Today in Sports History

[andrew8798]

Today's Late Update

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1912 - 10th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in Christchurch (5-0)
1931 - Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record)
1951 - Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (US athlete of 1950)
1971 - AFC Championship Game: Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17
1971 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 17-10
1972 - 60th Men's Australian Open: Ken Rosewall beats Malcolm Anderson (7-6, 6-3, 7-5)
1972 - 60th Women's Australian Open: Virginia Wade beats Evonne Goolagong (6-4, 6-4)
1974 - NY Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager
1979 - 67th Men's Australian Open: Guillermo Vilas beats John Marks (6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3)
1979 - 67th Women's Australian Open: Christine O'Neil beats Betsy Nagelsen (6-3, 7-6)
1981 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr
1982 - 70th Men's Australian Open: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4)
1982 - 70th Women's Australian Open: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert-Lloyd (6-7, 6-4, 7-5)
1983 - Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota
1991 - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against NY Islanders
1992 - Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney
1993 - "The Comeback", QB Frank Reich led the Buffalo Bills back from a 32-point deficit, to defeat the Houston Oilers 41-38 in overtime in a wild card playoff game, the greatest comeback ever in pro football history
2001 - 3rd BCS National Championship: #1 Oklahoma beats #2 Florida State, 13-2, at 67th Orange Bowl
2002 - 4th BCS National Championship: #1 Miami beats #2 Nebraska, 37-14, at 88th Rose Bowl
2003 - 5th BCS National Championship: #2 Ohio State beats #1 Miami, 31-24, at 32nd Fiesta Bowl
2005 - 71st Sugar Bowl: #3 Auburn beats #8 Virginia Tech, 16-13
2006 - 72nd Orange Bowl: #3 Penn State beats #22 Florida State, 26-23
2007 - 73rd Sugar Bowl: #4 LSU beats #11 Notre Dame, 41-14
2008 - 74th Orange Bowl: #8 Kansas beats #5 Virginia Tech, 24-21
2011 - 77th Orange Bowl: #5 Stanford beats #12 Virginia Tech, 40-12
2012 - 78th Sugar Bowl: #13 Michigan beats #11 Virginia Tech, 23-20
2013 - 42nd Fiesta Bowl: #5 Oregon beats #7 Kansas State, 35-17
2014 - 80th Orange Bowl: #12 Clemson beats #7 Ohio State, 40-35

[andrew8798]

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1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms
1887 - Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1
1920 - 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
1942 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24
1957 - Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000
1975 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
1976 - 64th Men's Australian Open: Mark Edmondson beats John Newcombe (6-7, 6-3, 7-6, 6-1)
1976 - 64th Women's Australian Open: Evonne Goolagong Cawley beats Renata Tomanova (6-2, 6-2)
1976 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Oakland Raiders 16-10
1976 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat Los Angeles Rams 37-7
1977 - Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play
1981 - 69th Men's Australian Open: Brian Teacher beats Kim Warwick (7-5, 7-6, 6-3)
1981 - 69th Women's Australian Open: Hana Mandlikova beats Wendy Turnbull (6-0, 7-5)
1984 - Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game
1986 - NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots
1999 - 1st BCS National Championship: #1 Tennessee beats #2 Florida State, 23-16, at 28th Fiesta Bowl
2000 - A day after accepting the head coaching position of the New York Jets, Bill Belichick resigns
2000 - 2nd BCS National Championship: #1 Florida State beats #2 Virginia Tech, 46-29, at 66th Sugar Bowl
2004 - 6th BCS National Championship: #2 LSU beats #1 Oklahoma, 21-14, at 70th Sugar Bowl
2005 - 7th BCS National Championship: #1 Southern California beats #2 Oklahoma, 55-19, at 71st Orange Bowl (USC would later vacate Championship)
2006 - 8th BCS National Championship: #2 Texas beats #1 Southern California, 41-38, at 92nd Rose Bowl
2010 - 39th Fiesta Bowl: #6 Boise State beats #3 TCU, 17-10
2011 - 77th Sugar Bowl: #6 Ohio State beats #8 Arkansas, 31-26
2012 - 78th Orange Bowl: #23 West Virginia beats #14 Clemson, 70-33

[andrew8798]

