#ThisDayInSportsHistory - Brought to you by All Sports Network #Saturday, #February 22, 2014 1860 Baseballs first ever organized game was played in #SanFrancisco. 1936 Figure skater Sonja Henie won her 10th straight world championship. 1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson earned his 3,500th win. 1959 Lee Petty, driving an Oldsmobile, won the first #Daytona500. 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman jockey to win a race. Ms. Rubin, aboard Cohesian, won by a neck in the historic Charles Town, West Virginia race. 1980 The United States hockey team scored one of the greatest upsets in sports history by defeating the Soviet Union, 4-3, at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. 1988 Speedskater Bonnie Blair set a world record mark by winning the 500 meters at the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary. 1988 Go Get Lost won the Su Mac Lad Series final for older trotters in 1:56.3 at the Meadowlands. 1992 Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson became the ninth coach in NBA history to win 700 games. 1996 The Washington Bullets changed their name to the Washington Wizards for the 1997-98 season. 2006 Canadian Cindy Klassen won gold in the womens 1,500 meters and teammate Kristina Groves claimed silver at the #WinterOlympics. 2007 Former NBA player Dennis Johnson passed away following an apparent heart attack. He was 52 years old. 2008 #Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson resigned in the wake of NCAA accusations of five rules violations. 2009 Phil Mickelson successfully defended his title at the Northern Trust Open with a one-shot win over Steve Stricker. 2009 Matt Kenseth won for the second straight week in the #SprintCupSeries with a victory at the #AutoClub500 in #California. 2010 The Detroit Tigers signed OF Johnny Damon on a one-year contract. 2010 The San Diego Chargers released former league MVP LaDainian Tomlinson. 2010 Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir captured #Canadas first ever Olympic gold medal in ice dance with a winning performance in the #freeskate. 2011 The New York Knicks acquired F Carmelo Anthony from Denver in a three-team trade that also involved the Minnesota. 2011 The NCAA has suspended Connecticut mens basketball coach Jim Calhoun three Big East games for next season and placed the program on three years of probation as part of the penalties stemming from an investigation for recruiting violations. 2013 The Chicago Blackhawks made #NHL history becoming the first team to record at least one point in 17 straight games to start a season with a 2-1 win over San Jose at the United Center. 2013 Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk announced his retirement.
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