Here’s a look back at this upcoming week in sports history.
February 9
1951 – St. Louis Browns sign 45-year-old Satchel Paige.
1971 – Satchel Paige becomes first Negro League player inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1980 – Rick Barry of the Houston Rockets becomes first player to have eight made three-pointers in a game.
2016 – The Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, 24-10. Von Miller named MVP.
Born
1971 – Jim Miller – NFL
1976 – Vladimir Guerrero – MLB
February 10
1969 – LSU’s Pete Maravich scores 66 points in a loss to Tulane.
1998 – Deep Blue, an IBM computer, becomes the first to win a chess match against a human champion, Gary Kasparov.
Born
1966 – Daryl Johnston – NFL
1974 – Ty Law – NFL
1975 – Tina Thompson – WNBA
1976 – Lance Berkman
February 11
1973 – The Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th consecutive game.
1990 – James “Buster” Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson in the 10th round of a stunning upset in Tokyo.
1997 – Bill Parcells becomes head coach of the Jets.
Born
1976 – Tony Battle – NBA
February 12 (unofficial Bill Russell day)
1958 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell tallies 41 rebounds in a win against Syracuse.
1961 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds in a win against the Warriors.
1982 – Wayne Gretzky sets the NHL record for points in a season with his 153rd.
2000 – Legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry passes away at 75.
Born
1934 – Bill Russell – NBA
1971 – Lincoln Kennedy – NFL
1974 Ian McIntyre – NHL
February 13
1952 – Rocky Marciano wins in a second-round KO for his 40th consecutive win.
1990 – Larry Bird’s 71 consecutive game free throw streak comes to an end.
Born
1947 – Mike Krzyzewski – NCAA
1972 – Charlie Garner – NFL
1977 – Randy Moss – NFL
February 14
1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta to win the middleweight title.
1995 – The Portland Trailblazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Rockets. The Rockets go on to win the 1995 NBA title.
2019 – Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook sets an NBA record with his 11th straight game with a triple double.
Born
1960 – Jim Kelly – NFL
1965 – Jessie Tuggle – NFL
1972 – Drew Bledsoe – NFL
1985 – Tyler Clippard – MLB
February 15
1978 – Leon Spinks defeats Muhammad Ali to win the Heavyweight Title.
1990 – MLB players are locked out by baseball owners.
1996 – Bill Belichick is fired by the Cleveland Browns.
1999 – Wayne Gretzky extends his all-time NHL scoring record to 1,000 points over Gordie Howe.
2018 – Nikola Jokic records the fastest triple-double in NBA history. It takes him only 14 minutes and 33 seconds. He would finish the game with 30 points, 17 assists, and 15 rebounds.
Born
1960 – Darrell Green – NFL
1964 Mark Price – NBA
1972 Jaromir Jagr – NHL