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1925 - French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings
1927 - Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago & Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
1931 - 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League
1934 - National & American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1957 - Dodgers' Jackie Robinson announces his retirement rather than be traded to the NY Giants
1960 - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
1964 - San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
1971 - Body of US heavyweight Charles "Sonny" Liston (36) found; he had been dead for an estimated 6 days.
1982 - Darryl Sittler, on advice from his doctor, leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs because of mental depression
1984 - Adrian Dantley (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1985 - Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot
1989 - Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
1990 - J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1991 - Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
1993 - Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
1993 - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
1996 - Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement
2007 - Bill Cowher resigns as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
2009 - 38th Fiesta Bowl: #3 Texas beats #10 Ohio State, 24-21
2010 - Mike Shanahan is formally introduced as head coach of the Washington Redskins
2010 - 76th Orange Bowl: #10 Iowa beats #9 Georgia Tech, 24-14

[andrew8798]

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1681 - 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1883 - Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
1896 - 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1951 - Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
1976 - Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1980 - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
1980 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Houston Oilers 27-13
1980 - NFC Championship Game: Los Angeles Rams beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-0
1984 - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
1985 - AFC Championship Game: Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 45-28
1985 - NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears 23-0
1986 - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1992 - NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
1992 - Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
1993 - Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
1995 - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
1998 - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
2013 - The NHL reaches an agreement to end a 113 day lockout
2014 - Zach Johnson wins the 2014 PGA Tournament of Champions
2014 - 16th BCS National Championship: #1 Florida State beats #2 Auburn, 34-31
2015 - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

[andrew8798]

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1899 - Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1910 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
1936 - Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1947 - Australia v England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882
1961 - 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
1962 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27
1963 - The rift between Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell and head coach Paul Brown reaches a boiling point, and Brown is fired
1972 - LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
1972 - LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1973 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1979 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Houston Oilers 34-5
1979 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat Los Angeles Rams 28-0
1980 - Minn ends Phila Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1982 - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
1985 - Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1987 - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest
1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11)
1989 - Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1992 - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
1992 - Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
2008 - 10th BCS National Championship: #2 LSU beats #1 Ohio State, 38-24
2010 - 12th BCS National Championship: #1 Alabama beats #2 Texas, 37-21
2013 - Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year
2013 - 15th BCS National Championship: #2 Alabama beats #1 Notre Dame, 42-14

[andrew8798]

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1853 - 1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Washington
1931 - Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1947 - Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
1955 - Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
1955 - Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
1955 - Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open
1962 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th
1972 - NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1980 - Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
1980 - NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1984 - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
1984 - AFC Championship Game: Los Angeles Raiders beat Seattle Seahawks 30-14
1984 - NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat San Francisco 49ers 24-21
1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1988 - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
1989 - AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals beat Buffalo Bills 21-10
1989 - NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears 28-3
1993 - Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
1995 - Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1996 - For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1998 - NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
2000 - "Music City Miracle", with 16 seconds left in the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game, the Tennessee Titans' Lorenzo Neal handed the ball to Frank Wycheck, who then lateraled the ball across the width of the field to his teammate, Kevin Dyson, who in turn ran the length of the field down the sideline for the game-winning touchdown to defeat the Buffalo Bills 22-16
2007 - 9th BCS National Championship: #2 Florida beats #1 Ohio State, 41-14
2008 - Joe Gibbs retires, for the second time, as head coach of the Washington Redskins
2009 - 11th BCS National Championship: #2 Florida beats #1 Oklahoma, 24-14
2012 - "The 3:16 Game", the Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first scrimmage play of overtime, giving the underdog Broncos a 29–23 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
2013 - Steve Nash records his 10,000th career assist against Houston

[andrew8798]

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1811 - 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
1903 - 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 & moved it to NY
1903 - Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace
1930 - Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
1942 - Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1951 - Washington Capitals NBA club folds
1952 - Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
1952 - Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
1953 - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1954 - Bert Olmstead of the Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
1958 - In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
1962 - NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
1967 - NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
1972 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1976 - Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
1977 - Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
1977 - 65th Men's Australian Open: Roscoe Tanner beats Guillermo Vilas (6-3, 6-3, 6-3)
1977 - 65th Women's Australian Open: Kerry Melville Reid beats Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat (7-5, 6-2)
1979 - Bobby Orr's #4 jersey is retired by the Boston Bruins
1984 - Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
1985 - Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1986 - NY Islanders repeat their greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1989 - Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 - Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
1990 - Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
1991 - Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
1998 - Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
1998 - Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
2000 - Dan Marino wins his last career NFL game (20-17 vs Seattle)
2012 - Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the second consecutive year
2012 - 14th BCS National Championship: #2 Alabama beats #1 LSU, 21-0
2014 - Yaya Toure wins African Footballer of the Year

