This Day in Sports History

In 2009, Boston University scored two goals in the final minute of regulation to force overtime and then scored the game winner in OT to win the National Championship.

In 1989, Philadelphia Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall scored an empty net goal, becoming the first goalie to score in a Stanley Cup playoff game.

In 2003, the Miami Heat retired Michael Jordan's #23.

In 1966, Emmett Ashford became the first black umpire in Major League Baseball.

In 1949, Sam Snead won his first Masters and became the first to receive a green jacket. Past winners were given a green jacket retroactively.

In 1975, Lee Elder became the first black man to play in The Masters.

In 1999, the Chicago Bulls only managed 49 points in a loss to the Miami Heat. It's the lowest point output in an NBA game in the shot clock era.

In 1938, French race car driver René Dreyfus, who was also Jewish, drove to a win in the Pau Gran Prix in his French built Dalahaye race car. Finishing s...

In 1965, the Houston Astrodome opened for business featuring an exhibition game between the New York Yankees and the Astros.

In 2024, Boston and Milwaukee set an NBA record when the two teams combined for just 2 free throws. Boston became the first and only team (so far) to not attempt a free throw in an NBA game.

In 1989, golfer Scott Hoch missed a 2-foot par putt on the first playoff hole that would have won the Masters. Nick Faldo won on the following playoff hole.

In 1981, LA Dodger rookie Fernando Valenzuela pitched on opening day...

In 1974, Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run to pass Babe Ruth.

In 1975, Frank Robinson became the first black manager in Major League Baseball.

In 1975, the Boston Celtics ended a dismal season. Head Coach Dave Cowans was fired soon after. Cowans is the last player/coach in the NBA.

In 1935, golfer Gene Sarazen holed out from the fairway on Augusta National's 15th hole for a double eagle 2. He went on to force a playoff and then win in a 36-hole playoff.

In 1963, golfer Jack Nicklaus won the first of his six Masters Green Jackets

In 1985, Herschel Walker scored the on the longest TD run in USFL history while compiling a USFL record 233 rushing yards.

In 1928, New York Rangers Head Coach Lester Patrick inserted himself as the replacement goalie after Lorne Chabot was injured. Patrick is still the oldest to ever play in...

In 2024, MMA fighter Mason Lewis used an unconventional method of tickling his opponent to escape a hold.

In 1893, boxers Andy Bowen and Jack Burke fought to a draw in New Orleans after 7 hours, 19 minutes.

In 1987, Sugar Ray Leonard won a controversial split decision over reigning middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

In 1896, the modern Olympic games were born in Greece.

In 1993, Michigan's Chris Webber called the infamous timeout his team did not have in the NCAA National Championship game.

In 1976, the NCAA reinstated the slam dunk.

In 1915, boxer Jack Johnson was beaten for the first time since becoming heavyweight champ.

In 1971, Joe Theisman was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the fourth round of the NFL draft. He decided to play for Toronto in the CFL instead.

In 1983, NC State beat Houston in one of the great upsets in NCAA Tournament Championship history.

In 1985, Tulane eliminated its men's basketball program following the discovery of a points shaving scandal.

In 1965, Sam Snead won the GGO for his 82nd and final PGA win. He's the oldest to win a PGA Tour event at 52 years, 10 months and 8 days

In 2016, Villanova's Kris Jenkins hit a buzzer-beating three to beat North Carolina 77-74 and give the Wildcats the National Championship.

In 1985, 8 seed Villanova beat Georgetown to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. As an 8 seed are still the lowest seed to win it all.

In 1978, New York Islander's rookie Mike Bossy scored his 50th goal of the season, becoming the first rookie to reach that plateau.

In 2007, Morgan Pressel won the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship at the age of 18 years, 313 days, becoming the youngest woman to win an LPGA event and the youngest (men or women) to win a Major Golf Tournament.

In 1996, MLB umpire John McSherry died after collapsing on the field. <...

In 1931, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was killed in a plane crash in Kansas. The crash led to reforms in airplane design and construction.

In 2001, Duke rallied from a 22-point deficit to beat Maryland to advance to the NCAA Championship game.

In 1985, golfer Calvin Peete won the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass for his first PGA Tour win.

In 1974, the Toronto Northmen of the new World League of American football signed three Miami Dolphins to play for the team. Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Paul Warfield. They never played there though. The...

In 1919, the Spanish Flu wreaked havoc during the Stanley Cup finals and caused it to finish in a draw between Montreal and Seattle.

In 1987, Indiana beat Syracuse to win the National Championship

In 1981, Indiana beat North Carolina to win the National Championship

In 1940, Indiana beat Kansas to win the National Championship

In 1991, Duke ended UNLV's bid to go undefeated, beating the Runnin' Rebels in the National Semifinals.

