Today in sports history: March 25
In 2013, The Miami Heat extend their winning streak to 27 games with a 108-94 win over Orlando.
1934: Horton Smith wins first Masters golf tournament by one stroke over Craig Wood
1934 — Horton Smith wins the first Masters golf tournament by one stroke over Craig Wood.
1958: Sugar Ray Robinson regains middleweight title for a record fifth time
1958 — Sugar Ray Robinson regains the middleweight title for a record fifth time with a 15-round decision over Carmen Basilio.
Middleweight Champion Carmen Basilio, left, squares off with Sugar Ray Robinson in Chicago in preparation for their middleweight championship bout in Chicago on March 25, 1958. (AP Photo)
1967: Lew Alcindor leads UCLA over Dayton for NCAA championship
1967 — UCLA, led by sophomore Lew Alcindor's 20 points, beats Dayton 79-64 for the NCAA basketball championship.
Dayton's Don Sadlier (33) gets possession of a rebound from UCLA's Lynn Shackelford (53). Teammate Lew Alcindor(33) is at right in the Championship game on Saturday, March 27, 1967 in Louisville. UCLA won 79-64. (AP Photo)
1972: Bill Walton scores 24 points to lead UCLA over Florida State for NCAA basketball title
1972 — Bill Walton scores 24 points to lead UCLA to an 81-76 victory over Florida State and the NCAA basketball title. The Bruins finish with a 30-0 record and increase their winning streak to 45 straight.
1995: Mike Tyson released from a Plainfield, Ind., prison
1995 — Mike Tyson is released from a Plainfield, Ind., prison after serving three years for rape.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, center, and his girlfriend Monica Turner leave the Islamic Centre of North America, March 25, 1995, after he prayed following his release from the Indiana Touth Centre, in Plainfield, Ind. (AP Photo)
2004: Auburn's Fred Bousquet breaks world record in 50-meter freestyle
2004 — Auburn's Fred Bousquet breaks the world record in the 50-meter freestyle at the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships. Teammate George Bovell of Trinidad & Tobago also shatters the world record for the 200 individual medley in 1:53.93.
2006: 16-year-old Kimmie Meissner soars to World Figure Skating Championships title
2006 — Following the tradition of teenage American women pulling off big upsets, 16-year-old Kimmie Meissner uses the performance of her life to soar to the World Figure Skating Championships title. U.S. champion Sasha Cohen falls apart again in the free skate, winding up third overall behind Japan's Fumie Suguri.
2007: Cullen Jones helps US squad win 400-meter freestyle relay at world championships
2007 — Cullen Jones becomes the rare Black swimmer to claim a world championship, teaming with Michael Phelps, Neil Walker and Jason Lezak on a U.S. squad that wins the 400-meter freestyle relay at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia.
2008: Tennessee gives coach Pat Summitt her 100th NCAA tournament win
2008 — Tennessee gives coach Pat Summitt her 100th NCAA tournament win, a 78-52 rout of host Purdue. The win sends the Lady Vols to the NCAA regional semifinals.
2010: Daisuke Takahashi gives Japan its first men's title at World Figure Skating Championships
2010 — Daisuke Takahashi gives Japan its first men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships and he does it with flair, attempting a rare quadruple flip. Canada's Patrick Chan wins the silver for a second straight year and France's Brian Joubert takes the bronze.
2011: Southwest regional is first in NCAA history to have 3 double-digit seeds in semifinals
2011 — The Southwest regional is the first in NCAA men's basketball history with three double-digit seeded teams in the semifinals. Virginia Commonwealth, an 11th seed beats 10th seed Florida State 72-71 in overtime and the top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks beat No. 12 seed Richmond 77-57 in the region's other semifinal.
Virginia Commonwealth's Rob Brandenberg is blocked by Florida State's Chris Singleton during the second half of a Southwest regional semifinal game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Friday, March 25, 2011, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
2012: Atlanta Hawks outlast Utah Jazz, 139-133, in quadruple-overtime game
2012 — In the NBA's first quadruple-overtime game since 1997, Joe Johnson scores 37 points and Josh Smith adds 22 as the Atlanta Hawks beat Utah 139-133. The four overtimes tie for the third-longest game in NBA history.
Atlanta Hawks' Jeff Teague gets a tap on the head after scoring to send the NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz into a fourth overtime, Sunday, March 25, 2012, in Atlanta. Atlanta won 139-133. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
2013: Miami Heat extend their winning streak to 27 games
2013 — The Miami Heat extend their winning streak to 27 games with a 108-94 win over Orlando.
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