Record setting events
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 12:58 PM EDT
April 3
1930 — The Montreal Canadiens win the NHL Stanley Cup with a two-game sweep of the Boston Bruins.
1933 — Ken...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Mar. 28, 2021 10:00 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.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 12:25 PM EDT
March 27
1939 — Oregon beats Ohio State 46-33 in the NCAA’s first national basketball tournament.
1942 — Joe Louis...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2021 01:13 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.
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Davis sets Horizon tourney records with 46 points, 10 3s
Feb. 25, 2021 09:56 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Antoine Davis set Horizon League tournament records with 46 points and 10 3-pointers, and Detroit Mercy beat Robert Morris 83-73 on Thursday...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 11, 2021 02:34 PM EST
Feb. 13
1923 — The New York Renaissance, the first all-black pro basketball team, is organized. Rens become one of the dominant basketball...
Winthrop sets program record with 20th straight victory
Jan. 20, 2021 07:58 PM EST
CLINTON, S.C. (AP) — Chandler Vaudrin had a season-high 20 points and Winthrop set a program record with its 20th straight victory dating to last season after...
Petty sets record; Alabama routs Arkansas, wins 7th straight
Jan. 16, 2021 05:55 PM EST
TUSCALOSSA, Ala. (AP) — John Petty Jr. made five 3-pointers and set an Alabama program record, and finished with 17 points as the Crimson Tide routed Arkansas...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Jan. 14, 2021 03:57 PM EST
Jan. 16
1962 — Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors finished with 42 points and 24 rebounds, winning NBA honors even though his...
FAU sets records in 112-49 win over NAIA Florida Memorial
Dec. 12, 2020 11:45 PM EST
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Michael Forrest scored 15 points in 18 minutes off the bench and Florida Atlantic overwhelmed NAIA-member Florida Memorial 112-49 on...
Ohio goes on 40-0 scoring run to set NCAA record
Dec. 06, 2020 05:49 PM EST
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio went on a 40-0 scoring run, spanning halftime, to set a NCAA record for a game involving two Division I men's basketball teams, and...
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
By Beth Harris Dec. 02, 2020 01:46 PM EST
McGhee hits career-high 7 3s, Liberty beats Mississippi St
Nov. 26, 2020 08:32 PM EST
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Darius McGhee scored 23 points and made a career-high seven 3-pointers, Elijah Cuffee added 17 points and five 3s, and Liberty set a...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Nov. 25, 2020 05:27 PM EST
Nov. 29
1890 — Navy beats Army 24-0 in the first matchup of this historic series.
1934 — The Detroit Lions play their...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Nov. 12, 2020 11:53 AM EST
Nov. 15
1879 — Princeton beats Harvard 1-0 in a college football game held in New Jersey. The Tigers unveil the concept of using blockers...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 17, 2020 02:10 PM EDT
Sept. 20
1913 — Twenty-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet beats Britain’s Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open....
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jun. 04, 2020 10:27 AM EDT
June 6
1919 — Man o’ War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 28, 2020 10:22 AM EDT
May 30
1903 — Flocarline becomes the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes.
1908 — Jockey Joe Notter misjudges the...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 14, 2020 11:13 AM EDT
May 16
1884 — Isaac Murphy, a black jockey considered one of the greatest U.S. riders, wins the first of his three Kentucky Derby titles...