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| 1945 |
Montreal's Maurice Richard became the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season. |
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| 1950 |
CCNY eeked out a 69-61, win to defeat Bradley in the NIT Championship. |
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| 1953 |
The National League approved the move of the Boston Braves to Milwaukee. |
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| 1953 |
Don Schlundt fired in 30 points to lift Indiana to a 69-68 win over Kansas to win the NCAA Championship. |
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| 1959 |
Boston's Bill Sharman sank the first of a record 56 straight free throws. |
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| 1985 |
Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstated Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, both of whom had been banned from baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos. |
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| 1990 |
Jeff Fryer scored 41 points in leading Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest scoring game in NCAA history. |
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| 1991 |
The Philadelphia 76ers retired Wilt Chamberlain's No. 13 jersey, only the fifth jersey ever retired by the Sixers. |
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| 1993 |
Santa Clara defeated Arizona 64-61 and became the second 15th-seeded team to win a first-round game in the NCAA tournament. |
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| 1995 |
Alberto Tomba won his third World Cup season title, adding men's giant slalom to overall and slalom championships. |
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| 2000 |
John Campbell became the first driver or jockey to win $100 million lifetime at a single racetrack, reaching the milestone at The Meadowlands. |
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| 2003 |
The San Jose Sharks fired general manager Dean Lombardi. |
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| 2003 |
With the United States on the verge of war with Iraq, Major League Baseball decided not to play season-opening games scheduled between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners on March 25 and 26 at the Tokyo Dome. |
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| 2004 |
Auburn fired basketball coach Cliff Ellis. |
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| 2005 |
Two big upsets took place in the NCAA college basketball opening round. 13-seed Vermont defeated fourth-seed Syracuse, 60-57 OT. Also 14-seed Bucknell defeated third-seed Kansas, 64-63. |
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| 2006 |
The Dallas Cowboys agreed to terms on a three-year contract with wide receiver Terrell Owens. |
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| 2007 |
The Houston Rockets beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 124-74, the worst home defeat for the Sixers in their franchise history. |
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| 2007 |
San Jose coach Ron Wilson became the 13th coach in NHL history to reach 1,000 career games. |
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| 2007 |
Jimmie Johnson posted his second straight Nextel Cup victory when he won the Kobalt Tools 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. |
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| 2007 |
The F1 season began as Kimi Raikkonen won Australian Grand Prix. |
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| 2007 |
Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal won the World Cup overall skiing title. American Bode Miller was the Super-G champion. |
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| 2008 |
Idaho fired basketball coach George Pfeifer. |
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| 2008 |
The Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak ended with the Boston Celtics defeating them, 94-74. |
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| 2009 |
Major League Soccer awarded an expansion team to Vancouver, British Columbia. They would begin play in the 2011 season. |
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| 2010 |
Two big upsets took place in the NCAA college basketball opening round. 14-seed Ohio defeated third-seed Georgetown, 97-83. Also 13-seed Murray State defeated fourth-seed Vanderbilt, 66-65. |
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| 2012 |
The Seattle Seahawks signed QB Matt Flynn to a three-year contract. |
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