In 2001, Michael Phelps set his first world record in the 200 meter butterfly

In 1982, the North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Georgetown Hoyas 63-62.

In 1976, the Indiana Hoosiers beat the Michigan Wolverines to win the the National Championship and finish the year a perfect 32-0. The Hoosiers are the last team to go through the season and win the title undefeated. Also Bobby Knight became the first to win a championship as a player and head coach.

In 1981, it was the beginning of the end for the AIAW Championship. Louisiana Tech beat Tennessee 79-59.

In 1987, Jeff Sluman and Sandy Lyle were locked in a sudden death...

In 1950, Detroit Red Wing Gordie Howe crashed head first into the boards and nearly died.

In 1950, CCNY became the first and forever only team to win both the NIT and the NCAA Tournament in the same season.

In 1990, Michael Jordan had his best night as a pro and it is statistically the greatest game by any NBA player.

In 1992, Duke's Christian Laettner was a perfect 10 for 10 from the field and 10 for 10 from the free throw line and hit the game winning shot to beat Kentucky to advance to the Final Four.

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In 1990, Pascual Perez showed up 8 days late for training camp for the New York Yankees. He was rushed out to the mound for a photo op workout. That workout would lead to problems a month later.

In 1939, Oregon beat Ohio State to win the first NCAA Tournament.

In 1978, Jack 'Goose' Givens scored 41 exploiting a soft Duke 2-3 zone as Kentucky beat the Blue Devils to win the NCAA Championship.

In 2023, Iowa's Caitlin Clark put together the only 40 point triple double in the NCAA Women's Tournament. She finished with 41 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds as...

In 1977, Marquette's Jerome Whitehead scored the game winner in the National Semifinal game to beat Cornbread Maxwell and the UNC Charlotte 49ers.

In 2005, Illinois erased a 15 point second deficit to beat Arizona.

In 2009, Villanova's Scottie Reynolds dribbled length of the court to hit the game winner.

In 1983, NC State beat Virginia for the second time in 2 weeks to advance to the Final Four.

In 1973, UCLA's Bill Walton scored an NCAA Finals record with 44 points against Memphis.

In 1979, Indiana State's Larry Bird went head to head with Michigan State's Magic...

In 1967, Evel Knievel made his debut on Wide World of Sports, nine months before his attempt over the Caesar's Palace Fountains.

In 1961, the Cincinnati Bearcats beat Ohio State to win the NCAA title.

In 1961, in the third place game, St. Joe's beat Utah but that win was later vacated due the 1961 point shaving scandal.

In 1979, the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets replayed the final 17 minutes of a game that started in November 1978. A few of the players had been traded since the first game and Eric Money became the first NBA player...

In 2001, Arizona Diamondback Randy Johnson obliterated a bird on a pitch to the plate in a spring training game.

In 2001, Tiger Woods hit a slippery 60-foot triple breaker putt to make birdie at the 17th island green of TPC Sawgrass. CBS announcer Gary Koch called it 'Better than Most.'

In 2007, Anthony Atkinson scored 10 points in the final 45 seconds to lift Barton from certain defeat to a D-2 National Championship.

In 1990, Duke's Christian Laettner hit the game winner in an Elite Eight game against UConn.

In 1962, St. John's Head Coach Joe...

In 1957, the North Carolina Tar Heels finished a perfect 32-0 after beating Kansas to win the National Title.

In 1962, a shocking exposé by The Saturday Evening Post was released with accusations leveled against Alabama Head Football Coach Bear Bryant and Georgia's Athletics Director Wally Butts colluding to fix a game.

In 1994, Los Angeles King Wayne Gretzky scored career goal 802, passing his childhood idol Gordie Howe and becoming the all-time leading scorer in the NHL at that point.

In 1993, Cleveland Indians pitchers Tim Crews and Steve Olin were killed in a boating accident in Florida during Spring Training. Pitcher Bob Ojeda was also severely injured but survived.

In 1989, Buffalo Sabre goalie Clint Malarchuk suffered a major cut across a main artery in his neck and nearly died on the ice in a game against St. Louis.

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In 1969, two-time Olympic Marathon gold medalist Abebe Bikila was paralyzed after a car accident in his home country of Ethiopia.<...

In 1970, Slovenian ski jumper Vinko Bogataj plunged off the end of the ramp, becoming the 'Agony of Defeat' soon after.

In 1976, champion US ski racer Spider Sabich was shot and killed by his girlfriend and actress Claudine Longet.

In 1940, golfer Ben Hogan won his first golf tournament after years of grinding on tour.

In 1987, the Providence Friars continued to surprise folks in the NCAA Tournament, beating Georgetown to advance to the Final Four.

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter formally announced the US would boycott the 1980 Olympics in the Soviet Union due to...

In 1954, tiny Milan High School beat Muncie High to win the Indiana State Basketball Championship and inspired the movie 'Hoosiers.'

