1892 \u2014 William \u201cPudge\u201d Heffelfinger becomes the first pro football player by getting $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. Heffelfinger doesn\u2019t disappoint his bosses as he returns a fumble for a touchdown to give Allegheny a 4-0 victory.<\/p>\n
1920 \u2014 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is hired as baseball\u2019s first commissioner.<\/p>\n
1950 \u2014 Gene Roberts of the New York Giants rushes for 218 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Cardinals.<\/p>\n
1967 \u2014 Travis Williams of Green Bay returns two kickoffs for touchdowns against Cleveland as the Packers beat the Browns 55-7. The Packers score 45 points in the first half, 35 in the opening quarter.<\/p>\n
1972 \u2014 Don Shula becomes the first NFL coach to win 100 regular-season games in 10 seasons as the Miami Dolphins beat the New England Patriots 52-0.<\/p>\n
1994 \u2014 Prairie View loses 52-7 to Jackson State, breaking an NCAA Division I-AA record with 45 straight losses. Columbia lost 44 straight from 1983-88.<\/p>\n
2000 \u2014 Keenan McCardell and Jimmy Smith each surpass the 100-yard mark in the same game for the eighth time in their careers, an NFL record, in Jacksonville\u2019s 28-21 loss to Seattle.<\/p>\n
2003 \u2014 The Capitals\u2019 7-1 win over the Hurricanes includes a third-period flurry in which the teams combine to score four goals in 1:16.<\/p>\n
2006 \u2014 Devin Hester ties the NFL record for longest play by returning a missed field goal 108 yards in Chicago\u2019s 38-20 victory over the New York Giants.<\/p>\n
2006 \u2014 Indianapolis edges Buffalo 17-16 to become the first team to have consecutive 9-0 records.<\/p>\n
2007 \u2014 Top-ranked Roger Federer loses consecutive matches for the first time in 4 1\/2 years, falling to No. 7 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5 at the Masters Cup.<\/p>\n
2010 \u2014 Minnesota\u2019s Kevin Love grabs a franchise-record 31 rebounds and scores 31 points, the NBA\u2019s first 30-30 game in 28 years. Love grabs 15 rebounds in the third quarter alone as the Timberwolves rally from a 21-point, third-quarter deficit to stun the New York Knicks 112-103. Moses Malone was the last player to have a 30-30 game with 32 points and 38 rebounds for Houston against Seattle in 1982.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 Keith Dawson tips in a miss with less than six seconds left to give No. 2 Michigan State a 78-74 victory over top-ranked Kentucky. It\u2019s the earliest meeting of 1 vs. 2 in AP poll history, and the first since 2008.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 Matt Crafton becomes the first driver to win consecutive NASCAR Truck Series championships when he clinches the title with a ninth-place finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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