Today In Sports History 3/29

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

• 1948 – New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17 innings, spring training game.
• 1996 – New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game.
• 1997 – First game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Atlanta Braves beats New York Yankees 2-0 (exhibition game).
• 2001 – Todd Helton signs a nine-year, $141.5 million contract extension with the Colorado Rockies.

Basketball

• 1941 – Third NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34.
• 1973 – Dave Cowens wins NBA Most Valuable Player.
• 1976 – 38th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68.
• 1982 – 44th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62.
• 1987 – 6th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 67-44.
• 1990 – Houston Rockets’ Akeen Olajuwan scores the third NBA quadruple double 18 points, 16 rebounds, ten assists and 11 blocks versus Milwaukee Bucks.
• 1992 – NCAA Basketball Women’s Championship at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62.
• 1998 – 17th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 93-75.
• 1999 – UConn defeats Duke 77-74, for the 61st NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship.

Boxing

• 1940 – Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck in two rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title.
• 1966 – Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

Football

• 1984 – NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis under cover of night.
• 1994 – Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys.
• 1996 – Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens.

Golf

• 1953 – Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women’s Golf Open.
• 1975 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open.
• 1981 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women’s Kemper Golf Open.
• 1987 – Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic.

Hockey 

• 1906 – Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in two games.
• 1919 – Stanley Cup: Montréal (NHL) and Seattle (PCHA) win two games each with one tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic.
• 1929 – NHL Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in two games.
• 1985 – Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist.
• 1989 – First Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL.

Ice Skating

• 1958 – US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss.
• 1958 – US Men’s Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins.
• 1992 – World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS).
• 1992 – World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA).
• 1992 – World Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS).