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Monday, February 4, 2013

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 3



2002  Super Bowl XXXVI – Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17 – Tom Brady MVP – Rams out gained New England 427 to 267 yards, but had 3 turnovers to none for Patriots including 47 yard TD interception by Ty Law
1998  Bill Fitch ties Red Auerbach with his 938th coaching win
1998  Brian Cashman becomes NYY General Manager
1990  Jockey Willie Shoemaker retires after 40,350 races
1980  Larry Bird scored the 1st 3 point field goal in All-Star history
1979  Twins trade 7 time batting champion Rod Carew to Angels – will bat over .300 next 5 years, and .295 in 1984 and .280 in 1985 his last year – will be All-Star every year except 1985 in his 19 year career
1972  The 11th Winter Olympics open in Sapporo, Japan – 1st in Asia
1942  Baseball owners agree to let teams have 14 night games in 1942

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