TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 25TH

1668 - First horse race in America takes place.
1876 - Glasgow first soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0).

1896 - Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece [NS=Apr 6].

1909 - Dutch (Emil) Leonard, pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914) is born.

1916 - Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in NYC.

1916 - Women are allowed to attend a boxing match.
1918 - Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster is born.

1934 - First Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284.

1937 - It is revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads.
1937 - Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot.

1938 - First US bred and owned horse (Battleship)

to win British Grand National Steeplechase.

1951 - Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63.

1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times.

1961 - 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament

history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes.

1966 - Tom Glavine, Concord MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991) is born.

1967 - Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988) is born.

1971 - Boston Patriots become New England Patriots.

1971 - Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98) is born.

1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, Texas, WNBA (Houston Comets. Oly-gold-96) is born.

1972 - Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals.
1972 - UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title.

1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer is born.

1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver is born.

1982 - Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season.

1995 - Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years.

1999 - Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936) dies.