Today in Sports

Today in Sports

1897– Bob Fitzsimmons knocks out Jim Corbett in the 14 th round to win the world heavyweight title in Carson City, Nev. It’s the very first boxing match photographed by a movie video camera.

1908– Tommy Burns knocks out Jene Roche in 80 seconds at the Royal Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, to keep the world heavyweight title.

1939– Villanova wins very first video game of the guys’s NCAA basketball competition, beating Brown 42-30 in Philadelphia. Ohio State beats Wake Forest 64-52 in the 2nd video game of the doubleheader.

1940– For the very first time in NHL history, one line– The Kraut Line of Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer– surface 1-2-3 in NHL scoring when the Boston Bruins score 5 objectives in the 3rd duration to beat the Montreal Canadiens 7-2.

1955– Canadien fans riot in the streets of Montreal objecting NHL President Clarence Campbell’s suspension of Maurice “Rocket” Richard the previous day. The Canadiens surrender the video game to the Detroit after a smoke bomb goes off in the Online forum and crowds spill into the streets, setting fires, smashing windows and robbery.

1961– Manhattan District Lawyer Frank S. Hogan jails 2 expert bettors, Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken, and links Hank Gunter and Art Hicks of Seton Hall in a college point shaving scandal.

1993– Dallas snaps a 19- video game losing streak with a 102-96 win over checking out Orlando. The Mavericks were one video game far from connecting the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76 ers for the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history.

2001– Connecticut cruises to a 101-29 win over Long Island University in the preliminary of the East Regional, the very best protective effort in the history of the ladies’s NCAA competition. Connecticut’s 72- point success likewise connects the second-biggest margin in competition history.

2006– Jermaine Wallace strikes a fadeaway 3-pointer with a split-second left, and little Northwestern State manages a surprise with a furious rally, beating No. 3 seed Iowa 64-63 in the preliminary of the males’s NCAA competition.

2012– Lindsey Vonn sets a ladies’s record for the most World Cup points in a season after completing 8th in a slalom won by Austria’s Michaela Kirchgasser at Schladming, Austria. Vonn reaches 1,980 indicate beat the mark of 1,970 set by Janica Kostelic of Croatia in 2006.

2016– Little Rock advances with an out-of-nowhere resurgence that results in an 85-83 double-overtime triumph over Purdue in the preliminary of the NCAA competition.

2018– The UConn Huskies open their NCAA Women’s Competition with a record-setting 140-52 thrashing of Saint Francis (Pa.). The competition’s front runner sets a record for points in a competition video game and all-time NCAA records for points in a duration (55 in the very first) and a half (94 in the very first).

2020– French Open ends up being very first Grand Slam tennis competition to be held off due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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