Sports History
ON THIS DATE, MARCH 9
1948 – NHL president Clarence Campbell expels Billy Taylor of the New York Rangers and Don Gallagher of the Boston Bruins because of gambling associations.
1958 – George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons becomes the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season.
1977 – Anthony Roberts of Oral Roberts sets an NIT record with 65 points in a 90-89 loss to Oregon in the first round.
1984 – Tim Witherspoon wins the vacant WBC heavyweight title with a 12-round majority decision over Greg Page.
1986 – Buffalo's Gil Perrault scores his 500th goal in a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.
1994 – Detroit's Dino Cicarelli scores his 1,000th career point with a goal in a 5-1 win over Calgary.
2001 – Jesper Parnevik maintains the lead and young Ty Tryon stays in the spotlight. Parnevik shoots a 5-under 67 in the second round of the Honda Classic for a three-stroke lead. Tryon, a 16-year-old high school sophomore, makes the cut in his first PGA Tour event. He's 1-over, good enough to make him the second-youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour event.
