Today in Sports, April 2 - Caitlin Clark scores 41 points in the Final Four for Iowa win vs. South Carolina
1969 — Toronto center Forbes Kennedy sets a Stanley Cup playoff record for most penalties in one game with 8.1980 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the youngest player to reach 50 goals at 19 years and 2 months of age.
2000 — Connecticut wins its second women’s national championship with a 71-52 victory over Tennessee. The top-ranked Huskies beat No. 2 Tennessee for the second time in three meetings this season.2001 — Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has 2 hits and becomes first Japanese position player to play in a regular season MLB game.2003 — At 27 years, 249 days Texas Rangers infielder Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest MLB player to hit 300 home runs.
2010 — Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million. 2013 — Shoni Schimmel scores 24 points and giant-slaying Louisville claims another big upset, beating second-seeded Tennessee 86-78 and earning the school’s second trip to the Women’s Final Four.
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Caitlin Clark and Iowa survive in her final college home gameThe Hawkeyes edged West Virginia to advance to the Sweet 16, where Colorado awaits and LSU looms.
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