| February 10 |
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| 1920 |
Baseball banned all pitches that involved the use of a foreign substance. |
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| 1962 |
Jim Beatty became the first American to break the four-minute barrier for an indoor mile. Beatty recorded a time of 3:58:9 in a Los Angeles meet. |
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| 1969 |
LSU's Pete Maravich scored 66 points in a 110-94 defeat to Tulane. |
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| 1978 |
Quick Work won the inaugural Su Mac Lad Series final for older trotters in 2:00.1 at the Meadowlands. |
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| 1989 |
K.C. Jones and Lenny Wilkens, along with William "Pop" Gates, were voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. |
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| 1990 |
Boxer Mike Tyson suffered his first professional loss, a shocking 10th-round knockout by James "Buster" Douglas in Tokyo. |
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| 1991 |
Philadelphia's Charles Barkley scored 17 points and pulled down 22 rebounds to lead the East All Stars to a 116-114 win over the West. Barkley won the MVP for the game. |
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| 1992 |
Bonnie Blair became the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic Gold medal in 500-meter speed skating and the first American woman in any sport to win gold medals in consecutive Olympics. |
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| 2000 |
Seattle Mariners traded OF Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for four players. |
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| 2003 |
Detroit Red Wings Brett Hull scored his 700th career goal in the club's 5-4 win over the San Jose Sharks. Hull became the sixth member of the 700-goal club. |
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| 2003 |
In College Hockey, Boston University beat rival Boston College, 3-2, to win the prestigious Beanpot Tournament. |
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| 2004 |
The Philadelphia 76ers fired head coach Randy Ayers. |
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| 2007 |
Nate Kaeding's 21-yard field goal, as time expired, gave the AFC a 31-28 victory over the NFC in the 37th rendition of the Pro Bowl. |
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| 2008 |
Adrian Peterson rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns, and Terrell Owens caught two TD receptions in the NFC's 42-30 win over the AFC in the Pro Bowl. |
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| 2009 |
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in league history to reach the 23,000-point plateau in the team's 105-98 victory over the Oklahoma City Tunder. |
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| 2009 |
California State Athletic Commission suspended the licenses of championship fighter Antonio Margarito and his trainer, Javier Capetillo, for at least one year after a substance was found inside the boxer's gloves prior to a fight against "Sugar" Shane Mosley. |
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| 2011 |
Jerry Sloan resigned as head coach of the Utah Jazz, stepping down in the middle of his 23rd season with the team. Tyrone Corbin was named the new head coach. |
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