#ThisDayInSportsHistory - Brought to you by #AllSportsNetwork #Monday, #March 10, 2014 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Larry MacPhail announced the club will wear batting helmets designed by surgeons at John Hopkins. 1985 Dick Motta became only the fourth NBA head coach to reach 700 wins as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the New Jersey Nets, 126-113. 1991 Eddie Sutton guided Oklahoma State to a 22-7 record and NO. 3 seed in the East Regional. Sutton became the first coach to lead four schools into the NCAA basketball championships. 1992 New York Islanders head coach Al Arbour won his 700th NHL game, a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. 1993 At age 41, jockey Eddie Delahoussaye had his 5,000th career winner, aboard Ackler in the fifth race at Santa Anita Park. 1993 Sherry Davis became the first woman MLB public address announcer as the San Francisco Giants hired her for Candlestick Park. 1995 Michael Jordan announced his retirement from baseball. 1996 Market Report won the Cam Fella Series final at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. 1997 Army, which has been an independent in football since beginning play back in 1890, accepted an invitation to play in Conference USA beginning in 1998. 2003 The New York Yankees fined pitcher David Wells $100,000 for comments he made in his autobiography titled Perfect Im Not! Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches & Baseball. 2003 Maple Leafs Captain Mats Sundin recorded his 1,000th career point. 2003 Georgia basketball coach Jim Harrick, Sr. was suspended with pay and the university withdrew from the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Tournaments. 2003 Texas Tech head basketball coach Bob Knight told the university he would not accept his salary for the season because of the way he and his team performed. 2008 The St. Louis Rams signed QB Trent Green to a three-year contract. 2008 Calgarys Jarome Iginla became the teams all-time leading goal scorer with 365th goal in the clubs win over the St. Louis Blues. 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Gary Roberts announced his retirement from the NHL after a 21-year career. 2009 The Baltimore Ravens re-signed LB Ray Lewis to a seven-year contract. 2009 Gene Kingsale scored the winning run in the bottom of the 11th on an error by Willy Aybar, as the Netherlands scored a dramatic 2-1 victory to eliminate the Dominican Republic in Pool D play. The win advanced the Netherlands to the second round in the World Baseball Classic. 2010 Baseball shortstop Nomar Garciaparra announced his retirement. 2012 Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio missed the remainder of his rookie season with an ACL tear in his left knee.
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