1994 — Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals. 1996 — Todd Eldredge becomes the first American in eight years to win the gold medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.

1893 — The first women’s collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this game, each basket is worth 1 point and the freshman class defeats the sophomore ...

1985 — Washington’s Bobby Carpenter becomes the first U.S.-born player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season. He reaches the milestone in a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at The Forum.

UCLA men's basketball doesn't suffer a letdown late in its blowout victory over Utah State in the NCAA tournament, but can ...

1985 — Washington’s Bobby Carpenter becomes the first U.S.-born player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season. He reaches the milestone in a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens at The Forum.

Brian, Brent, Darryl, Duane, Rich and Ron Sutter played a combined 4,994 regular-season NHL games, another 603 in the ...

A weekly gauge of the players who are controlling substantial buzz around the league. When a player is included on this list ...

"Every day, things change. I’ll say this: I look forward to dying," Weir, 77, told Rolling Stone. "I tend to think of death as the last and best reward for a life well-lived. That’s it. I’ve ...