Fun facts that that occurred this week in sports history.
March 11th
- 1927: First golden gloves boxing tournament held
- 1991: Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf’s streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1 women’s tennis player
March 12th
- 1985: Larry Bird scores a Boston Celtics’ record 60 points in a game
- 1990: Los Angeles Raiders announce they are returning to Oakland
March 13th
- 1878: First intercollegiate golf match is played, Oxford defeats Cambridge
- 1954: Hank Aaron makes debut, replacing injured Milwaukee Braves’ right fielder Bobby Thomson
March 14th
- 1967: First NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith
- 1987: New York Mets’ Darryl Strawberry charges Boston Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
March 15th
- 1912: Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
- 1988: NFL’s Saint Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix, Arizona
March 16th
- 1969: Boston Bruins score a NHL record eight goals in one period
- 2008: In the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, Tiger Woods sinks a 24-foot putt on the 18th hole to win with 10 under par
March 17th
- 1876: First recorded high jump over 6 feet by Marshall Jones Brooks
- 2005: After oover 11 hours of the Committee on Government Reform hearing concerning major league player use of steroids, Mark McGwire refuses to talk about the past and does not deny taking performance enhancing drugs
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