Today In Sports History 4/8

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

Baseball

• In 1968 baseball’s Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King’s assassination

Boxing

• In 1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 rounds for heavyweight boxing title

College Basketball

• In 2003 at the 22nd NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, Connecticut beats Tennessee 73-68. UConn guard Diana Taurasi is named Most Outstanding Player

Golf

• In 1984 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women’s Golf, Juli Inkster wins the first of her 7 major titles in a sudden-death playoff with Pat Bradley, with a par on the 1st extra hole

Miscellaneous

• In 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title

NFL

• In 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner

NHL

• In 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs