AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Feb. 24
1960 -- Bill Cleary's four goals lead the United States past West Germany 9-1 in the hockey championship round of the Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif.
1978 -- Kevin Porter of the New Jersey Nets sets an NBA record with 29 assists in a 126-112 victory over the Houston Rockets.
1980 -- The U.S. hockey team wins the gold medal with a 4-2 victory over Finland at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y.
1988 -- An unprecedented winner of the 90-and 70-meter individual events, Matti Nykanen becomes the Winter Olympics' first triple gold medalist in Nordic skiing when Finland wins the new 90-meter team ski jumping.
1993 -- Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings scores his 1,000th career point with two goals and two assists in a 10-7 loss to Buffalo Sabres.
1994 -- Lipscomb's John Pierce becomes college basketball's career scoring leader with 33 points in his regular-season finale, a 119-102 win over Cumberland. Pierce's 4,110 points break former roommate Phil Hutcheson's record of 4,106.
2002 -- Svetlana Feofanova breaks the pole vault indoor world record for the fourth time this month, clearing 15 feet, 6 1/2 inches at the Gaz de France meet.
2002 -- Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla score two goals each to lead Canada past the United States 5-2 for the Olympic gold medal. It's the seventh time Canada has won the hockey gold but the first since 1952.
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