AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Nov. 26
1949 -- Boston College beats Holy Cross 76-0, with Al Cannava running for 229 yards.
1956 -- Vyacheslav Ivanov of the Soviet Union wins the gold medal in the single sculls at the Melbourne Olympics. After receiving the medal, he jumps up and down and accidentally drops the medal through the slats in the float and it sinks to the bottom of the lake.
1961 -- Jerry Norton of St. Louis becomes the only NFL player to have four interceptions in a game twice, picking off four in the Cardinals' 30-27 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two of the interceptions are for TDs.
1967 -- Sonny Jurgensen of the Washington Redskins passes for 418 yards and three TDs in a 42-37 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
1982 -- Larry Holmes wins a unanimous decision over Tex Cobb to retain the world heavyweight title in Houston.
1994 -- The Dallas Mavericks, led by Jimmy Jackson's 50 points, beats the Denver Nuggets 124-123 in overtime after trailing by 25 points in the first half.
1997 -- Charles Jones scores a school-record 53 points and Long Island University beats Division III Medgar Evers 179-62, breaking the NCAA record for margin of victory. The 117-point difference eclipses the mark of 97 set by Southern University in a 154-57 victory over Patten on Nov. 26, 1993.
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