Today in sports – Julius Erving is the third player who scores 30,000 points in his Pro -career

April 17th

1939 – Joe Louis strikes Jack Roper at 2:20 a.m. in the first round in Los Angeles to keep the world in heavyweight.

1947 – Jackie Robinson Bunts for his 1st Major League hit.

1951 – Ny Yankee Mickey Mantles 1st game.

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1967 -The Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti beats the American Emile Griffith in a 15 round -point decision to win the world in the middle weight.

1976-Mike Schmidt meets four consecutive homes and drives in eight runs when the Philadelphia Phillies overcome a 13: 2 deficit to beat the Cubs 18-16 in 10 Innings on the Wrigley Field in Chicago.

1976 -Australian tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her second WTA tour championship in the Los Angeles Sports Arena; beats Chris Evert.

1982 – The Alex English, Dan Issel and Kiki Vandeweghe from Denver Nuggets each first priority, since Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan and Clyde Lovellette from St. Louis in 1961.

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1983 – Nolan Ryan beats his 3,500. Dough out.

1987 – Julius Erving from the Philadelphia 76ers is the third player who scores 30,000 points in his pro -career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

1994-Carl Lewis and his teammates from Santa Monica Track Club rewrite their world record in the 800-meter relay of Mt. San Antonio College Relays. Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell and Floyd Heard are 1: 18.68 in time and break the record of 1:19.11, which they had set on April 25, 1992.

1995-Wayne Gretzky reached 2,500 career points when he defines a power play goal by Rob Blake in Los Angeles' 5-2 defeat against Calgary.

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1997 – Martin Brodeur of New Jersey Devils becomes the second NHL goalkeeper who is achieved in the playoffs. The empty net goal of Brodeur limits a third three-goal period, which gives the Devils a 5-2 victory and a 1-0 lead in a series in the first round against Montreal.

1999-quarters backs go 1-2-3 in the NFL design as Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb and Akili Smith go to Cleveland, Philadelphia and Cincinnati-Dem first quarterback trifecta since 1971.

2001 – Barry Bonds becomes the 17th Major Leaguer, who reaches 500 homes. Bonds' two runs, eighth inning ride of Terry Adams, the San Francisco Giants leads over the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2.

2006-sidney Crosby achieved three templates in Pittsburgh's 6-1 victory against the New York islanders to become the youngest player in NHL history, who scored 100 points in one season. The 18-year-old becomes a seventh NHL rookie, which reaches the 100-point brand.

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2010-Ubaldo Jimenez puts the first no-hitter in the 18-year history of Colorado Rockies and dominates the Atlanta Braves in a 4-0 victory.

2011 – Jimmie Johnson wins the Aaron's 499 and displaces Clint Bowyer by about one foot. The official border of 0.002 seconds is the next destination in the history of the Nascar Sprint Cup.

2018-Brayden McNabb hits his former team in the second half and raises Vegas for a 1-0 victory over the Kings of Los Angeles, who makes the Golden Knights the first expansion team in NHL history to sweep his first playoff series. Marc-Andre Fleury does another outstanding performance and stops 31 shots when the knights end their fourth one-goal victory in the series.

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