AP Sportlight

AP SPORTLIGHT
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Dec. 22
1894 -- The United States Golf Association is founded, becoming the governing body for the game in the country.
1924 -- Babe Dye of the Toronto St. Patricks scores five goals in a 10-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
1974 -- Boston's Phil Esposito scores his 500th goal as the Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-4.
1969 -- Pete Maravich sets an NCAA record by hitting 30 of 31 foul shots, and scores 46 points to lead LSU to a 98-89 victory over Georgia.
1996 -- Brett Hull becomes the 24th player in NHL history to score 500 goals, with a hat trick in the St. Louis Blues' 7-4 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
2002 -- Rich Gannon breaks Warren Moon's 11-year-old single-season NFL record for completions in the second quarter of the Oakland Raiders' game against Denver. Gannon throws a 5-yard pass to Charlie Garner for his 405th completion of the season, breaking the mark set by Moon with the Houston Oilers in 1991.
2003 -- Brett Favre passes for 399 yards and four touchdowns a day after his father's death.
2005 -- Reggie Campbell of Navy ties the NCAA bowl record with five touchdowns and has 290 all-purpose yards, leading the Midshipmen to a 51-30 win over Colorado State in the Poinsettia Bowl.
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