1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta to win the middleweight title.
1966 – Wilt Chamberlain breaks the NBA scoring record with 20,884 career points.
1995 – The Portland Trailblazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Houston Rockets.
2018 – Shaun White wins his 3rd Olympic halfpipe gold medal.
2019 – Russell Westbrook records a triple-double in the 11th straight game, an NBA record.
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