March 7
1921 - Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators scores six goals in a 12-5 victory over the Hamilton Tigers.
1951 - Ezzard Charles wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Jersey Joe Walcott to retain the world heavyweight title in Detroit.
1954 - The Minneapolis Lakers and Milwaukee Hawks experiment with the baskets raised from 10 feet to 12 feet during an exhibition game. George Mikan and the Lakers win 65-63.
1970 - Austin Carr scores 61 points, an NCAA Tournament record, in powering Notre Dame past Ohio University 112-82. Carr makes 25 of 44 field goals and 11 of 14 free throws.
1974 - New Orleans is granted an NBA franchise.
1977 - Anthony Roberts of Oral Roberts scores 65 points in a 90-89 loss to Oregon in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
1983 - Phil Mahre wins the Alpine World Cup championship for the third straight year, the third skier to do so.
1987 - Thomas Hearns wins his third championship, the WBC light heavyweight title, with a 10-round TKO of Dennis Andries.
1996 - Magic Johnson becomes the second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists, getting the milestone on the go-ahead basket in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 102-90 victory over Sacramento.
2004 - Detroit becomes the first team in the NBA’s shot-clock era to hold three consecutive opponents under 70 points with an 86-65 victory over Seattle. The Pistons beat Denver 97-66 and Portland 83-68.
2012 - The Indianapolis Colts cut injured Peyton Manning, the only four-time MVP in NFL history. Manning, who missed the previous season with a neck injury, was due a $28 million bonus.
2012 - Kikkan Randall becomes the first American skier in 30 years to win a cross-country championship by clinching the overall sprint title. Randall’s 11th-place finish in Norway secures the title with one race left in the season.
2014 - The U.S. women’s soccer team’s two-year unbeaten streak ends at 43 games with a 1-0 loss to Sweden at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. The U.S. had been 36-0-7 since a 1-0 loss to Japan at the Algarve Cup in 2012.
2015 - Kentucky (31-0) becomes the first men’s basketball team from a major conference to go undefeated in the regular season since Indiana in 1976. Wichita State of the Missouri Valley Conference went undefeated in the regular season in 2014.
2016 - Stephen Curry scores 41 points and becomes the first NBA player to make 300 3-pointers in a season, and the Golden State Warriors set another record by holding off the Orlando Magic 119-113 for their 45th straight home victory.
2017 - Dirk Nowitzki scores the 20 points he needed for 30,000 in his career in barely more than a quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks defeat the Los Angeles Lakers a 122-111 victory. The 7-foot German becomes the sixth NBA player and the first international one to reach the milestone, joining four Hall of Famers and a future one in Kobe Bryant.
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