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Saturday, February 23, 2013

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 23

1993  John Stockton gets his 8,000th assist – 4th to do so – Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, and Isiah Thomas
1992  Hakeem Olajuwon gets his 2,000th block – only 5 others had done so – ends career with 3,830
1991  North Carolina is the first NCAA team to win 1,500 games
1988  Chicago alderman vote to allow Cubs to install lights
1987  Nate McMillan hands out 25 assists – ties rookie record (Ernie DiGregorio)
1986  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays in his 1,304th games and passes Elvin Hayes to become #1 – will play 1,560 – Robert Parish will play 1,611
1985  Bobby Knight throws a chair onto the floor during a basketball game
1980  Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating gold medals at the Olympics in Lake Placid, NY
1934  Casey Stengell becomes manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers

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