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1923 鈥� 鈥淏lack Sox鈥� sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary.
1930 鈥� The Montreal Canadiens win the NHL Stanley Cup with a two-game sweep of the Boston Bruins.
1933 鈥� Ken Doraty鈥檚 overtime goal gives the Toronto Maple Leafs and 1-0 victory over the Boston Bruins in semifinals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The goal comes at one hour, 44 minutes and 46 seconds of the overtime beyond the one-hour regulation game.
1966 鈥� P Tom Seaver signs with the NY Mets.
1975 鈥� Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it, title awarded to Russian Anatoly Karpov.
1977 鈥� Jean Ratelle of the Boston Bruins scores his 1,000th point with an assist in a 7-4 triumph over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1982 鈥� Buffalo鈥檚 Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th point with an assist in a 5-4 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
1983 鈥� 2nd NCAA Women鈥檚 Basketball Championship: USC beats Louisiana Tech, 69-67.
1987 鈥� Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland A鈥檚.
1988 鈥� Louisiana Tech wins the NCAA women鈥檚 basketball championship with a 56-54 come-from-behind victory over Auburn.
1988 鈥� Amy Alcott shoots a 1-under 71 to win the Dinah Shore by two shots over Colleen Walker.
1988 鈥� Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky鈥檚 7 year streak.
1989 鈥� Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime to win the NCAA basketball championship. Rumeal Robinson hits two free throws with three seconds left for the Wolverines. It鈥檚 the first time that a first-year coach, Steve Fisher, wins the national title.
1991 鈥� Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox.
1993 鈥� For the first time in its 157-year history, the Grand National steeplechase is declared void because of a false start. Esha Ness crosses the line first, but most of the jockeys are unaware a false start is called and the majority of the 39-horse field continue the 4陆-mile race around the Aintree course even though nine stay behind at the start line.
1994 鈥� Charlotte Smith鈥檚 3-pointer at the buzzer gives North Carolina a 60-59 victory over Louisiana Tech in the NCAA women鈥檚 basketball championship game.
1995 鈥� UCLA wins its first national basketball championship in 20 years and record 11th NCAA title, keeping Arkansas from repeating with an 89-78 victory.
1996 鈥� St Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record with 71.
2000 鈥� 62nd NCAA Men鈥檚 Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Florida, 89-76.
2004 鈥� St. Louis clinches its 25th consecutive NHL playoff berth, the longest in major league sports, with a 4-1 win over Nashville.
2006 鈥� Joakim Noah dominates UCLA with 16 points, nine rebounds and a record seven blocks to key a 73-57 blowout for Florida鈥檚 first national title in men鈥檚 basketball.
2006 鈥� Steve Yzerman scores his final NHL goal (#692).
2007 鈥� After a nine-year title drought, Tennessee and coach Pat Summitt are NCAA champions. The Lady Vols capture an elusive seventh national title, beating Rutgers 59-46.
2010 鈥� Bernard Hopkins wins a brutal unanimous decision over Roy Jones Jr. in their long-delayed rematch, emphatically avenging his loss in the famed champions鈥� first fight nearly 17 years earlier.
2012 鈥� Brittney Griner scores 26 points and grabs 13 rebounds to help Baylor finish off an undefeated season with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame in the women鈥檚 national championship game. Baylor becomes the first team in NCAA history to win 40 games.
2017 鈥� Justin Jackson delivers the go-ahead three-point play and North Carolina scores the last eight points for a 71-65 win over Gonzaga and an NCAA title that heartbreakingly eluded the Tar Heels last year. It鈥檚 an ugly game, filled with 44 fouls and 52 free throws. Carolina was down 2 with 1:40 left when Jackson took a pass under the bucket from Theo Pinson, made a layup and got fouled. The free throw made it 66-65, and after a Gonzaga miss on the other end, Isaiah Hicks made a shot to help North Carolina start pulling away to the school鈥檚 sixth title.
2019 鈥� San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is ejected after an NBA record low 63 seconds in the Spurs 113-85 loss in Denver; receives 2 technical fouls in a verbal confrontation with a referee.
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