TODAY IN SPORTS

March 25

• 1934 – Horton Smith wins the first Masters, beating Craig Wood by one stroke.

• 1958 – Sugar Ray Robinson regains the middleweight title for a record fifth time with a 15-round decision over Carmen Basilio. • 1967 – UCLA, led by sophomore

Lew Alcindor’s 20 points, beats Dayton 79-64 for the NCAA championship.

• 1972 – Bill Walton scores 24 points to lead UCLA to an 81-76 victory over Florida State and the NCAA title. The Bruins finish with a 30-0 record and increase their winning streak to 45 straight.

• 1972 – Maryland beats Niagara 100-69 in the NIT championship, becoming the first team to score 100 points in the finals of the tournament.

• 1979 – Magic Johnson and Larry Bird lead their respective teams to the 1979 NCAA finals. Magic’s Michigan State team would destroy Penn State by a score of 101-67, while Bird’s Indiana State would beat out DePaul 76-74.

• 1995 – Mike Tyson is released from a Plainfield, Ind., prison after serving three years for rape.

• 2007 – Cullen Jones becomes the rare black swimmer to claim a world championship, teaming with Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak on a US squad that wins the 400-meter freestyle relay at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia.

• 2012 – In the NBA’s first quadruple-overtime game since 1997, Joe Johnson scores 37 points and Josh Smith adds 22 as the Atlanta Hawks beat Utah 139-133. This ties the third-longest game in NBA history.