AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Feb. 23
1938 -- Joe Louis knocks out Nathan Mann in the third round to defend his world heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1960 -- Figure skater Carol Heiss captures the first gold medal for the United States in the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif.
1980 -- Speedskater Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal and shatters the 10,000-meter world record by six seconds at the Lake Placid Olympics.
1983 -- Mark Pavelich of the New York Rangers scores five goals in an 11-3 victory over the Hartford Whalers.
1985 -- Indiana coach Bob Knight is ejected five minutes into the Hoosiers' 72-63 loss to Purdue when he throws a chair across the court. Knight, after two fouls called on his team, is hit with his first technical. While Purdue was shooting the technical, Knight picks up a chair from the bench area and throws it across the court, earning his second technical.
1987 -- Seattle's Nate McMillan sets an NBA rookie record with 25 assists to lead the SuperSonics over the Los Angeles Clippers 124-112.
1991 -- North Carolina becomes the first team in NCAA basketball history to win 1,500 games with a 73-57 victory over Clemson.
2000 -- Boston's Marty McSorley is suspended for the rest of the season (23 games) for hitting Vancouver's Donald Brashear in the head with his stick on Feb. 21.
2001 -- Jeremy Roenick records the ninth three-goal game of his career and becomes only the third U.S.-born player to reach 400 career goals in leading Phoenix to a 7-3 win over Buffalo.
2002 -- The Americans end nearly a half-century of Olympic frustration for the U.S. men's bobsled team, driving to the silver and bronze medals in the four-man race.