In 2016, Northern Iowa gave up a 12 point lead in the final minute against Texas A&M and lost in overtime.

In 2010, Northern Iowa upset top-seed Kansas behind the hot shooting of Ali Faroukmanesh.

In 1934, Babe Didrikson faced 3 major league batters in an spring training exhibition.

In 1975, Texas Manager Billy Martin ordered his starting pitcher to plunk New York's Eliot Maddux. It led to a brawl later in the game.

In 1993, LaBradford Smith scored 37 against Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in a five point loss. It's supposed to be what happened after the game that led to the story.

In 1981, Danny Ainge went end-to-end to hit the game winning layup vs. Notre Dame to advance to the Elite Eight.

In 1955, Indianapolis' Crispus Attucks High School led by Oscar Robertson beat Roosevelt High (Gary, IN) to win the Indiana State High School Championship, becoming the first all-black team to win a state title in any integrated sport in the US.

In 1966, the all-black...

In 1981, Carlton Fisk became a member of the Chicago White Sox.

In 1953, the Boston Braves packed up the moving vans and moved to Milwaukee.

In 1985, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were reinstated by new baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth.

In 1993, the Santa Clara Broncos featuring a baby-faced Steve Nash stunned Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

In 1983, NC State survived a 2OT scare against Pepperdine to advance in the NCAA Tournament.

In 1990, Loyola Marymount and Michigan combined for the highest scoring NCAA Tournament game.

In 1955, the Richard Riot started in Montreal. It was political bonfire with the suspension of Maurice 'the Rocket' Richard as the lit match.

In 1982, a horrible oversight during a routine knee surgery led to a respected French footballer slipping into.a coma for 39 years.

In 2012, Bolton's Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field during an FA Cup match against Tottenham.

In 1973, the Philadelphia 76ers lost their 68th game of the season to set a new record. They eventually lost 73.

In 1963, Raymond Floyd won his first PGA Tournament at the age of 20 yrs, 6...

In 2018, the UMBC Retrievers beat top-seed Virginia.

In 1980, Louisville's Dr. Dunkenstein and the Doctors of Dunk destroyed LSU to advance to the Final Four.

In 1958, Cincinnati Royals player Maurice Stokes collapsed on the airline ride home from a game. The seizure he suffered left him incapacitated, ending his career. Most figured he would have been compared with the likes of Bill Russell and Elvin Hayes.

In 1974, the Oakland A's signed Herb Washington who holds the distinction of being the only non-pitcher in MLB to appear in 100+ games without an official at-bat.

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In 1985, 16th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson came within a whisker of beating #1 seeded Michigan. It was the first year the tournament expanded to 64 teams.

In 1989, Michigan Head Basketball coach Bill Frieder was fired two days before he was to coach his #3 seeded Wolverines in the NCAA Tournament. 'A Michigan man will coach Michigan!' said, Bo Schembechler.

In 1963, the all-white Mississippi State Bulldogs played Loyola-Chicago in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs had to sneak out of Starkville to play it. The pre-game handshake between a white and black player contributed to integration of universities in the south. <...

On March 10th, 2001, current Louisville Head Football Coach and former XFL QB with the Orlando Rage started a game just six days after getting literally 'knocked out' of a game.

On March 10th, 1976, the origin of 'Ain't over 'til the fat lady sings' can be tracked back to an article written in that days' Dallas Morning News.

On March 9th, 1946, baseball’s Ted Williams turned down a $500,000 contract to play in Mexico.

On March 11th, 1974, MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered Hank Aaron to play to start the season.

On March 14th, 1980, tr...

In 1937, Howie Morenz, known by some as 'the Babe Ruth of hockey' died as a direct result of an injury suffered in a hockey game a month earlier.

In 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met at Madison Square Garden in the 'Fight of the Century.'

In 1930, Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract paying him $80,000 a season and was asked after why he deserved more money than the President of the US to which he answered, 'I had a better year than he did.'

In 1936, the first Daytona race was run. It...

In 1964, Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali.

In 1967, Ali was ordered to report to military service.

In 1954, the ACC crowned its first men's basketball champ, sending that team to the NCAA tournament.

In 2015, the NCAA penalized Syracuse men's basketball and head coach Jim Boeheim after an investigation found misconduct and impermissible booster activity.

In 2000, Laker Shaquille O'Neal celebrated his 28th birthday taking out some frustration on the crosstown rival Clippers.

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In 1922, Babe Ruth won a coin flip that gave him a bigger contract and a bonus for every home run he hit.

In 1973, Yankees teammates Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson traded wives.

In 1931, Fort Wayne’s WGL Radio broadcast the first game of the American Basketball League’s championship series between the Brooklyn Visitations and the Fort Wayne Hoosiers.

In 1985, New York Islander Mike Bossy scored his 50th goal of the year, becoming the first NHL player to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons.

