1926 - NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates

1926 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees

1932 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)

1936 - 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

1947 - Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket

1948 - Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia

1953 - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie

1958 - Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid

1967 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title

1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France

1970 - NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland

1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)

1983 - 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19

1983 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic

1986 - NJ Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals

1990 - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50

1990 - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium

1993 - 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal

1993 - Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for Heavyweight boxing title

1994 - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic

1994 - Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m

1994 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3

1995 - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days

1995 - Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket

1998 - Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers

2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles