{"id":23837,"date":"2016-02-07T09:04:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T17:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/today-in-sports-history-feb-7\/"},"modified":"2016-02-07T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T17:04:20","slug":"today-in-sports-history-feb-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/today-in-sports-history-feb-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Sports History: Feb. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

1882 \u2014 John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1942 \u2014 At the Millrose Games in New York, Dutch Warmerdam becomes the first man to clear 15 feet in the pole vault indoors. Warmerdam, the first to break the 15-foot mark outdoors in 1940, clears 15 feet 3\/8 inch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1949 \u2014 Joe DiMaggio signs his contract with the New York Yankees, making him the first baseball player to earn $100,000 per year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1969 \u2014 Diana Crump becomes the first female jockey to race at a U.S. pari-mutuel track. She rode her first mount to 10th place in a field of 12 in Hialeah, Fla.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1969 \u2014 Rick Barry of the Oakland Oaks sets an ABA and professional basketball record by going 23-for-23 from the free throw line as Oakland beats the Kentucky Colonels 124-122 in overtime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1970 \u2014 Pete Maravich scores 69 points, including 47 in the second half, to set a NCAA record, but LSU loses to Alabama 106-104.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1976 \u2014 Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs sets an NHL record for points in a game with six goals and four assists in an 11-4 victory over the Boston Bruins.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1988 \u2014 Michael Jordan follows his NBA slam-dunk title with a Most Valuable Player performance in the All-Star game, scoring 40 points as the East defeated the West 138-133.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1990 \u2014 Lisa Leslie of Morningside High School in Inglewood, Calif., scores 101 points in the first half against South Torrance High School. The final score is 102-24 as the coach of South Torrance decides not to bring his team out for the second half.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1992 \u2014 Mark Everett breaks the oldest world indoor track record, the 600-yard mark set by Martin McGrady in 1970, in the Millrose Games in New York. Everett finishes in 1 minute, 7.53 seconds and beats McGrady\u2019s time of 1:07.6, also set at the Garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1993 \u2014 The AFC beats the NFC 23-20 in the first Pro Bowl to go into overtime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1995 \u2014 Joe Mullen becomes the first American-born player to reach 1,000 points in the NHL when he assists on two of the Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 first three goals in a 7-3 victory over Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2000 \u2014 With an astonishing comeback to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Tiger Woods wins his sixth straight PGA Tour victory. Seven strokes behind with seven holes to play, Woods birdies two of the last three holes to win. Woods becomes the first player since Ben Hogan in 1948 to win six straight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2010 \u2014 Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints rally to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in the Super Bowl. Brees ties a Super Bowl record with 32 completions, the last a 2-yard slant to Jeremy Shockey for the winning points with 5:42 remaining. Tracy Porter\u2019s 74-yard interception return on a pass from Manning ends the Colts\u2019 comeback bid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013 \u2014 Tyler Griffey makes an uncontested layup at the buzzer off a baseline inbound pass and Illinois beats No. 1 Indiana 74-72, the fifth straight week the nation\u2019s top-ranked team loses. The Hoosiers took over the top spot in The Associated Press\u2019 Top 25 on Feb. 4. The run of No. 1 teams to lose has been Duke, Louisville, Duke again, Michigan and Indiana.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013 \u2014 Sylvia Hatchell becomes the third women\u2019s coach in NCAA history to join the 900-win club, when No. 16 North Carolina beats Boston College 80-52. Hatchell joins Pat Summitt, who had 1,095 wins, and Jody Conradt who had 900.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2015 \u2014 Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee becomes the second NCAA men\u2019s basketball coach to win 1,000 games. Magee, who won 1,000 games over 48 seasons at the school, hits the milestone with the Rams\u2019 80-60 win over Post.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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