| February 18 |
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| 1944 |
Fifteen-year-old Joe Nuxhul signed a contract with the Reds, one day after playing a high school basketball game. |
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| 1951 |
Three players from the national champion City College of New York college basketball team were arrested for taking bribes to fix games. |
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| 1970 |
Pitcher Denny McLain was suspended from baseball for two years. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered the suspension because of McLain's alleged involvement in bookmaking ventures. |
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| 1990 |
Dale Earnhardt's luck at the Daytona 500 continued to be bad, as he blew a tire on the final lap, thus giving Derrick Cope one of the biggest upsets in stock car racing history. |
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| 1992 |
Italy's Alberto Tomba won the men's giant slalom in Albertville, France and became the first Alpine skier to win the same event at two Winter Olympics. |
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| 1995 |
Utah's John Stockton became the first player in NBA history to record 10,000 career assists. |
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| 1998 |
Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray passed away at the age of 80. |
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| 1999 |
New York Yankees SS Derek Jeter won his arbitration case and will earn $5 million the upcoming year. |
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| 1999 |
Toronto pitcher Roger Clemens was traded to the defending world champion N.Y. Yankees in exchange for pitchers David Wells and Graeme Lloyd and second baseman Homer Bush. |
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| 2001 |
Tragedy struck at the Daytona 500, as Dale Earnhardt crashed into the wall on the race's final lap was killed. Michael Waltrip won the race. |
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| 2002 |
American Jim Shea Jr. won the gold medal in the men's skeleton competition. |
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| 2002 |
American Tristan Gale won the gold medal in the women's skeleton competition. |
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| 2002 |
Defending Olympic gold medalist Eric Bergoust fell on his final jump of the men's aerials competition, which gave the gold medal to the Czech Republic's Ales Valenta, who became the first person to land a five- twist jump in Olympic competition. |
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| 2004 |
The Ottawa Senators acquired five-time All-Star forward Peter Bondra from the Washington Capitals in exchange for center Brooks Laich and a second-round pick in the 2005 entry draft. |
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| 2004 |
The Chicago Cubs signed free agent pitcher Greg Maddux to a three-year $24 million deal. |
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| 2006 |
The United States took gold and silver in the men's 1,000 meter speedskating event at the Winter Olympics, as Shani Davis came in first and Joey Cheek finished second at the Oval Lingotto. |
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| 2007 |
Kevin Harvick won the 49th Daytona 500. |
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| 2007 |
Duke's Mike Krzyzewski won his 700th career game as Blue Devils' head coach. |
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| 2007 |
Charles Howell III beat Phil Mickelson on the third playoff hole to win the Nissan Open. |
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| 2007 |
The West beat the East in the NBA All-Star Game, 153-132 in Las Vegas. Kobe Bryant scored 31 points for the West and was named the MVP. |
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| 2010 |
Evan Lysacek claimed gold for the United States in men's figure skating beating Russia's Evgeni Plushenko with a flawless free skate routine at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. |
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| 2011 |
Florida International baseball star Garrett Wittels saw his 56-game hitting streak come to an end as the Golden Panthers opened their season with a 10-2 loss to Southeastern Louisiana. |
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| 2012 |
The Connecticut women's basketball team had its 99-game home court winning streak come to an end when they lost to St. John's, 57-56. |
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