#ThisDayInSportsHistory - Brought to you by #AllSportsNetwork #Saturday, #March 15, 2014 1912 Pitcher Cy Young retired from baseball with 511 wins. 1962 Canadian Donald Jackson became the first man to land a triple lutz jump in figure skating. 1966 Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein died. 1978 The Oakland Athletics traded LHP Vida Blue to the San Francisco Giants for seven players. 1980 Two veteran National Football League quarterbacks changed teams. The Oakland Raiders obtained Dan Pastorini from Houston and the Oilers sent southpaw Ken Stabler to the Raiders. 1987 The NFL awarded ESPN the leagues first cable television contract. 1988 The NFLs St. Louis Cardinals officially moved to Phoenix. 1989 The New York Rangers retired goalie Eddie Giacomins #1 uniform. 1991 Moses Malone of Atlanta picked up his 15,000th career rebound in the NBA during the Hawks 127-117 win over Dallas at Reunion Arena. 1997 North Carolinas Dean Smith earned his 877th career victory surpassing Adolph Rupp of Kentucky, as the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history with a 73-56 win over Colorado in the second round of the NCAA East Regional. 1997 Pittsburghs Joe Mullen was the first American hockey player to score 500 goals. 2002 Fresno States Jerry Tarkanian retired after a 31-year coaching tenure in Division I. 2007 Former MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn passed away following a short illness. He was 80 years old. 2007 The Milwaukee Bucks fired head coach Terry Stotts. Larry Krystkowiak was named the new head coach. 2008 Providence fired basketball coach Tim Welsh. 2009 Louisville was named the #1 overall seed for the Mens NCAA Tournament. North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Connecticut were the remaining top-seeds. For the first time in tournament history, three teams from the same conference (Big East) were chosen as top-seeds. 2009 Phil Mickelson won for the second time in two weeks with a one-shot win the WGC-CA Championship at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. 2010 Connecticut, Stanford, Tennessee and Nebraska earned top seeds for the Womens NCAA Tournament. 2011 John Baker captured the Iditarod sled dog race in record fashion, finishing the 1,150-mile trek from Anchorage to Nome in a record time of eight days, 18 hours and 46 minutes. 2012 Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard decided to remain with the team and wont opt out of his contract this summer. 2012 The Portland Trail Blazers fired head coach Nate McMillan. 2012 The Buffalo Bills signed DE Mario Williams to a six-year contract. 2013 The Minnesota Vikings signed WR Greg Jennings to a five-year contract. 2013 The Arizona Cardinals released QB Kevin Kolb. 2013 The Minnesota Vikings signed QB Matt Cassel to a one-year contract.
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