TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - FEBRUARY 7TH

1884 - Canadian Rugby Football Union forms

1910 - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932) is born

1949 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1958 - Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1959 - Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M

1964 - Cassius Clay becomes a Moslem

1974 - Steve Nash, Johannesburg South Africa, Canadian

NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers)

1976 - Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game

1987 - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US

1988 - Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions quarterback is born

1989 - Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
1991 - Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens,

Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame

1998 - NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7
2010 - Super Bowl XLIV; New Orleans Saints defeated

the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first super bowl.