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May 5, 2024

Sports history for March 20

1897 - Yale beat Penn 32-10 in New Haven, Conn., in the first college basketball game.

1954 - La Salle wins the NCAA basketball title by defeating Bradley 92-76 and sets a record for most points in the title game.

1965 - Gail Goodrich's 42 points leads UCLA to a 91-80 victory over Michigan in the NCAA championship game.

1969 - Less than two months after she became the first woman to ride in a parimutuel race in America, Diane Crump rides her first winner at Gulfstream Park.

1988 - Mike Tyson knocks out Tony Tubbs in the second round to retain his world heavyweight title in Tokyo.

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