Events in Sports History on March 10

Sullivan vs Mitchell

1888 Heavyweight Boxing champ John L. Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds

1900 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Shamrocks outclass Halifax Crescents, 11-0 to sweep challenge series, 2-0
1913 Stanley Cup, Quebec Skating Rink, Quebec City, Quebec: Quebec Bulldogs retain trophy; defeat Sydney Millionaires (NS), 6-2 for a 2-0 sweep of the challenge series

1920 NHL's Quebec Bulldog Joe Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators

1934 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history ends - 18 games with 15 wins, 3 ties
1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets
1951 Ireland clinches their 7th Five Nations Rugby Championship with a 3-3 draw against Wales at the National Stadium, Cardiff
1957 Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy

1959 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells her 54% share of MLB Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck, for a reported $27M

1962 Due to its no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel & move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida

1963 MLB infielder Pete Rose debuts with Cincinnati at spring training in Tampa, Florida; hits in his first 2 at bats

1963 SF Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 70 points in 163-148 defeat to Syracuse Nationals at Onondaga War Memorial

1970 South Africa cricket team complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia in South Africa, in the country's last official international cricket test for 22 years
1973 20th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 76-74
1982 Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
1982 Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

1983 Former Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1984 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49
1984 5th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 82-71 (OT)
1984 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
1985 32nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats North Carolina, 57-54
1985 Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games
1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"

1986 Ernie Lombardi (NL MVP in 1938) and Bobby Doerr, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1988 NHL New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night

1990 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (Soviet Union)
1990 Ice Pairs World Championship at Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)

1990 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)

1991 12th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Georgetown, 74-62
1991 32nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Tennessee, 88-69
1991 38th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 North Carolina beats #6 Duke, 96-74
1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
1995 Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem
1996 37th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Kentucky, 84-73
1996 43rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Wake Forest beats #18 Georgia Tech, 75-74
2001 22nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Boston College beats Pittsburgh, 79-57
2002 43rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Alabama, 61-58
2002 49th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats NC State, 91-61
2007 28th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Pittsburgh, 65-42

2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE: Sportsman: Usain Bolt; Sportswoman: Serena Williams; Team: Brawn F1 team

2012 33rd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Louisville beats Cincinnati, 50-44
2018 Two girls aged 8 and 6 become the first female weightlifters to appear on Iranian television after a protest
2022 After a 99-day lockout, Major League Baseball and MLB Players Association reach a new collective bargaining agreement; MLB teams set to play full 162 game season in 2022