TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - NOVEMBER 22ND

1908 - 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0.

1917 - NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas,

Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands.

1943 - Billie Jean King, American tennis pro

(Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75), born in Long Beach, CA.

1943 - Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player is born.

1956 - Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games.
1957 - Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP.
1959 - AFL's 1st draft - NY Titans choice George Izo, QB, Notre Dame.
1959 - Boston Patriots enters AFL.
1961 - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues.

1961 - St Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws.

1965 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.

1967 - Boris Becker, Germany, tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89) is born.

1986 - Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for heavyweight WBC boxing title.
1986 - Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals.
1987 - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) ends his NBA free throw streak of 51 games.

1989 - Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract.
1991 - NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension.
1996 - OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death

lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true".

2008 - Patrick Roy's #33 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens.

2010 - Jean Cione, American All-American Girls

Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928) dies.
2014 - Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona sets a

new goal scoring record in La Liga of 253 goals.