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This Day in Sports - February 2013 Archive
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- Written on Wednesday, 06 February 2013
- Written by Matthew Carl
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February 1st, 1968 - Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers |
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February 2nd, 1970 - Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points |
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February 3rd, 2008 - Eli Manning's 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left in the fourth quarter boosted the New York Giants to one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history, a 17-14 victory over the previously unbeaten New England Patriots. Eli Manning was named MVP. |
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February 4th, 1997 - Mario Lemieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals |
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February 5th, 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points |
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February 6th, 1990- The Blues' Brett Hull scored his 50th goal of the season. Brett and his dad Bobby are the only father son combination to score at least 50 goals in a season. |
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February 7th, 2010- Drew Brees, later named the MVP, connected with Jeremy Shockey for the go-ahead, two-yard touchdown pass with 5:42 left in the fourth quarter to lift the New Orleans Saints to a 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. |
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February 8th, 1997- Scotty Bowman became the first NHL coach to win 1,000 regular season games when the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-5. |
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February 9th, 2003- Minnesota's Kevin Garnett poured in 37 points, to help the Western Conference to a 155-145 double overtime victory over the Eastern Conference in the NBA All-Star Game at Philips Arena. |
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February 10th, 1992- Bonnie Blair became the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic Gold medal in 500-meter speed skating and the first American woman in any sport to win gold medals in consecutive Olympics. |
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February 11th, 1984- Wayne Gretzky set an NHL record when he scored his 11th short handed goal of the season. |
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February 12th, 2006- Shaun White won the gold and Danny Kass again took silver, as Americans captured two of the three medals in the men's halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympics. |
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February 13th, 1990 - Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games |
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February 14th, 1966 - Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points. |
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February 15th, 1998- Dale Earnhardt won NASCAR's Daytona 500 for the first time. The win occurred on his 20th attempt. |
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February 16th, 1972- Los Angeles Laker Wilt Chamberlain topped the 30,000-point mark in his career during a game against the Phoenix Suns. He was the first NBA player to reach 30,000 points. |
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February 17th, 2010- American skier Lindsey Vonn won her first gold medal, taking the women's downhill at the Winter Olympics. |
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February 18th, 2007- The West beat the East in the NBA All-Star Game, 153-132 in Las Vegas. Kobe Bryant scored 31 points for the West and was named the MVP. |
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February 19th, 1996- Charles Barkley (Phoenix Suns) got his 10,000th career rebound. He became only the 10th NBA player to reach 20,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in a career. |
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February 20th, 1963- Willie Mays signed a contract with the San Francisco Giants for an estimated $100,000 and became baseball's highest paid player. |
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February 21st, 2010- Bode Miller wins his first Gold Metal at the Vancouver Olympics, taking gold in the Super Combined. |
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February 22nd, 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. |
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February 23rd, 1991- North Carolina became the first NCAA team to win 1,500 games. |
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February 24th, 2006- The United States won its first-ever medal in curling, defeating Great Britain 8-6 in the bronze medal match of the men's curling tournament. |
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February 25th, 2009- Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun won his 800th career game. |
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February 26th, 1985 - Julius Erving (Philadelphia 76ers) became the third on the NBA's all-time scoring list. |
| February 27th, 2008- Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer became just the third women's college basketball coach to win 800 games. |
| February 27th, 2008- Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer became just the third women's college basketball coach to win 800 games. |