In 2006, the North Carolina Tar Heels spoiled JJ Redick's final game at Cameron Indoor.

In 1990, Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers collapsed during a game and later died at a hospital.

In 1891, MLB pitcher Dazzy Vance was born.

In 1991, golfer Rocco Mediate became the first player to win on the PGA tour with an anchored putter.

In 1974, North Carolina's Walter Davis hit a 30-footer as time expired to complete an 8-point comeback in 17 seconds against Duke.

In 2023, Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis came up 3 points shy of equaling LSU's Pete Maravich as the NCAA All-Time Leading scorer.

In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a 169-147 win over the New York Knicks.

In 2024, LeBron James scored his 40,000th point.

In 2012, New Orleans' bounty program was revealed.

In 1986, the Barkley ultramarathon raced for the first time.

In 1993, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was reinstated by Faye Vincent after serving 2 1/2 years of a lifetime ban.

In 1969, New York Yankee Mickey Mantle retired after 18 years in MLB.

In 1971, Spencer Haywood won his court case against the NBA, allowing players less than four years removed from high school to play.

In 1998, Tiger Woods lost his first and only playoff in his PGA career.

In 1997, Hector 'Macho' Camacho knocked out Sugar Ray Leonard, ending Leonard's career.

In 2001, a last lap crash at the Daytona 500 claimed the life of Dale Earnhardt.

In 1979, a last lap crash between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison and subsequent fight made NASCAR more popular across the country.

In 1944, the Cincinnati Reds signed 15 year old Joe Nuxhall.

In 2005, the mom of Detroit Tigers pitcher Ugueth Urbina was rescued after being kidnapped and held for 4 months.

In 2008, Houston pitcher Hunter Pence was involved in a freak accident.

In 1998, the US Women's Olympic Hockey beat the Canadian women to win the first Women's Hockey Olympic Gold Medal.

In 1968, Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won his third alpine gold medal.

In 2003, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler collapsed and later died. His death was attributed to ephedra.

In 2001, Charlotte Hornet Baron Davis hit an 89-foot shot to set the NBA record for the longest shot in NBA history.

In 1924, Olympian Johnny Weissmuller set a new world record that would stand for another 10 years and mostly due to technological advances.

In 1984, Bill Johnson became the first American to win an Olympic downhill race.

In 1953, Boston's Ted Williams crash-landed his fighter plane in Korea and survived.

In 1926. France's Suzanne Lenglen defeated American Helen Wills in what was deemed the 'Match of the Century'.

In 2005, the NHL became the first major professional league to cancel an entire season.

In 2024, Jordan Spieth signed an incorrect scorecard and was disqualified from a PGA Tournament. It led to a rules adjustment.

In 1998, Dale Earnhardt, Sr won the Daytona 500 on his 20th try.

In 2004, Dale Earnhardt, Jr won his firt Daytona 500 in his 5th try.

In 1976, David Pearson won his first Daytona 500 in the slowest finish.

In 1994, the Kentucky Wildcats erased a 31-point second half deficit to beat LSU in the greatest comeback in College Basketball History.

In 2018, Denver's Nikola Jokic notched the fastest triple-double in NBA history.

In 2017, Duke freshman Jason Tatum got some interesting motivation from Coach K at halftime. It motivated him to finish with his college best 28...

In 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson fought Jake LaMotta for the sixth and final time. The fight went 13 rounds with Robinson pounding LaMotta for the final four.

In 1992, Great Britain's Eddie the Eagle competed in the Calgary Winter Olympics.

In 1992, Bobby Allison nipped his son Davey to win the Daytona 500.

In 1986, Boston Celtic Larry Bird played a game shooting with his left hand.

In 1991, Michael Jordan wore #12 for the only time in his career after his jersey was stolen from the visiting team locker room in Orlando.

In 1960, 37 cars were involved in a first lap crash during a 250 mile race at Daytona International Speedway.

In 1977, three years before he won 5 gold medals at Lake Placid, Eric Heiden became the first American to win the World Championships in Speed Skating.

In 1984, American skier Debbie Armstrong shocked everybody by winning gold in the Women's Giant Slalom.

In 1968, the East German women's lugers finished first, second, and fourth but were disqualified for apparently heating up their runners. Documents revealed in 2006 suggests their DQ was a setup after a bribe.

In 1964, Chicago...

In 2005, UNLV erased a 10-point deficit with less than 20 seconds left to win in OT.

In 1972, the US Hockey team beat Poland 6-1 and won the Silver medal in a miracle that you've never heard of.

In 2018, Dutch skater Ireen Wüst won gold in the 1500m speed skating event for her fourth gold medal in four consecutive Winter Olympics. She would win another four years later to become the only woman to win gold in five consecutive Olympic games.

In 1940, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson played an 18-hole playoff at the Texas O...