[andrew8798]

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1911 - Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214
1920 - Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
1931 - Phila Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak
1945 - No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1953 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7
1957 - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates
1965 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14
1967 - 17th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-120 at Daly City, California
1980 - Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
1982 - "Freezer Bowl", Bengals beat Chargers in -59°F (-51°C) to win AFC championship
1982 - "The Catch" - iconic moment in NFL history - Dwight Clark makes a fingertip catch for a touchdown from Joe Montana with 58 seconds left (SF 49ers win the game and go on to win the Super Bowl)
1982 - AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego Chargers 27-7
1982 - NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27
1983 - NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
1990 - NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
1996 - Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins
2011 - Lionel Messi wins the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or, for being the best football player in 2010
2011 - 13th BCS National Championship: #1 Auburn beats #2 Oregon, 22-19

[andrew8798]

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1946 - Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila
1953 - J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club
1959 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open
1959 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21
1960 - Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
1966 - 16th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 137-94 at Cincinnati
1970 - Super Bowl IV: KC Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Len Dawson, Kansas City, QB
1973 - American League adopts designated hitter rule
1977 - Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
1977 - France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics
1981 - AFC Championship Game: Oakland Raiders beat San Diego Chargers 34-27
1981 - NFC Championship Game: Philadelphia Eagles beat Dallas Cowboys 20-7
1983 - Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 3rd time
1984 - Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
1987 - Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
1987 - "The Drive", trailing the Cleveland Browns 20-13 with only 5:32 remaining in the AFC Championship Game and the ball on their own two-yard line, Denver quarterback John Elway drove his team 98 yards for a touchdown to tie the game, which the Broncos won in overtime to advance to Super Bowl XXI
1987 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 23-20 (OT)
1987 - NFC Championship Game: New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 17-0
1988 - USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
1989 - Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1990 - Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1990 - Pat LaFontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1991 - Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
1995 - Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
1995 - NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
1997 - Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis Intl
1998 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-21
1998 - NFC Championship Game: Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49ers 23-10
1999 - Marty Schottenheimer resigns as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs
2004 - "4th and 26", trailing the Green Bay Packers by 3 in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game, the Philadelphia Eagles faced 4th and 26 on their final drive, when Donovan McNabb hit Freddie Mitchell for 29 yards. The Eagles would tie the game and go on to win in overtime

[andrew8798]

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1918 - Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
1920 - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
1921 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
1946 - NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
1951 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 - NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13
1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1958 - NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1958 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7
1958 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
1960 - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
1964 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17
1966 - Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
1967 - Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1969 - Super Bowl III: NY Jets beat Balt Colts, 16-7 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB
1971 - 21st NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 108-107 at San Diego
1975 - Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB
1977 - Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1980 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1983 - NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
1986 - AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots beat Miami Dolphins 31-14
1986 - NFC Championship Game: Chicago Bears beat Los Angeles Rams 24-0
1988 - Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1992 - AFC Championship Game: Buffalo Bills beat Denver Broncos 10-7
1992 - NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Detroit Lions 41-10
1993 - NHL great Mario Lemieux announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma
1994 - Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 - Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
1997 - AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars 20-6
1997 - NFC Championship Game: Green Bay Packers beat Carolina Panthers 30-13
2006 - During an emotional ceremony, Mark Messier's #11 jersey is retired by the New York Rangers
2013 - "Mile High Miracle", trailing the Denver Broncos 35-28 with 1:09 remaining in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, the Baltimore Ravens' quarterback Joe Flacco heaved a 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game (the Ravens would win in overtime and go on to win the Super Bowl)
2015 - Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid C.F. wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the best player of the year

[andrew8798]

