2005 Mark McGwire, Curt Schilling, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmiero, and Jose Canseco testify before Congress on steroid use in baseball
1999 Lenny Wilkins coaches his 2,051st game – NBA record
1989 #1 seed Georgetown avoids disaster by beating #16 seed Princeton 50-49
1984 Ferguson Jenkins retires from MLB – career 284 wins, 3.34 ERA, 267 complete games in 19 seasons
1984 The Houston Rockets retire Calvin Murphy’s #23
1969 The St. Louis Cardinals get Joe Torre in a trade with Atlanta – will win MVP in 1971 with .363 average, 24 HRs, 137 RBI, and 230 hits
1963 Boston Garden celebrates the career of retiring Bob Cousy by holding a “Bob Cousy Day” on St. Patrick’s Day
1961 NY District Attorney arrests gamblers – they implicate Seton Hall players
1939 First ever NCAA tournament game is played – Villanova beats Brown 42-30
1936 Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his exhibition debut – had 4 hits – career .325 average, 361 HRs, 1,537 RBI in 13 seasons, 56 game hitting streak, 3 time MVP, 13 time All-Star
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