Today is Thursday, March 20, 2014 Today in Sports History 1897 - The first intercollegiate basketball game that used five players per team was held. The contest was Yale versus Pennsylvania. Yale won by a score of 32-10. 1911 - The National Squash Tennis Association was formed in New York City. 1914 - The first international figure skating championship was held in New Haven, CT. 1918 - The Toronto Arenas beat the Vancouver Millionaires to become the first NHL team to compete in the Stanley Cup Finals. 1948 - The University of Michigan beat Dartmouth to win the first NCAA mens hockey championship. 1968 - Wilt Chamberlain became the first center in NBA history to lead the league with assists. He ended the season with 702 for an average of 8.6. 1971 - For the first time in NHL history two brothers faced each other in goal. Ken Dryden (Montreal Canadiens) beat Dave Dryden (Buffalo Sabres) 5-2. 1981 - NFL owners adopted a disaster plan for re-stocking a team should a club be involved in a fatal accident. 1989 - It was announced that Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was under investigation. 1990 - The Los Angeles Lakers retired Kareem Abdul-Jabbars #33. 1992 - Kenny Bernstein became the first drag racer to break the 300mph barrier. He averaged 301.7mph in a qualifying run at the National Hot Rod Associations Gatornationals. 2004 - Wade Belak (Toronto Maple Leafs) slashed Ossi Vaananen (Colorado Avalanche) in the face. Belak was later suspended by the NHL for 8 games for attempt to injure. 2005 - LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers) became the youngest, at age 20 years and 80 days, NBA player to score 50 points in a game (56). The Cavaliers lost the game to the Toronto Raptors 105-98. The 56-point performance by James was a franchise record. 2005 - Major league baseball players and owners agreed to remove fines a possible discipline for positive testing of steroids. This left suspensions as the only punishment.
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