1986 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; only NBA player to reach the milestone at that time; remains all-time ...

1986 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th ... 1989 — LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff ...

1972 — The longest winning streak in major professional sports — 33 games — ends when the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers ... 1989 — LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all ...

Devastating fires have caused the NBA to postponed Thursday's Lakers game and the NFL to move Monday's Rams game to Arizona.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Two major pro sports MVPs, a Heisman winner, one of the best high school volleyball players in the country, a world champion ...

Today in Sports, January 18 - Pittsburgh Steelers win the Super Bowl for second straight year, Lynn Swann is MVP ...