Figure Skating History
1927 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
- 1928 II Winter Olympic Games open in St Moritz, Switzerland
- 1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
- 1948 Test cricket debut of Frank Worrell for the West Indies vs. England at Port-of-Spain
- 1949 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
- 1950 Englishman Jack Holden wins Empire Games marathon in Auckland, New Zealand in 2:32:57; runs last 9 miles barefoot after his shoes fell apart during the race
NBA All-Star Game
1952 2nd NBA All-Star Game, Boston Garden: East beats West, 108-91; MVP: Paul Arizin, Philadelphia Warriors, F
Election of Interest
1957 NHL Players Association forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
Contract of Interest
1966 SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
- 1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
Sports History
1970 John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
- 1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
Sports History
1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
- 1973 Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
- 1974 First Major League Baseball arbitration case; Minnesota Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins; Twins offered $23,000
- 1976 John Curry wins Britain's first Olympic gold medal in figure skating at Innsbruck Winter Games; finishes men's singles ahead of Soviet skater Vladimir Kovalyov and Canadian Toller Cranston
Sports History
1978 25th hat trick in NY Islander history, Denis Potvin's 2nd
Sports History
1982 Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
Sports History
1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
- 1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins
Cricket History
1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
Cricket History
1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup, David Boon scores the most runs in the series (418)
- 1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
NBA All-Star Game
1990 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, FL: East beats West, 130-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F
Boxing Title Fight
1990 In a huge upset, James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
1990 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
- 1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
- 1995 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)
- 1995 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
NBA All-Star Game
1996 46th NBA All-Star Game, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX: East beats West, 129-118; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F
Sports History
1997 Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets
- 2001 50th NBA All-Star Game, MCI Centre, Washington, D.C.: East beats West, 111-110; MVP: Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers, G
- 2014 Slopestyle freestyle skiing event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games; Canadian Dara Howell is inaugural women's gold medallist
- 2018 Dutchman Sven Kramer becomes only male speed skater to win same Olympic event 3 times, claiming gold in the 5,000m at Pyongchang; first man to win total 8 Olympic medals in the sport
- 2018 Norway sweeps the medals in the Olympic 30k cross country skiathlon at Pyeongchang; Simen Hegstad Krüger wins gold ahead of teammates Martin Johnsrud Sundby & Hans Christer Holund
Sports History
2021 Caitlin Clark scores a season-high 39 points for Iowa against Nebraska, breaking the single-game scoring record for Pinnacle Bank Arena
Super Bowl
2024 Super Bowl LVIII, Allegiant Stadium, LV: Kansas City Chiefs win back to back titles and 3rd in 5 years with an overtime 25-22 win over the SF 49ers; MVP: Patrick Mahomes, KC, QB
Sports History
2024 Usher performs the halftime show at Super Bowl LVIII with guests Alicia Keys, will.i.am, Lil Jon, H.E.R. and Ludacris [1]
