AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Jan. 13
1962 -- Wilt Chamberlain scores an NBA regulation-game record 73 points to lead the Philadelphia Warriors to a 135-117 triumph over the Chicago Packers.
1971 -- Lenny Wilkens of the Seattle SuperSonics, 33, becomes the oldest All-Star MVP, scoring 21 points to give the West a 108-107 victory over the East.
1974 -- The Miami Dolphins win their second straight Super Bowl in their third straight appearance with a 24-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Larry Csonka, the game's MVP, gains 145 yards on 33 carries and scores a touchdown.
1986 -- NCAA schools vote overwhelmingly in favor of adopting Proposition 48. The rule requires that incoming freshmen maintain 2.0 grade point averages and score 700 or more on the SAT or 15 on the ACT program.
1987 -- Lewis Lloyd and Mitchell Wiggins of the Houston Rockets become the third and fourth NBA players to be banned from the league for using cocaine.
1991 -- Phil Mickelson overcomes an 8 on the 14th hole to become the second amateur since 1954 to win a PGA Tour event, scoring a one-shot victory over Bob Tway and Tom Purtzer in the Northern Telecom Open.
1995 -- America3, the first all-women's team in the 144-year history of America's Cup, wins the first race of the America's Cup defender trials, beating Team Dennis Conner by 1 minute, 9 seconds.
1997 -- Spain's Carlos Moya becomes the first man to knock out the defending champion in the opening round of a Grand Slam event in 20 years. After 3 1/2 hours of brutal heat, Moya beats Boris Becker 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the Australian Open.
2003 -- Jennifer Capriati becomes the first women's Australian Open defending champion to lose in the first round in the Open era. Capriati, seeded third, loses 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 to 90th-ranked Marlene Weingartner of Germany.
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