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In 2011, Jamie Skeen scores 26 points as Virginia Commonwealth delivers the biggest upset of the NCAA tournament, a 71-61 win over No. 1 seed Kansas in the Southwest Regional final.

1942 — Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in the sixth round at Madison Square Garden to retain his world heavyweight title.1978 — Jack Givens scores 41 points to lead Kentucky to a 94-88 victory over Duke for the NCAA basketball title.2003 — Russia's Evgeni Plushenko wins his second World Figure Skating Championships title, edging American Tim Goebel.2005 — Annika Sorenstam shoots a final-round 68 to finish at 15-under to win the Nabisco Championship by eight shots over Rosie Jones.

Annika Sorenstam, right, of Sweden, jumps into the lake with her sister Charlotta after her win at Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament at 15-under-par at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif. on Sunday, March 27, 2005. This is Sorenstam's fifth victory in a row. 2010 — Joe Mazzulla scores a career-high 17 points in his first start this season and West Virginia beat Kentucky 73-66 to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1959.

In this March 27, 2010, file photo, Butler's Gordon Hayward moves down court during the first half of the NCAA West Regional final college basketball game against Kansas State in Salt Lake City.2011 — Jamie Skeen scores 26 points as Virginia Commonwealth delivers the biggest upset of the NCAA tournament, a 71-61 win over No. 1 seed Kansas in the Southwest Regional final. The Rams are the third 11th seed to make the Final Four.

Virginia Commonwealth's Jamie Skeen celebrates with fans after his team won the Southwest regional final game against Kansas in the NCAA college basketball tournament on Sunday, March 27, 2011, in San Antonio. VCU won 71-61. 2011 — Miami's LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh accomplish something that hadn't been done in more than 50 years.

Chicago Bulls guard Nate Robinson, left, celebrates a 3-point shot, as Miami Heat forward Shane Battier watches during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago on Wednesday, March 27, 2013.

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