Today In Sports History 3/31
- Updated: March 31, 2019
Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.
Baseball
- 1909 – American Major League Baseball rules that players who jump contracts are suspended for five years.
- 1968 – Seattle’s American League club is named Pilots.
- 1970 – US Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee.
- 1994 – Walkway from Cleveland’s Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens.
- 1995 – First game at Coors Stadium, Colorado (replacement Colorado Rockies beat New York Yankees 4-1).
- 1995 – Federal judge orders injunction to end US baseball strike.
- 1996 – First baseball Opening Day in March takes place in Seattle.
- 1998 – Tampa Bay Devil Rays’ first game; they host Detroit Tigers.
Basketball
- 1975 – 37th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55; this is John Wooden’s final game and UCLA’s 10th NCAA championship in 12 years.
- 1976 – Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their first ever NBA playoff berth.
- 1985 – 4th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65.
- 1986 – 48th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69.
- 1987 – 49th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73.
- 1991 – 10th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67.
- 1996 – 15th NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65.
- 1997 – 59th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Arizona beats Kentucky 84-79 (overtime).
Boxing
- 1973 – Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12-round split decision.
- 1980 – Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 rounds for WBC heavyweight boxing title.
- 1980 – Mike Weaver knocks out John Tate in 15 rounds for WBA heavyweight boxing title.
Golf
- 1968 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open.
- 1991 – 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
- 1996 – 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan.
Hockey
- 1923 – Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edmonton Eskimos (WCHL) in two games.
- 1973 – Philadelphia Flyers score 8 goals in one period vs New York Islanders, on 60 shots.
- 1991 – Saint Louis Blues’ Brett Hull scores his 86th goal.
