2016: Portland Trail Blazers PG Damian Lillard scored 50 points in a loss to the Toronto Raptors
2012: Brooklyn Nets PG Deron Williams scored a career-high 57 points in a victory over the Charlotte Bobcats
2009: After trading for him the summer prior, the Los Angeles Dodgers finally resigned OF Manny Ramirez after his lengthy free-agency
2008: Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre announced his retirement from football for the first time; would leave GB and head to NY to play for the Jets
1996: With 11 AST in a victory over the Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz PG John Stockton became the 1st player in NBA history to record 11,000 career AST
1993: At the inaugural ESPY Awards, ESPN announced the organization of The V Foundation in honor of the late Jim Valvano
1982: San Antonio Spurs SG George Gervin scored 48 points and reached the career 19,000-point plateau in a loss to the Boston Celtics
1927: New York Yankees made OF Babe Ruth the highest-paid player in baseball history with a 3y/$70,000 extension