Back in Time: March 27

SI Staff | Mar 30, 2009

Back in Time: March 27

Pete Rose

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Sports Illustrated exposes Pete Rose's gambling activities. The magazine article alleges Rose bet on baseball from the Riverfront dugout using hand gestures with an associate.

Scotty Bowman

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Scotty Bowman (above) and Neil Armstrong are elected to the NHL Hall of Fame.

Gary Sheffield

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The Brewers trade Gary Sheffield to the Padres for pitcher Ricky Bones and minor leaguers Jose Valentin and Matt Mieske.

Magic Johnson

AP

Magic Johnson returns to the Los Angeles Lakers as head coach and leads them to a 110-101 victory over Milwaukee. Johnson would go on to coach the Lakers for the last 16 games of the 1993-94 season, posting a 5-11 record.

Chuck Daly

AP

Orlando's Chuck Daly records his 600th career NBA victory with a 100-75 win over Houston.

Karl Malone and John Stockton

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Utah's Karl Malone and John Stockton are both held under 10 points in a game against the Los Angeles Clippers. This marks the first time since Nov. 21, 1987, that both Malone and Stockton did not reach double figures in scoring in the same game.

Born on this Day

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Cale Yarborough (1939) <br>Bobby Lalonde (1951) <br>Randall Cunningham (1963, pictured) <br>Ed Pinckney (1963) <br>Jaime Navarro (1967) <br>Tom Hammonds (1967) <br>Anthony Prior (1970) <br>Danny Fortson (1976)<br>Michael Cuddyer (1979) <br>