Check out what has happened this week in sports history.
March 18th
- 1892: Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
- 1995: Michael Jordan announces his return to basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls
March 19th
- 1975: Pennsylvania is first US state to allow girls to compete with boys in high school sports competitions
- 1991: NFL owners strip the Cardinals of hosting the 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
March 20th
- 1897: First recorded US intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beat University of Pennsylvania 32-10
- 1973: Roberto Clemente elected into Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death
March 21st
- 1980: President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
- 1984: NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebration rule
March 22nd
- 1934: The first Masters golf championship begins in Augusta, Georgia
- 1969: In the 31st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship UCLA beats Purdue 92-72, winning its 5th national championship in six years
March 23rd
- 1962: Wake Forest coach “Bones” McKinney becomes second person to play and coach
- 1994: Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record by scoring his 802nd career goal
March 24th
- 1973: San Francisco 49ers’ president, Lou Spadia, proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
- 2001: During an exhibition baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Randy Johnson’s fastball hits and instantly kills a dove flying in front of home plate. The bird appears to explode as the pitch sends it over the catcher’s head
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