TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 25

2009  Jim Calhoun of Connecticut wins his 800^th coaching game

1999  Indiana’s Reggie Miller becomes the first NBA player to attempt 4,000 three point field goals

1994  Jersey Joe Walcott died – heavyweight boxing champion

1989  Dallas Cowboys fire 29 year veteran Tom Landry – Jerry Jones bought the team and hired Jimmy Johnson

1977  New Orleans Pete Maravich scores a career high 68 points

1972  St. Louis trades Steve Carlton to Philadelphia – will win 4 Cy Young awards with the team including 1972 when he was 27-10 1.97 ERA – the team only won 59 games that season

1964  Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston in seven rounds to win the heavyweight championship                                                    

1961  In college basketball, Niagara ends St. Bonaventure’s 99 game home winning streak

1940  The first time a NHL game was televised – Rangers vs. Canadians – one camera in a fixed position

1933  Tom Yawkey buys the Boston Red Sox