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March 28th, 1977
On this day in 1977, the 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is a small-school miracle as Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59.
March 27th, 1962
On this day in 1962, Jacques Plante scores his record 6th NHL Vezina trophy win for being the sport's best goaltender.
March 26th, 1960
On this day in 1960, a Major League Baseball series between the Orioles and the Reds series that had been planned for Havana is moved to Miami because of the Cuban Revolution, which installed communist dictator Fidel Castro in power. Only now are Americans ...
March 25th, 1971
On this day in 1971, Boston Patriots renamed themselves the New England Patriots. Many forgettable seasons followed before the dynasty we know today began.
March 24th, 1962
On this day in 1962, Benny Paret, after nearly having the fight won, was knocked out in a welterweight title bout against Emile Griffith. He died 10 days later.
March 23rd, 1963
On this day in 1963, ithe 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is won by Loyola as they beat Cincinnati 60-58 in OT.
March 22nd, 1989
On this day in 1989, Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat with his skate after a collision on-goal. Malarchuk survived and went on to coach various teams in his sport.
The Babe!
On March 21st, 1934, the star multi-sport female athlete Babe Didrikson pitched an inning in an A's-Dodgers baseball exhibition game. Babe walked 1 and hit the next batter before the next man hit into a rare triple-play, preserving her scoreless inning.
March 19th, 1989
On this day in 1989, Major League Baseball announces that Cincinnattii Reds' manager Pete Rose is under investigation for betting on baseball games. After a lengthy investigation, Rose was made the game's ultimate pariah and is banned to this day.
March 19th, 1975
On this day in 1975, Pennsylvania becomes the first state to allow girls to compete with boys in high school sports.
March 18th, 1958
The Los Angeles Dodgers announce that mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform that season. Kelly, a longtime performer with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, was no mere clown act. He had performed on Broadway and in movies and had taken off ...
March 17th, 1994
On this day in 1994, in a victory for public spaces everywhere, it is announced there will be no smoking in the Cleveland Indians new ballpark.
March 16th, 1964
On this day in 1964, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were reinstated in NFL after serving a 1 year suspension for placing bets on NFL games.
March 15th, 1997
On this day in 1997, the Pittsburgh Penguins' Joe Mullen becomes the first American to score 500 NHL goals.
March 14th, 1969
On this day in 1969, Barbara Jo Rubin becomes the first woman jockey to win at the Aqueduct race track in Queens, New York.
March 13th, 1878
On this day in 1878, Oxford University defeated Cambridge University in their first-even golf match.
March 12th, 1966
On this day in 1966, Bobby Hull scores his 51st goal of season to set the then NHL record for goals in a season.
March 11th, 1979
On this day in 1979, Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a single NHL hockey game, a sport in which, for the uninitiated the game lasts 60 minutes.
March 10th, 1991
On this day in 1991, Eddie Sutton becomes the first NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into the men's basketball tournament.
No Va
On March 9th, 1946, Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in the Mexican Baseball League. He refuses and the rest is history.
March 8th, 1989
On this day in 1989, America Roger Kingdom runs an indoor world record 60M Hurdles race in 7.37 seconds.
March 7th, 1987
1987 - Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar becomes the first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs.
March 6th, 1985
On this day in 1985, a young, fit Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in the 1st round in his debut professional fight.
March 5th, 1985
On this day in 1985, New York Islander Mike Bossy becomes the first hockey player to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons.
March 4th, 1995
On this day in 1995, multi-time heavyweight champ George Foreman of grill fame lost the WBA boxing title by refusing to fight Tony "Who's That?" Tucker. George must have had 1 cheeseburger too many during training.