TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1894 — First college basketball game. University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11. 1944 — Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns, and Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of the team. 1956 — NFL’s New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium. 1958 — 46th Australian Championships: Angela Mortimer Barrett beats Lorraine Coghlan Robinson (6-3, 6-4). 1958 — 46th Australian Championships: Ashley Cooper beats Malcolm Anderson (7-5, 6-3, 6-4). 1961 — 49th Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane O’Neill (6-1, 6-4). 1961 — 49th Australian Championships: Roy Emerson beats Rod Laver (1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4). 1963 — Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 1966 — Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966. 1969 — Chuck Noll is named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers (then youngest coach in NFL history). 1969 — First Australian Open (57th edition of the tournament): Rod Laver beats Andres Gimeno (6-3, 6-4, 7-5). 1969 — First Australian Open (57th edition of the tournament): Margaret Court beats Billie Jean King (6-4, 6-1). 1970 — 1970 NFL Draft: Terry Bradshaw from Louisiana Tech is the first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers. 1970 — 58th Australian Open: Arthur Ashe beats Dick Crealy (6-4, 9-7, 6-2). 1970 — 58th Australian Open: Margaret Court beats Kerry Melville Reid (6-1, 6-3). 1973 — UCLA’s basketball team wins an NCAA record 61st consecutive game. 1982 — Philadelphia Phillies trade Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Chicago Cubs for Ivan DeJesus. 1984 — LA Kings end Wayne Gretzky’s NHL-record 51-game scoring streak. 1991 — Super Bowl XXV: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa after Eric Norwood misses a Super Bowl-winning field goal on the last play of the game. MVP: Ottis Anderson, NY Giants, RB. 1991 — 79th Australian Open: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4). 1991 — 79th Australian Open: Monica Seles beats Jana Novotna (5-7, 6-3, 6-1). 1995 — Eric Cantona of Manchester United fined and banned from playing football after attacking a fan. 1998 — WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock. 2002 — 90th Australian Open: Thomas Johansson beats Marat Safin (3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6). 2002 — 90th Australian Open: Jennifer Capriati beats Martina Hingis (4-6, 7-6, 6-2). 2002 — AFC Championship: New England Patriots beat Pittsburgh Steelers 24-17. 2002 — NFC Championship: St. Louis Rams beat Philadelphia Eagles 29-24. 2008 — 96th Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6). 2008 — 96th Australian Open: Maria Sharapova beats Ana Ivanovic (7-5, 6-3). 2013 — 7 people are killed and 3 are injured after a retaining wall collapses during a football match at the Ugur Sports Facility, Turkey. 2013 — Spain defeats Denmark to win the 2013 World Men’s Handball Championship. 2013 — 101st Australian Open: Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray (6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2).