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Today in sports history: March 31

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  • Mar 31, 2023 Updated Mar 31, 2023
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In 2017, UConn’s record 111-game winning streak comes to a startling end when Mississippi State pulls off perhaps the biggest upset in women’s basketball history. See more sports moments from this date:

1973: Ken Norton scores stunning upset by winning split decision over Muhammad Ali

1973: Ken Norton scores stunning upset by winning split decision over Muhammad Ali

1973 — Ken Norton scores a stunning upset by winning a 12-round split decision over Muhammad Ali to win the NABF heavyweight title. Norton, a 5-1 underdog, breaks Ali’s jaw in the first round.

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1975: UCLA beats Kentucky for 10th NCAA title under coach John Wooden

1975: UCLA beats Kentucky for 10th NCAA title under coach John Wooden

1975 — UCLA beats Kentucky 92-85 for its 10th NCAA basketball title under head coach John Wooden. Wooden finishes with a 620-147 career record after announcing his retirement two days earlier.

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1986: Pervis Ellison seals Louisville's championship victory over Duke

1986: Pervis Ellison seals Louisville's championship victory over Duke

1986 — Freshman center Pervis Ellison hits two free throws with 27 seconds left to seal Louisville’s 72-69 victory over Duke in the NCAA basketball championship.

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1995: MLB players end strike after judge rules against owners

1995: MLB players end strike after judge rules against owners

1995 — Major League Baseball players end their strike when Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of U.S. District Court in Manhattan rules against the owners in the labor dispute.

Baseball players union chief Donald Fehr faces reporters outside U.S. District Court in New York, March 31, 1995. Baseball players ended their 232-day strike, when a federal judge ruled against the owners. Exactly when they would return, however, was still uncertain. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel)

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2012: Ray Whitney passes 1,000 career points

2012: Ray Whitney passes 1,000 career points

2012 — Ray Whitney passes 1,000 career points with a goal and assist in Phoenix’s 4-0 victory over Anaheim.

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2013: Louisville stuns defending champion Baylor in regional semifinals

2013: Louisville stuns defending champion Baylor in regional semifinals

2013 — In one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NCAA women’s tournament, sixth-seeded Louisville stuns defending national champion Baylor in the regional semifinals, 82-81. It’s the end of a remarkable college career for Baylor’s Brittney Griner, a record-setting 6-foot-8 post player who ended up as the second-highest scoring player in NCAA history.

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2013: Louisville overcomes Kevin Ware's gruesome injury to advance to Final Four

2013: Louisville overcomes Kevin Ware's gruesome injury to advance to Final Four

2013 — Louisville overcomes Kevin Ware’s gruesome injury and advances to the Final Four with a 85-63 win over Duke. Ware breaks his leg in the first half of the Midwest Regional final when he lands awkwardly after trying to contest a 3-point shot.

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2017: Evgenia Medvedeva retains her world figure skating title with record score

2017: Evgenia Medvedeva retains her world figure skating title with record score

2017 — Evgenia Medvedeva retains her world figure skating title, breaking her own world record total score with 233.41 points. The 17-year-old Russian becomes the first woman to win back-to-back titles since 2001.

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2017: Mississippi State scores major upset over UConn, ending record 111-game win streak

2017: Mississippi State scores major upset over UConn, ending record 111-game win streak

2017 — UConn’s record 111-game winning streak comes to a startling end when Mississippi State pulls off perhaps the biggest upset in women’s basketball history, shocking the Huskies 66-64 on Morgan William’s overtime buzzer beater in the national semifinals.

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