By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Mar 09, 2022

March 9th, 2022 was highlighted by the Washington Commanders acquiring QB Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts for a package of picks with Wentz leaving Indy after just one season. Malik Beasley set the Minnesota 3PM record with 11 as he got all 33 of his points without a single 2PA or FTA. The reigning MVP Jokic is on an insane three-game run, Jayson Tatum is beyond hot, and Marcus Smart’s bag is underrated. The Bulls got a crazy basket to fall, Eric Gordon did the King dirty, while Caleb Martin and Nic Batum added top NBA plays.

See what happened in sports on March 9th last year, headlined by 10 NFL players being franchise-tagged including Chris Godwin, Allen Robinson, and Justin Simmons, while Lavonte David got a two-year extension with Tampa Bay, as well as what happened in sports on March 9th, 2020 ft. the Hawks beating out the Hornets in double OT while Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic made some plays worth watching again in a win versus Milwaukee. 

WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.

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Carson is now a Commander

https://twitter.com/PSO_Sports/status/1501692549161000963

 

Malik made Minnesota history

 

Just how the Bulls drew it up

 

Eric Gordon did the King dirty

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1501909485983449090

 

Caleb Martin with authority

 

Nic Batum gets clutch buckets

 

Smart’s bag is underrated

 

Tatum is next level right now

 

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NFL: RB Najee Harris, Pittsburgh Steelers (turns 24)

NFL: CB Mike Hilton, Cincinnati Bengals (28)

NFL: S Marcus Maye, New York Jets (29)

NFL: LB Avery Williamson, Free Agent (30)

MLB: RP Daniel Hudson, Los Angeles Dodgers (35)

MLB: RP Craig Stammen, San Diego Padres (38)

NBA: SF Matt Barnes, Retired after 2017 (42)

MLB: 3B Aaron Boone, retired after 2009; Now Manager of Yankees (49)

2011: Recording 16 PTS and 21 REBs in a win over the Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves PF Kevin Love broke Moses Malone‘s post-merger NBA record with his 52nd straight double-double

2009: Miami Heat SG Dwyane Wade drained a 2OT buzzer-beating game-winning floater from the 3pt line to beat Chicago (his hometown team) in Miami as he celebrated by standing on the announcer’s table and exclaiming, “this is my house!”

1999: Houston Rockets C Hakeem Olajuwon became the very 1st (and still the only) player with 3,500 career blocks in NBA history

1995: MLB officially admitted two expansion franchises — the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1988: Defeating the New York Knicks 104-99, Los Angeles Lakers HC Pat Riley recorded his 400th career victory in just his 540th game, faster than anyone in NBA history

1985: Denver Nuggets PG Fat Lever set an NBA record with 8 steals in a single quarter against the Indiana Pacers

1961: Philadelphia Warriors C Wilt Chamberlain scored 67 points in a victory over the New York Knicks, the 2nd most PTS in a game ever behind Elgin Baylor’s 71 PTS from earlier that season. Wilt is the only player to ever score exactly 67 PTS in a game and has done it 4x

1958: Detroit Pistons SF George Yardley became the 1st player to score 2,000 points during a single season in NBA history 

1946: Boston Red Sox OF Ted Williams turned down an offer to play in the Mexican League for a $500,000 salary — 10x greater than his MLB salary 

1897: Cleveland Spiders signed OF Louis Sockalexis, a full-blooded member of the Penobscot tribe; his quick rise to stardom led to fans referring to the Cleveland team as the “Indians”, and the nickname would be revived in 1915 by the former “Naps”

 

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