TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1914 — Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts sweep Victoria Capitals in three game.
1938 — Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes.
1942 — Thoroughbred Racing Association formed in Chicago, Ill. 1948 — Lee Savold knocks out Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at New York’s Madison Square Garden. 1950 — Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship.
1954 — First colour telecast of a prize fight, Joey Giardello vs. Willie Troy at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
1956 — Biggest NBA margin of victory: Minnesota Lakers 133, Saint Louis Hawks 75.
1957 — Cleveland Indians reject an offer from the Boston Red Sox of $1 million for Herb Score.
1971 — Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in one half. 1972 — Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors by a record 63 points, 162-99.
1975 — Pennsylvania is first U.S. state to allow girls to compete with boys in high school sports.
1989 — Kurt Browning wins the World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Paris.
1990 — First world ice hockey tournament for women held in Ottawa.
1991 — NFL owners strip Phoenix Cardinals of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day.
1991 — Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses.
1991 — Saint Louis Blues’ Brett Hull is third NHL player to score 80 goals in a season.
1993 — Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler wins the World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Prague.
1993 — Kurt Browning wins the World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Prague.
1995 — Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament.
1995 — Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months off. 1997 — Major League Baseball inks five-year, $50-million deal with Pepsi.