Thursday, February 28, 2013
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MARCH 1
2008 In women’s college basketball, Fordham loses to George Washington 66-27 – set NCAA record with 0-29 season
1998 Pat Riley gets his 900th career coaching win
1996 Lenny Wilkins becomes the first coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games
1988 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his 1,050th NHL Assist
1986 NY Knicks retire #15 – Earl “The Pearl” Monroe
1981 Calvin Murphy misses a free throw – ended his 78 consecutive streak
1978 John Drew of Atlanta New Jersey
1969 Mickey Mantle announces his retirement - .298 average, 536 HRs, 1,509 RBI, 3 time MVP, 16 time All-Star
1954 Ted Williams fractures his collarbone in the 1st game of spring training
1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight champion
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 28
1987 Chick Hearn calls his 2,000th consecutive LA Lakers game
1981 Calvin Murphy sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws made
1973 Eric Lindros born – 372 goals, 493 assists
1971 Jack Nicklaus wins 53rd PGA Championship – the 2nd Grand Slam of his career
1967 Wilt Chamberlain misses his first field goal in 4 games – had made 35 consecutive
1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against the Dodgers
1957 Jockey Johnny Longden wins his 5,000th race
1940 1st televised basketball game – Fordham vs. University of Pittsburgh
1940 Auto racer Mario Andretti born
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 27
2002 Sale
1998 Indiana Portland Cleveland Miami 68 in 1991
1982 Dan Issel hits his 63rd consecutive free throw
1961 NBA Hall of Famer James Worthy was born
1959 Boston Minnesota
1955 Celtics beat Milwaukee
1935 Babe Ruth signs with the Boston Braves to be a player, a coach, and team Vice President
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 26
1987 Washington Indiana
1987 Michael Jordan scores 58 points on 16 for 25 shooting and made 26 of 27 free throws to set a Chicago
1985 Philadelphia
1981 84 penalties, total of 406 minutes assessed for a brawl in a NHL game between Minnesota and Boston – 1st period took 90 minutes as 341 penalty minutes were assessed and 12 players ejected
1969 Carl Yastrzemski signs a $130,000 deal
1962 Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 vs. NY Knicks
1935 Babe Ruth is released by NYY to sign with the Boston Braves
1887 Grover Cleveland Alexander born – in his MLB career he won 373 games, 2.56 ERA, 437 complete games and won 30 or more in 1915,1916, and 1917
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 25
2009 Jim Calhoun of Connecticut
1999 Indiana
1994 Jersey Joe Walcott died – heavyweight boxing champion
1989 Dallas Cowboys fire 29 year veteran Tom Landry – Jerry Jones bought the team and hired Jimmy Johnson
1977 New Orleans Pete Maravich scores a career high 68 points
1972 St. Louis Philadelphia
1964 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston in seven rounds to win the heavyweight championship
1961 In college basketball, Niagara ends St. Bonaventure’s 99 game home winning streak
1940 The first time a NHL game was televised – Rangers vs. Canadians – one camera in a fixed position
1933 Tom Yawkey buys the Boston Red Sox
Saturday, February 23, 2013
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 24
1990 Tony Conigliaro died at age 45 – youngest AL
1987 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 1st and only 3 point field goal
1985 Jim Kelly of Houston 574 yards
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores a NHL record 77th goal – ended with 92
1980 The U.S. Finland
1978 Kevin Porter of the NJ Nets sets a NBA record with 29 assists in the game – lasted until 12/30/1990 when Scott Skiles got 30
1977 Floyd Mayweather was born
1967 Wilt Chamberlain goes 18 for 18 in field goals – record for field goals in a game without a miss
1956 Eddie Murray born – MLB career .287 average, 504 HRs, 1,917 RBI
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 23
1993 John Stockton gets his 8,000th assist – 4th to do so – Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, and Isiah Thomas
1992 Hakeem Olajuwon gets his 2,000th block – only 5 others had done so – ends career with 3,830
1991 North Carolina
1988 Chicago
1987 Nate McMillan hands out 25 assists – ties rookie record (Ernie DiGregorio)
1986 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays in his 1,304th games and passes Elvin Hayes to become #1 – will play 1,560 – Robert Parish will play 1,611
1985 Bobby Knight throws a chair onto the floor during a basketball game
1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating gold medals at the Olympics in Lake Placid , NY
1934 Casey Stengell becomes manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers
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