TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
SATURDAY 1681 First recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle’s butler versus his butcher). 1951 Indianapolis beats Rochester, 75-73, in an NBA-record six overtimes. 1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move the Kansas City Athletics to Louisville. 1976 Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves for a reported $12 million. 1980 The Philadelphia Flyers set an NHL record by going 35 straight games without a defeat. 1992 The New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabull. 1994 In Detroit, Mich., ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding’s ex-husband. 1995 Atlanta Hawks’ Lenny Wilkens becomes the NBA’s winningest coach (939). 1998 Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboys coach. 1998 Don Sutton is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 2006 Shortstop Justin Upton, 18, inks a five-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks for $6.1 million US, the largest signing bonus in a minor-league contract for a drafted player who was not a free agent. 2006 The Toronto Blue Jays trade Corey Koskie to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor-league pitching prospect Brian Wolfe. SUNDAY 1910 The Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in two games for the Stanley Cup. 1927 The Harlem Globetrotters play their first basketball game (in Hinckley, Ill.). 1936 Tennis champions Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (one hour and 18 minutes). 1961 In the first NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl), the Detroit Lions beat the Cleveland Browns, 17-16. 1962 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East, 47-27. 1972 The Los Angeles Lakers chalk up their 33rd consecutive win (an NBA record). 1980 The Minnesota North Stars end the Philadelphia Flyers’ NHL record 35-game unbeaten streak. 1982 New York Islanders’ Bryan Trottier scores his 10th career hat trick. 1985 Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1992 Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1994 The U.S. female figure skating championship is won by Tonya Harding. 2005 Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announces Major League Baseball and the Players Association will donate $1 million to help the victims of the previous month’s Indian Ocean tsunami. 2006 At the sixth Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Legacy ceremonies in Kansas City, Bob Watson, the first black general manager in baseball history, receives the Jackie Robinson Lifetime Achievement Award. 2007 Randy Johnson agrees to a $26-million US, two-year deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. 2010 Matt Holliday signs a $120-million US seven-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.