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COLLEGE BASKETBALL March 28, 1992: Duke 104, Kentucky 103 (OT) Although there have been more important college basketball games (Texas Western and its all-black starting lineup beating all-white Kentucky for the 1966 national title) and more historic (Lew Alcindor's UCLA vs. Elvin Hayes' Houston at the Astrodome in 1968), the greatest game was Duke beating Kentucky in an NCAA East Regional final in Philadelphia on Christian Laettner's last-second shot in overtime. Grant Hill inbounded the ball from the baseline with a quarterback-like fling across half court to Laettner, who got off a turnaround jumper over the Wildcats' Deron Feldhaus for the victory.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
March 28, 1992: Duke 104, Kentucky 103 (OT)
Although there have been more important college basketball games (Texas Western and its all-black starting lineup beating all-white Kentucky for the 1966 national title) and more historic (Lew Alcindor’s UCLA vs. Elvin Hayes’ Houston at the Astrodome in 1968), the greatest game was Duke beating Kentucky in an NCAA East Regional final in Philadelphia on Christian Laettner‘s last-second shot in overtime. Grant Hill inbounded the ball from the baseline with a quarterback-like fling across half court to Laettner, who got off a turnaround jumper over the Wildcats’ Deron Feldhaus for the victory.  (Charles Arbogast / Associated Press)

Rose Bowl 2006

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Jan. 4, 2006: Texas 41, USC 38
Texas quarterback Vince Young reaches the ball across the end zone for one of his three rushing touchdowns against USC in the BCS championship game at the Rose Bowl. The Longhorns won the game, 41-38, despite the Trojans featuring two Heisman Trophy winners in Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart. Young, who had a Rose Bowl-record 467 yards of offense, scored the game-winning touchdown with an eight-yard run during a fourth-and-five play with 19 seconds left.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

High school football

HIGH SCHOOLS
Oct. 6, 2001: Concord De La Salle 29, Long Beach Poly 15
In the first high school football game to match the top two teams in the nation, Maurice Drew scored four touchdowns to help second-ranked Concord De La Salle defeat No. 1 Long Beach Poly, 29-15, at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach. Drew and teammate Derek Landri were two of several players who would eventually play in the NFL, including Poly’s Darnell Bing, Winston Justice, Marcedes Lewis and Manuel Wright. It was De La Salle’s biggest victory -- its 117th -- in a national-record 151-game winning streak.  (David Kawashima / For The Times)

Secretariat, Ron Turcotte

HORSE RACING
June 9, 1973: Secretariat wins Belmont
Jockey Ron Turcotte checks the distant field as Secretariat makes the final turn before the homestretch at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Secretariat would win by a record 31 lengths to claim the Triple Crown. His time of 2 minutes 24 seconds for the 1 1/2 miles was also a record, which still stands today as does his Kentuck Derby mark of 1:59 2/5 for 1 1/4 miles. And a sport that was booming in popularity at the time had a true superstar.  (Dave Pickoff / Associated Press)

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Jesse Owens

OLYMPICS
1936: Jesse Owens dominates Berlin Games
Jesse Owens wins the 100 meters at the 1936 Olympics, for which he received a 10-minute standing ovation. Owens won three other gold medals in those Summer Games (200, long jump, 400-meter relay) and overcame racism both in the United States and in Germany, where a Nazi government was pushing the ideology of Aryan supremacy.  (CORR / AFP / Getty Images)

AC Milan, Liverpool

SOCCER
May 25, 2005: Champions League final
Liverpool’s Luis Garcia celebrates after a shot by Xabi Alonso (directly behind Garcia) tied the score with AC Milan in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final at Istanbul. Liverpool allowed a goal in the first minute and fell behind, 3-0, by halftime before staging one of the greatest comebacks in history to win on penalty kicks.  (Thomas Kienzle / Associated Press)

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