March 27
1939 - Oregon beats Ohio State 46-33 in the NCAA’s first national basketball tournament.
1942 - Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title.
1945 - Oklahoma A&M beats New York University 49-45 for the NCAA basketball championship.
1951 - Bill Spivey scores 22 points to lead Kentucky to a 68-58 win over Kansas State for the NCAA basketball title.
1971 - UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 for its fifth NCAA basketball title.
1978 - Jack Givens scores 41 points to lead Kentucky to a 94-88 victory over Duke for the NCAA title.
1983 - Larry Holmes wins a unanimous 12-round decision over Lucien Rodriguez to retain his world heavyweight title in his hometown of Scranton, Pa.
1991 - Kenny Ammann scores 22 points, including five 3-pointers, to help Stanford capture its first NIT title with a 78-72 victory over Oklahoma.
1994 - Donna Andrews sinks a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Dinah Shore by one stroke, her second straight victory and first LPGA major.
1998 - Michael Jordan scores 34 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to an 89-74 victory over the Atlanta Hawks before 62,046 at the Georgia Dome - the largest crowd in NBA history.
2005 - Annika Sorenstam shoots a final-round 68 to finish at 15-under to win the Nabisco Championship by eight shots over Rosie Jones. It’s Sorenstam’s fifth win in a row over two seasons, tying a record set by Nancy Lopez in 1978, and her eighth major championship win.
2007 - Dallas beats New Orleans 105-89 for its 21st straight victory over the Hornets. The Hornets losing streak is the longest losing streak for one team against an opponent in the NBA, NFL, NHL or Major League Baseball.
2010 - Joe Mazzulla scores a career-high 17 points in his first start this season and West Virginia beat Kentucky 73-66 to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1959.
2011 - Jamie Skeen scores 26 points as Virginia Commonwealth delivers the biggest upset of the NCAA tournament, a 71-61 win over No. 1 seed Kansas in the Southwest Regional final. The Rams are the third 11th seed to make the Final Four.
2011 - Miami’s LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh accomplish something that hadn’t been done in more than 50 years. Each of them have 30-10 nights - James with 33 points and 10 rebounds, Bosh has 31 points and 12 rebounds, and Wade finishes with 30 points and 11 boards - as the Heat beat the Houston Rockets 125-119.
2014 - The Philadelphia 76ers tie the NBA record for futility with their 26th straight loss, falling 120-98 to the Houston Rockets. Philadelphia match the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers for the NBA’s worst skid.
2016 - Malachi Richardson scores 21 of his 23 points in the second half to lead the greatest comeback in Syracuse history and advance to the Final Four with a 68-62 victory over top-seeded Virginia. Syracuse trailed 54-39 before it ripped off 25 of the next 29 points, including 15 in a row. The Orange become the first 10 seed to make it to the Final Four and just the fourth double-digit seed to accomplish the feat.
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