. This marked the first time the Prince of Wales Trophy was awarded for this reason.

1951 - Ezzard Charles won a 15-round decision over Jersey Joe Walcott. It was Charles' eighth heavyweight title defense.

1954 - The NBA raised the baskets from 10 feet to 12 feet for an exhibition game between the Minneapolis Lakers and Milwaukee Hawks.

1954 - The Soviet Union defeated Canada in the first international ice hockey competition.

1955 - Baseball commissioner Ford Frick said that he was in favor of legalizing the spitball.

1970 - Austin Carr (Notre Dame) scored 61 points against Ohio University. The feat was an NCAA tournament record.

1974 - New Orleans became the 18th NBA franchise. The team was bought by nine people for $6.15 million.

1982 - The NCAA college basketball tournament selections were televised for the first time.

1983 - Phil Marhe won the Alpine World Cup championship for the third straight year.

1983 - ESPN televised the first live professional football game on cable. The game was between the USFL's Birmingham Stallions and the Michigan Panthers.

1987 - Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight titlist when he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, NV.

1989 - Tom Jordan rolled an 899 in a three-game series. It was the best three-game series to be recognized by the ABC in league play.

1995 - Dominique Wilkins (Boston Celtics) became the ninth NBA player to achieve 25,000 career points.

1996 - Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) became the second player to reach 10,000 assists.

1997 - Wilson Kipketer of Kenya set the world indoor 800-meter record at 1 minute, 43.96 seconds at the World Indoor Championships in Paris.

1998 - Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) scored his 1,000th NHL goal. He had scored 878 regular season goals and 122 goals in the playoffs.

 

March 8, 2022
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1930 - The New York Yankees signed Babe Ruth to a two-year contract worth $160,000.

1954 - Herb McKenley set a world record for the quarter mile when he ran the distance in 46.8 seconds.

1954 - The Milwaukee Hawks and the Baltimore Bullets played the first double header in NBA history.

1957 - The International Boxing Club was ruled a monopoly putting it in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law.

1971 - Joe Frazier retained his world heavyweight championship by defeating Muhammad Ali in a 15-round decision. It was Ali's first loss in 32 professional fights.

1986 - Martina Navratilova became the first woman tennis player to win more than $10 million in her career.

2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) hit Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and drove his head into the ice. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. On March 11, the NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery.

2006 - NFL owners and the players' union agreed on a union proposal which extended the collective bargaining agreement for six years.

 

March 9, 2022
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1859 - The National Association of Baseball Players adopted the rule that limited the size of bats to no more than 2-1/2 inches in diameter.

1929 - Eric Krenz became the first athlete to toss the discus over 160 feet.

1958 - George Yardley (Detroit Pistons) became the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season. He did it in 72 games.

1980 - Gordie Howe and his two sons skated on a line together for the Hartford Whalers. National Hockey League history was made when the event occurred about midway through a game against the Boston Bruins.

1984 - Tim Witherspoon won a 12-round decision over Greg Pane to claim the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship.

 

March 10, 2022
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1920 - Joe Malone (Quebec Bulldogs) scored 6 goals in a game against the Ottawa Senators.

1941 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would begin wearing batting helmets during the 1941 season.

1993 - Sherry Davis became the first woman to be the PA voice of a major league team. She was the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants.

2002 - ESPN aired "A Season on the Brink." It was the first original motion picture by ESPN. The movie was about Bobby Knight.

2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) held a press conference to apologize for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. On March 11, the NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery.

 

March 11, 2022
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Sports History
1882 - The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association was formed in Princeton, NJ.

1892 - The first organized women's basketball game was played. The game was at Smith College between students and faculty members.

1909 - The first gold medal to a perfect-score bowler was awarded to A.C. Jellison by the American Bowling Congress.

1930 - Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000.

1948 - Reginald Weir became the first black tennis player to participate in a U.S. Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament.

1978 - Bobby Hull (Winnipeg Jets) joined Gordie Howe by getting his 1,000th career goal.

1979 - Randy Holt (Los Angeles Kings) was penalized nine times for 67 minutes in the first period of a game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

1990 - Jennifer Capriati, 13 years old, played her first professional tennis match.

1990 - Denis Savard (Chicago Blackhawks) scored his 1,000th point.

2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) was suspended by the NHL for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. The NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery. The Canucks organization was also fined $250,000.

2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.

 

March 12, 2022

• 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 NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
• 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
• 1966 Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record

 

• 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
• 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 Dodgers 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

Sports 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

• 1955 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 6th Titleholders title by 2 strokes from Mary Lena Faulk
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• 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 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Margaret Court wins her 10th Australian singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong 2-6, 7-6, 7-5
• 1971 18th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: South Carolina beats North Carolina, 52-51
• 1977 Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test

 

• 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

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
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
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
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• 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
• 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
• 1987 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt

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

• 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 40th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats #1 North Carolina, 77-75
• 1993 34th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats LSU, 82-65
• 1993 14th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Syracuse, 103-70
• 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 51st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats #5 Duke, 95-87
• 2004 45th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 89-73
• 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 57th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 Duke beats Georgia Tech, 65-61
• 2010 51st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Mississippi State, 75-74 (OT)
• 2015 62nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Notre Dame beats North Carolina, 90-82
• 2015 36th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Xavier, 69-52
• 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

 

• 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st professional baseball team
• 1877 Cricket's inaugural Test match commences as Australia plays England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Australia wins by 45 runs in 4 days

• 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
• 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race March 16th

Sports History

1912 Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins


MLB PitcherCy Young

• 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
• 1945 Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators
• 1945 Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain NY

Knighthood
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

• 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1

Sports History
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
• 1958 England retains the Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Scotland at Murrayfield, Edinburgh; England’s 16th FN title

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
• 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 39th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #20 North Carolina, 94-74
• 1992 33rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 80-54
• 1992 13th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Georgetown, 56-54
• 1994 Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit
• 1997 Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
• 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
• 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 56th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Duke beats #22 Florida State, 79-69
• 2009 50th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Tennessee, 64-61
• 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

 

• 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)

Meeting of Interest

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 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 7th Titleholders title by 3 strokes from amateur Anne Quast
• 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
• 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
• 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

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 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
• 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

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

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


CricketerSachin Tendulkar

• 2013 Kim Yu-Na of South Korea wins the women’s 2013 World Figure Skating Championships
• 2013 34th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Louisville beats Syracuse, 78-61
• 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 61st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #6 Virginia beats #7 Duke, 72-63
• 2014 55th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Kentucky, 61-60
• 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

 

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

Sports 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
• 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
• 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

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

Sports 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

Sports History
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 60th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Miami beats North Carolina, 87-77
• 2013 54th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Ole Miss beats Florida, 66-63
• 2018 Ireland beats England, 24-15 at Twickenham to wrap up Six Nations Rugby Championship; 3rd Grand Slam & 11th Triple Crown
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

 

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

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


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

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

 

• 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
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
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

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

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

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 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
• 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
• 1989 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (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

• 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
Super Bowl
1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day


Civil Rights ActivistMartin Luther King Jr.

• 1993 Ice Dance Championship in Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS)
• 1994 NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

 

• 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

Sports History

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


Figure SkaterSherwin Badger

• 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
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
• 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
• 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 athlete Abebe Bikila is paralysed in an auto-accident near Addis Ababa


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