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1908 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Ottawa Victorias in 2 games
1919 - Dutch Soccer team OSV forms
1953 - 3rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 79-75 at Fort Wayne, Indiana
1957 - Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open
1957 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago
1963 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14
1963 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20
1964 - 52nd Women's Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Lesley Turner (6-3, 6-2)
1964 - 52nd Men's Australian Championships: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (6-3, 6-4, 6-2)
1965 - 15th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 124-123 at St. Louis
1968 - Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)
1972 - Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
1974 - Super Bowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston Super Bowl MVP: Larry Csonka, Miami, RB
1981 - Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals
1982 - Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame
1983 - AMA urges ban on boxing, cites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition
1983 - Quebec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out
1985 - 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
1985 - 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
1991 - 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg, South Africa
1991 - Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open
1991 - Soccer stadium riot in Orkney, South Africa, at least 40 die
1995 - 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
1995 - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
1999 - Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001
2002 - In a controversial move, Marty Schottenheimer is fired as head coach of the Washington Redskins after just one season
2014 - Cristiano Ronaldo wins the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or

[andrew8798]

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1919 - John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, & Judge MCQuade buy NY Giants
1927 - Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers
1932 - Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race
1935 - 28th Women's Australian Championships: Dorothy Round Little beats Nancy Lyle (1-6, 6-1, 6-3)
1935 - 28th Men's Australian Championships: Jack Crawford beats Fred Perry (2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4)
1940 - Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
1940 - NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7
1943 - Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game
1946 - 1946 NFL Draft: Frank Dancewicz from University of Notre Dame first pick by Boston Yanks
1951 - NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27
1961 - Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
1962 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30
1964 - 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston
1968 - Super Bowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
1969 - Matt Busby retires from Manchester United
1969 - 19th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-112 at Baltimore
1973 - Super Bowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Wash Red Skins, 14-7 in LA, MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S
1975 - 25th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 108-102 at Phoenix
1976 - Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves
1985 - Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)
1987 - Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1990 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21
1990 - NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams 30-3
1994 - Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
1996 - Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions
1996 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Indianapolis Colts 20-16
1996 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat Green Bay Packers 38-27
1998 - Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
2001 - AFC Championship Game: Baltimore Ravens beats Oakland Raiders 16-3
2001 - NFC Championship Game: New York Giants beat Minnesota Vikings 41-0

[andrew8798]

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1892 - Basketball rules published in Triangle Magazine, Mass
1900 - SCNEC soccer team forms
1934 - Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
1936 - Horace Stoneham elected president of NY Giants
1939 - 1st NFL pro bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field
1942 - Cubs drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II
1942 - FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
1956 - Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1956 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field
1957 - 7th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 109-97 at Boston
1958 - NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV
1961 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31
1961 - Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open
1962 - 50th Women's Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane O'Neill (6-0, 6-2)
1962 - 50th Men's Australian Championships: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (8-6, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4)
1964 - Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in NYC
1966 - AFL Pro Bowl: All-Stars beats Buffalo 30-19
1966 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7
1967 - Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10 in LA Super Bowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
1970 - Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's)
1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
1974 - 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle
1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
1978 - Super Bowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in N Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE & Randy White, Dallas, DT
1981 - Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1983 - Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard
1984 - Hana Mandlíková ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak
1989 - Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
1990 - 42 year old George Foreman KOs Gerry Cooney in 2 rounds in Atlantic City
1990 - Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent
1990 - NY Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106
1991 - Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
1994 - Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from the NFL
1995 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion
1995 - AFC Championship Game: San Diego Chargers beat Pittsburgh Steelers 17-13
1995 - NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys 38-28
1997 - Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin
1998 - Dino Ciccarelli is traded for the fourth time, from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Florida Panthers

[andrew8798]

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1883 - Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
1905 - Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months
1905 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals
1952 - US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
1955 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1955 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19
1962 - 12th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 150-130 at St. Louis
1963 - 13th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 115-108 at Los Angeles
1965 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14
1968 - 21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto
1970 - Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
1970 - NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
1972 - Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
1981 - Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth
1981 - Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg
1988 - NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix

[karl100589]

I should also point out today is the birthday of motor racing legend AJ Foyt

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Jan 16, 2016 18:58:49 GMT -5 karl100589 said:

I should also point out today is the birthday of motor racing legend AJ Foyt

I'm surprised that isn't an Indiana state holiday, as much as he means to Indy 500 history.

