1962 \u2014 Bill Wade passes for 466 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Chicago Bears past the Dallas Cowboys 34-33.<\/p>\n
1970 \u2014 Joe Frazier knocks out Bob Foster in the second round to retain the world heavyweight title in Detroit.<\/p>\n
1974 \u2014 Charley Johnson of the Denver Broncos passes for 445 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-34 loss against the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/p>\n
1978 \u2014 Vanderbilt\u2019s Frank Mordica rushes for 321 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-27 victory over Air Force. Mordica scores on runs of 48, 30, 6, 70 and 77 yards.<\/p>\n
1990 \u2014 Monica Seles captures the first five-set women\u2019s match since 1901, defeating Gabriela Sabatini 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Virginia Slims Championships.<\/p>\n
1995 \u2014 Iowa State\u2019s Troy Davis becomes the fifth player in NCAA Division I-A to rush for 2,000 yards, reaching that plateau in a 45-31 loss to Missouri.<\/p>\n
1995 \u2014 Alex Van Dyke sets an NCAA record for most receiving yards in a season, catching 13 passes for 314 yards as Nevada beats San Jose State 45-28. Van Dyke raises his total to 1,874 yards, surpassing the record of 1,779 set in 1965 by Howard Twilley of Tulsa.<\/p>\n
2000 \u2014 Indiana\u2019s Antwaan Randle El becomes the second player in NCAA Division I-A history to rush for 200 points and pass for 200 points in a career in a 41-13 loss to Purdue.<\/p>\n
2006 \u2014 Top-ranked Ohio State beats No. 2 Michigan 42-39 in Columbus in the regular-season finale. The Big Ten rivals had the top two spots in the AP football poll since Oct. 15.<\/p>\n
2007 \u2014 Jimmie Johnson becomes the first driver to win consecutive Nextel Cup championships since Jeff Gordon in 1997 and \u201898, wrapping up the title by finishing a trouble-free seventh in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.<\/p>\n
2007 \u2014 Top-ranked Roger Federer wins his fourth Masters Cup title in five years, overwhelming No. 6 David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 Brad Keselowski gives Roger Penske his first Sprint Cup championship 40 years after the owner\u2019s first stock car race. Keselowski beats five-time champion Jimmie Johnson of mighty Hendrick Motorsports to fill the glaring hole on Penske\u2019s otherwise sterling racing resume.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 The Czech Republic wins the Davis Cup for the first time as an independent nation, beating Spain 3-2 in the final after Radek Stepanek upsets Nicolas Almagro in the last reverse singles.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 Matt Schaub has a career-high five touchdown passes, completes a franchise-record 43 passes and finishes with 527 yards passing, second most in NFL history, to lead the Houston Texans to a 43-37 overtime win over Jacksonville. Norm Van Brocklin holds the record with 554 for the Rams in 1951.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 In a 106-102 loss to Memphis, Chris Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers has 18 points and 11 assists for his 11 straight double-double. It\u2019s the most by any player from the start of a season since Magic Johnson in 1990-91.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 The NFL suspends Adrian Peterson without pay for at least the rest of the season. The league informs the Minnesota Vikings running back he would not be considered for reinstatement before April 15 for violating the NFL personal conduct policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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