AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
March 9
1948 -- NHL president Clarence Campbell expels Billy Taylor of the New York Rangers and Don Gallagher of the Boston Bruins because of gambling associations.
1958 -- George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons becomes the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season.
1977 -- Anthony Roberts of Oral Roberts sets an NIT record with 65 points in a 90-89 loss to Oregon in the first round.
1984 -- Tim Witherspoon wins the vacant WBC heavyweight title with a 12-round majority decision over Greg Page.
1986 -- Buffalo's Gil Perrault scores his 500th goal in a 4-3 win over the N.J. Devils.
1994 -- Detroit's Dino Cicarelli scores his 1,000th career point with a goal in a 5-1 win over Calgary.
2001 -- Ty Tryon, a 16-year-old high school sophomore, makes the cut at the Honda Classic in his first PGA Tour event. He's the second-youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour event.
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