1912 — The lateral is used as an offensive weapon for the first time by Worcester Tech coach William F. Carney. Carney’s team beats Amherst 14-13.
1946 — Notre Dame fights to a 0-0 tie with Army to snap the Cadets’ 26-game winning streak.
1953 — The U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 that baseball is not subject to antitrust laws, maintaining the game is a sport, not a business.
1957 — Claude Provost of the Montreal Canadiens sets an NHL record by scoring 4 seconds into the second period of a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
1972 — John Bucyk of the Boston Bruins scores his 1,000th point with a goal in an 8-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
1984 — Larry Holmes stops Bonecrusher Smith in the 12th round to retain the IBF heavyweight title in Las Vegas. Smith is cut around the eyes and nose, and the bout is halted when he is unable to see out of his left eye.
1991 — Marshall Faulk of San Diego State returns after missing three games due to injury and breaks the NCAA record for touchdowns by a freshman with his 20th in a 42-32 win over Colorado State.
1991 — Houston’s Roman Anderson becomes the first player in NCAA history to surpass 400 points by kicking a 32-yard field goal in the Cougars’ 23-14 victory over Texas.
1996 — Evander Holyfield pounds Mike Tyson into submission at 37 seconds of the 11th round to win the WBA heavyweight title in Las Vegas. Holyfield becomes the second man to hold a piece of the heavyweight title three times.
2001 — Detroit’s Luc Robitaille scores in the first period against Anaheim, becoming the 13th player in NHL history to reach 600 career goals.
2002 — Montana matches the NCAA Division I-AA record with its 24th straight victory, rallying to beat Sacramento State 31-24.
2005 — Carolina’s Erik Cole is the first player in NHL history to be awarded two penalty shots in one game. He scores on the first, helping the Hurricanes defeat Buffalo 5-3.
2006 — Anaheim beats Vancouver 6-0 to remain unbeaten in regulation for an NHL-record 16th game. The Ducks (12-0-4) top the league’s previous best start of 15 games by the 1984 Edmonton Oilers (12-0-3).
2008 — Jay Feely of the New York Jets is perfect on four field goals, including a franchise record-tying 55-yarder, and five extra points. The Jets post their biggest victory margin in franchise history with a 47-3 win over St. Louis.
2010 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki wins his 10th straight Gold Glove. He ties the AL record for Gold Gloves by an outfielder, shared by Ken Griffey Jr. and Al Kaline.
2011 — Joe Paterno is fired by the Penn State board of trustees despite saying he would retire as coach after the football season ended. Paterno is brought down by the growing furor over the handling of child sex abuse allegations against assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Penn State President Graham Spanier is also ousted.
2014 — The Czech Republic claims its third Fed Cup title in four years after Petra Kvitova overcomes Angelique Kerber of Germany in the opening reverse singles match. Kvitova prevails 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 in nearly three hours to give the Czechs an unassailable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
2014 — Aaron Rodgers throws six touchdown passes to tie the Green Bay game record and match the NFL record for a half in a 55-14 rout of the Chicago Bears. Rodgers ties the NFL mark for TD passes in a half set by Oakland’s Daryle Lamonica in 1969.
2014 — Landon Donovan scores three goals and sets up Robbie Keane’s goal, propelling the LA Galaxy into the Western Conference finals with a 5-0 victory over Real Salt Lake.
