March 31, 2013, 10 years ago today: After 51 years as a National League franchise, the Houston Astros make their American League debut with an 8-2 win over their new AL West rivals from Dallas, the Texas Rangers.
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March 30, 1943, 80 years ago today: Wyoming wins the NCAA Tournament with a 46-34 win over Georgetown in the championship game at Madison Square Garden in New York. Kenny Sailors, the College Player of the Year, showed off his then-unusual jump shot and scored 16 points to lead the Cowboys.
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The only coach in the Final Four who’s been there before is Jim Larranaga of Miami. You remember his first Final Four, right? It was with George Mason in 2006, one of the great Cinderella stories of all time.
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March 28, 1984: Baltimore Colts owner Robert Irsay signs a 20-year lease to move the team to Indianapolis, and in the wee hours the following morning, he packs up the Colts’ stuff and bolts.
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March 27, 2013, 10 years ago today: The second-longest same-season winning streak in NBA history ends at 27 games as the Miami Heat fall to the Chicago Bulls, 101-97. The Heat came within six victories of the L.A. Lakers’ record 33-game streak in 1971-72.
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