Record setting events
Jayhawks' Bill Self masterminds epic championship comeback
By Dave Skretta Apr. 05, 2022 12:21 AM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
March 30
1940 — Indiana routs Kansas 60-42 for the NCAA basketball championship.
1943 — Ken Sailors scores 16 points to lead Wyoming to a...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2022 11:21 AM EDT
March 29
1929 — The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers to complete a two-game sweep.
1940 —...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Mar. 24, 2022 11:12 AM EDT
March 25
1934 — Horton Smith wins the first Masters golf tournament by one stroke over Craig Wood.
1947 — Holy Cross, led by George...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
March 18
1945 — Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season during a 4-2 triumph over the...
Engaging Tshiebwe thriving on, off the court with Kentucky
By Gary B. Graves Mar. 14, 2022 01:50 PM EDT
Lee scores 52, Houston Baptist tops McNeese 149-144 in 4 OTs
Mar. 06, 2022 12:23 AM EST
HOUSTON (AP) — Darius Lee set a Houston Baptist record with 52 points to spark the Huskies to a 149-144 four-overtime victory over McNeese on Saturday night.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2022 12:11 PM EST
March 6
1920 — Mickey Roach of Toronto scores five goals to lead the St. Patricks to an 11-2 rout of the Quebec Bulldogs.
1976 — Dorothy...
Peterson's 3 with seconds left lifts No. 16 USC over Oregon
By Steve Mims Feb. 27, 2022 12:29 AM EST
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:17 AM EST
Feb. 25
1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18
1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2022 11:08 AM EST
Feb. 11
1878 — The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed.
1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer...
Hepburn, Badgers win in his emotional homecoming to Nebraska
By Eric Olson Jan. 27, 2022 07:17 PM EST
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2022 11:28 AM EST
Jan. 14
943 — Montreal’s Alex Smart scores three goals in his first NHL game and leads the Canadiens to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks.
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Collins has school-record 19 assists in Billikens' 79-68 win
Dec. 11, 2021 07:32 PM EST
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yuri Collins set a school record with 19 assists — the most in an NCAA game this season — to go with 14 points and Saint Louis beat Boston College...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Nov. 11, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 12
1892 — William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first pro football player by getting $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 14, 2021 12:44 PM EDT
Oct. 15
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants.
1961 —...