Dec. 11

1949 — Johnny Lujack of the Chicago Bears passes for 468 yards and six touchdowns in a 52-21 rout of the Chicago Cardinals.

1971 — The Los Angeles Lakers set an NBA record with 21 straight wins by beating the Atlanta Hawks 104-95, breaking the record of 20 set by the Milwaukee Bucks the previous year.

1972 — Joe Namath of the New York Jets passes for 403 yards and Don Maynard sets an NFL record for career receptions in a 24-16 loss to the Oakland Raiders. Maynard makes seven catches, with the last breaking Raymond Berry's record of 631 receptions.

1977 — Philadelphia's Tom Bladon scores four goals and collects four assists to set a record for defensemen with eight points in the Flyers' 11-1 victory over the Cleveland Barons.

1982 — Dan Fouts the San Diego Chargers passes for 444 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-37 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco's Joe Montana passes for 356 yards to set an NFL record with five consecutive games of 300 yards or more passing.

1983 — John Henry becomes the first racehorse to surpass $4 million in career earnings when jockey Chris McCarron guides him to victory in the Hollywood Turf Cup with at Hollywood Park.

1985 — Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers registers seven assists in a 12-9 victory over the Chicago Black Hawks. The teams tie the NHL record for most total goals in a game.

1992 — Gary Bettman, the NBA's senior vice president and general counsel, is named the NHL's first commissioner.

1999 — Rowan ends Mount Union's NCAA-record 54-game winning streak, beating the Purple Raiders 24-17 in overtime in a Division III semifinal.

2002 — Danielle Dube becomes the third female goalie to start in a men's professional hockey game, stopping 18 shots in the Long Beach Ice Dogs' 4-1 loss to San Diego in the West Coast Hockey League.

2004 — Vitali Klitschko stops Danny Williams in the eighth round to retain his WBC heavyweight title.

2005 — Ronde Barber becomes the first cornerback in NFL history with at least 20 sacks and 20 interceptions when he gets one of each in Tampa Bay's win over Carolina.

2006 — Jerry Sloan becomes the fifth coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games after Utah defeats Dallas 101-79.

2008 — Petr Sykora ends the longest streak in NHL history without a hat trick by a player who had at least two goals in a game, scoring three times to lead Pittsburgh to a 9-2 rout of the New York Islanders. Sykora previously had 38 games with two goals without getting a third, far surpassing the 28 games by Hall of Fame defenseman Larry Murphy.