Check out these fun facts that happened this week in sports history.
February 25th
- 1964: Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defeats world heavyweight boxing champ, Sonny Liston, with a 7th round TKO
- 1993: MLB’s Florida Marlins introduce their mascot “Billy” to the world
February 26th
- 1935: New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with the Boston Braves
- 1981: Boston Bruins and Minnesota North Stars play most penalty-filled NHL game in history – 406 total minutes of penalties
February 27th
- 1901: US Baseball Rules Committee declares all foul balls to count as strikes except after two strikes
- 1992: Tiger Woods, at age 16, becomes the youngest to golf in a PGA Tour event since 1957
February 28th
- 1940: First televised basketball game (college game at Madison Square Garden – University of Pittsburgh beat Fordham University 50-37)
- 1971: Jack Nicklaus wins the 53rd PGA Championship leading to his second golf grand slam (winning all four majors in the same season)
March 1st
- 1969: Yankees’ Mickey Mantle retires from baseball
- 1988: Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with record 1,050th NHL assist (Gretzky ends career with 1,963 assists)
March 2nd
- 1951: First NBA All-Star Game held – East beat West 111-94 at Boston Garden
- 1962: Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single NBA game for the Philadelphia Warriors at the Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, PA
March 3rd
- 1875: First hockey game on record takes place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2007: MMA fighter, Randy Couture, wins the UFC heavyweight championship at age 43 in the main event of UFC 68
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