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| 1932 |
As a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, Eddie Eagen won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He previously won a gold medal in boxing light heavyweight division at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. |
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| 1953 |
Tenly Albright became the first American woman to win the world figure skating championship. |
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| 1980 |
Wayne Gretzky tied an NHL record with seven assists and set an NHL rookie record with 96 points in the Edmonton Oilers 8-2 defeat of the Washington Capitals. |
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| 1985 |
Selena Lobell set the world record for female trotters on a five- eighths mile track by winning in 1:57.2 at Pompano Park in Florida. |
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| 1994 |
The Kentucky Wildcats made one of the biggest comebacks in college basketball history defeating LSU, 99-95. Kentucky trailed by 31 points with 15:30 left to play in the game. |
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| 1998 |
Dale Earnhardt won his 1st Daytona 500 Race. |
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| 2002 |
Canadian pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier became co-gold medalists with Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sukharulidze following controversy over judging marks. |
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| 2004 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. captured the 2004 Daytona 500, crossing the finish line a scant 0.273 seconds ahead of Tony Stewart. |
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| 2004 |
San Antonio's Tim Duncan scored the go-ahead points with just 26.1 seconds remaining and finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and five assists to lead the West over the East, 136-132, in the 53rd All-Star Game at the Staples Center. |
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| 2005 |
Donna Orender was named the new President of the WNBA. |
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| 2006 |
Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria captured the gold medal in the women's downhill at the Winter Olympics. |
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| 2006 |
Dale Begg-Smith of Australia won the gold medal in men's moguls. |
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| 2006 |
The Orlando Magic acquired forward Darko Milicic and guard Carlos Arroyo from the Detroit Pistons, in exchange for forward Kelvin Cato and a future first-round pick. |
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| 2009 |
The Pittsburgh Penguins fired head coach Michel Therrien and replaced him with Dan Bylsma, who was with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). |
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| 2009 |
The West beat the East in the annual NBA All-Star Game. Former Teammates Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal shared MVP honors. |
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| 2009 |
Matt Kenseth won the rain-shortened Daytona 500. |
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| 2010 |
American Seth Wescott defended his Olympic title, overtaking Canada's Mike Robertson to win the gold medal in the sport of men's snowboard cross. |
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| 2010 |
China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the gold medal in pairs figure skating. |
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