[andrew8798]

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1916 - 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY
1916 - Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in NYC
1934 - Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the NY Giants
1934 - NY Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
1952 - 1952 NFL Draft: Bill Wade from University of Vanderbilt first pick by Los Angeles Rams
1953 - 41st Women's Australian Championships: Maureen Connolly beats Julia Sampson (6-3, 6-2)
1953 - 41st Men's Australian Championships: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (6-0, 6-3, 6-4)
1954 - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9
1954 - Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister)
1960 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1960 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21
1961 - 11th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-131 at Syracuse, New York
1963 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
1970 - 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
1970 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3
1970 - Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
1971 - Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB
1977 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14
1979 - NY Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against NY Rangers
1986 - Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1988 - "The Fumble", trailing 38-31 with 1:12 left in the AFC Championship Game, the Browns' Earnest Byner fumbled at the Denver 3-yard line, sending the Broncos to their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance
1988 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 38-33
1988 - NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings 17-10
1989 - Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
1989 - Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
1993 - AFC Championship Game: Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins 29-10
1993 - NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers 30-20
1995 - Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
1995 - LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
1997 - NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman
1999 - "The Miss", Minnesota Viking placekicker Gary Anderson had become the first kicker in history to finish the regular season without missing a field goal or extra point attempt, but misses a field goal late in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game, allowing the Atlanta Falcons to tie the game and eventually win it in overtime
1999 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat New York Jets 23-10
1999 - NFC Championship Game: Atlanta Falcons beat Minnesota Vikings 30-27 (OT)

[andrew8798]

1-18

1886 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
1895 - Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms
1938 - Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Hall of Fame
1947 - Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
1950 - Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
1951 - NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
1951 - NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
1951 - 1951 NFL Draft: Kyle Rote from SMU first pick by New York Giants
1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1955 - 5th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 100-91 at New York City
1958 - Willie O'Ree becomes the first African Canadian to play in the NHL (makes debut for Boston Bruins)
1959 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1963 - Al Davis becomes the head coach and general manager of the Oakland Raiders
1967 - 20th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 3-0 at Montreal
1970 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13
1973 - Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH
1976 - Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami Super Bowl MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR
1983 - IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1989 - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup Australian Tri-Series)
1991 - WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights
1991 - Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 mins
1992 - 43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Philadelphia
1993 - West Indies beat Australia 2-0 win cricket's World Series Cup
1996 - Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
1997 - 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
1998 - 48th NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
1998 - Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
1998 - Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural
2004 - AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts 24-14
2004 - NFC Championship Game: Carolina Panthers beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-3
2009 - AFC Championship Game: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Baltimore Ravens 23-14
2009 - NFC Championship Game: Arizona Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles 32-25
2015 - AB de Villiers makes the fastest century in ODI cricket history from 31 balls against the West Indies
2015 - AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts 45-7
2015 - NFC Championship Game: Seattle Seahawks beat Green Bay Packers 28-22 (OT)

[andrew8798]

1-19

1903 - New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced
1932 - Charlie Conacher becomes 1st Toronto Maple Leaf to score 5 goals in a game, 1st coming at 7 seconds of game
1937 - Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1952 - NFL takes control of NY Yanks
1952 - PGA approves allowing black participants
1956 - Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field
1963 - 51st Women's Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane O'Neill (6-2, 6-2)
1963 - 51st Men's Australian Championships: Roy Emerson beats Ken Fletcher (6-3, 6-3, 6-1)
1964 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24
1969 - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
1969 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1969 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7
1971 - 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston
1971 - NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
1972 - Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
1974 - Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
1975 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown
1977 - Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame
1981 - Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide
1984 - Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
1990 - Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
1991 - 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago
1996 - NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix
1997 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural
2002 - "Tuck Rule Game", with less than two minutes to play in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, the New England Patriots trailed the Oakland Raiders, 13-10, in a game played mostly under a driving snowstorm, when a Tom Brady fumble was instead ruled an incomplete pass because of the "tuck rule". The Patriots would win 16-13 in overtime and go on to win the Super Bowl
2003 - AFC Championship Game: Oakland Raiders beat Tennessee Titans 41-24
2003 - NFC Championship Game: Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Philadelphia Eagles 27-10
2013 - The 2012-2013 NHL season begins after a 119-day lockout
2013 - Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories
2014 - AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots 26-16
2014 - NFC Championship Game: Seattle Seahawks beat San Francisco 49ers 23-17

[Hugh Mungus]

Also today, Deflategate begins.