Today is Friday, February 28, 2014 Today in Sports History 1931 - The Canadian Rugby Union adopted the forward pass. 1940 - The first televised basketball game was shown. The game featured Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Gardens in New York. 1948 - Bud Gartiser set a world record when he cleared the 50-yard low hurdles in 6.8 seconds. 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set and NBA record with his 35th consecutive field goal. 1987 - Chick Hearn broadcasted his 2,000th consecutive Los Angeles Lakers game. 1988 - Pat Verbeek became the first New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in a game. 1998 - Mark Messier (Vancouver Canucks) became the fourth NHL player to score 1,600 points. 1999 - Venus and Serena Williams became the first sisters to win WTA Tour events on the same day. 2002 - It was announced that John Madden would be replacing Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football. Madden signed a four-year $20 million deal with ABC Sports.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:53:46 +0000
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