TODAY IN SPORTS

1939 — Joe Louis knocks out Jack Roper at 2: 20 of the first round in Los Angeles to retain the world heavyweight title.

1976 — Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive home runs and drives in eight runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies overcome a 13- 2 deficit to beat the Cubs 18- 16 in 10 innings at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.

1982 — The Denver Nuggets’ Alex English, Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe average 20 points a game, the first front court to do so since Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan and Clyde Lovellette of St. Louis in 1961.

1983 — The Edmonton Oilers beat Calgary, 10- 2, in Game 3 of their secondround series against the Flames and score 10 goals in a playoff game for the first time in franchise history.

1987 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul- Jabbar.

1994 — Carl Lewis and his Santa Monica Track Club teammates rewrite their world record in the 800- meter relay at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays. Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Floyd Heard are timed at 1: 18.68, breaking the record of 1: 19.11 they had set on April 25, 1992.

1995 — Wayne Gretzky reaches 2,500 career points when he sets up a power- play goal by Rob Blake in Los Angeles’ 5- 2 loss to Calgary.

1997 — The New Jersey Devils’ Martin Brodeur becomes the second NHL goalie to score in the playoffs. Brodeur’s empty- net goal caps a three- goal third period that gives the Devils a 5- 2 win and a 1- 0 lead in a firstround series against Montreal.

1999 — Quarterbacks go 1- 2- 3 in the NFL Draft as Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb and Akili Smith go to Cleveland, Philadelphia and Cincinnati — the first quarterback trifecta since 1971.

2001 — Barry Bonds becomes the 17th major leaguer to hit 500 home runs. Bonds’ two- run, eighth- inning drive off Terry Adams leads the San Francisco Giants over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3- 2.

2006 — Robert Cheruiyot sets a course record in the Boston Marathon as he and women’s winner Rita Jeptoo pull off a Kenyan sweep. Cheruiyot, the 2003 champion, finishes in 2: 07: 14, one second better than the winning time fellow Kenyan Cosmas Ndeti had in 1994. Jeptoo pulls away with about 2 miles left, becoming the sixth Kenyan woman to claim the title in seven years.

2006 — Sidney Crosby scores three assists in Pittsburgh’s 6- 1 win over the New York Islanders to become the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season. The 18- year- old is the seventh NHL rookie to reach the 100- point mark.

2009 — Bill Guerin scores his second goal of the game during a 5- on- 3 power play, and Pittsburgh wins 3- 2 against Philadelphia. The goal is the second 5- on- 3 overtime tally in the playoffs since at least 1933.

2010 — Ubaldo Jimenez pitches the first no- hitter in the Colorado Rockies’ 18- year history, dominating the Atlanta Braves in a 4- 0 victory.

2011 — Jimmie Johnson wins the Aaron’s 499, edging Clint Bowyer by about a foot. The official margin of 0.002 seconds, ties for the closest finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup history.

2013 — The Miami Heat wrap up the regular season with a 105- 93 win over Orlando. The Heat ( 66- 16) become the 14th team in NBA history to finish with a winning percentage over .800. Orlando finishes with the NBA’s worst record, 20- 62.