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Feb. 21 1931 — In the first major league night game, the Chicago White Sox play the New York Giants in a 10-inning exhibition in Houston. 1952 — The Boston Celtics and the Fort Wayne Pistons tip off at midnight in a “Milkman’s Special” following an Ice Follies performance at Boston Garden.
Holy salchow! Nathan Chen won the gold medal last week after blowing his short program at the 2018 Winter Games. There weren’t any fans in the stands, but Americans cheered in their living rooms for the 22-year-old Yale student that some people are calling the GOAT. Chen did five quads in his winnin
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final men’s title. 1928 — Sonja Henie, 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating champion.
After the 22-year-old Salt Lake City native clinched the gold medal with a nearly-flawless free skate Wednesday night, Chen conducted a couple of interviews with the press
On the same day that American figure skater Nathan Chen was busy achieving a lifelong dream by becoming an Olympic champion, his longtime rival was skating off their sport's grandest stage for perhaps the final time. Yuzuru Hanyu, the two-time gold medalist from Japan, had been the benchmark for an…