Today is Saturday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2026. There are 327 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Feb. 7, 1991, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of Haiti. (He was overthrown by the military the following September.)

Also on this date:

In 1904, the Great Baltimore Fire began; one of the worst city fires in American history, it destroyed over 1,500 buildings in central Baltimore.

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In 1943, the U.S. government announced that wartime rationing of shoes made of leather would soon take effect, limiting the number of pairs a person could buy each year. (Rationing was lifted in 1945 after World War II ended.)

In 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport as they arrived to begin their first American tour.

In 1971, women in Switzerland gained the right to vote through a national referendum, 12 years after a previous attempt failed.

In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk.

In 1999, Jordan’s King Hussein died of cancer at age 63; he was succeeded by his eldest son, Abdullah.

In 2013, Mississippi certified its ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, making it the last state to officially abolish slavery.

In 2021, after moving south to a new team and conference, Tom Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 31-9 Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on the Buccaneers’ home field.

In 2023, LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time career scoring leader.

Today’s birthdays:

Author Gay Talese is 94.
Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., is 74.
Actor James Spader is 66.
Country singer Garth Brooks is 64.
Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 64.
Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 61.
Actor Essence Atkins is 54.
Basketball Hall of Famer Steve Nash is 52.
Actor Ashton Kutcher is 48.
Actor Deborah Ann Woll is 41.
NFL quarterback Matthew Stafford is 38.
NHL forward Steven Stamkos is 36.
Race car driver Pierre Gasly is 30.
Singer Bea Miller is 27.

MINNEAPOLIS — Saddiq Bay scored 30 points, including two free throws with 10.8 seconds remaining, helping the New Orleans Pelicans overcome an 18-point second-half deficit in a 119-115 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.

Zion Williamson added 29 points and Trey Murphy III scored 26 as the Pelicans snapped a three-game skid.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards (5) goes to the basket against New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III, left, in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Minnesota took a brief one-point lead with 50 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer by Bones Hyland, but Williamson converted a three-point play to put the Pelicans up 117-115 with 35.5 seconds to play.

Anthony Edwards’ shot fell short and Bey grabbed the rebound and was fouled by Julius Randle with 10.8 seconds to play.

Edwards finished with 35 points in the loss, including 23 in the first half. Randle added 24 points, while Rudy Gobert grabbed 16 rebounds to go with his 12 points.

Pelicans rookie Derik Queen scored 17 points and was 4 for 4 from 3-point range. He entered having made just 10 shots from deep all season.

The Timberwolves led 77-59 early in the third quarter but watched that lead evaporate midway through the fourth. Murphy connected from 3-point range on consecutive possessions to briefly cut it to four points late in the third, and Bey scored five straight points to tie it at 102 in the fourth.

Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels was in foul trouble throughout. He picked up his third foul early in the second quarter and was whistled for his fourth early in the third. That forced Wolves coach Chris Finch to turn to a number of unique lineups, including a season-high 10 minutes for seldom-used Johnny Juzang.

The Wolves struggled to slow Williamson in the paint. The Pelicans star connected on 11 of his 13 shots, all in the post.

Minnesota hosts the Los Angeles Clippers at 2 p.m. Sunday in a game televised on both FDSN and ESPN.

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Any positivity surrounding the Minnesota men’s hockey team after last weekend’s sweep of the eighth-ranked Badgers completely evaporated Friday night as the Gophers lost 6-2 at home to also-lowly Ohio State.

The Mariucci crowd was not in good spirits after the Buckeyes responded to the hosts taking a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Brodie Ziemer by logging the next four scores to take a 4-1 lead midway through the second period.

Brody Lamb’s power-play goal at 13:16 of the middle stanza stopped the bleeding, but only briefly, as Ohio State scored twice more in the third period to claim the four-goal victory.

Minnesota goaltenders Luca Di Pasquo and Nathan Airey were busy in the net, making a combined 40 saves. Di Pasquo made 25 stops while allowing four goals, Airey saved 15 shots while being beaten twice.

The Gophers fell to 10-16-1 overall, 6-10 in the Big Ten, with the loss. They remain seven points ahead of Ohio State, which is 8-15-1 overall, 4-10 in conference play. Only cellar-dwelling Notre Dame (5-18-3, 1-13) sits worse than Minnesota and OSU in the Big Ten.

After one more game against the Buckeyes at 8 p.m. Saturday, the Gophers travel to South Bend, Ind. to face the flailing Fighting Irish next weekend.

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Nick Williams’ goal midway through overtime gave the No. 15 St. Thomas men’s hockey team a 3-2 victory at Bowling Green Friday night.

The Tommies trailed twice in the contest before rallying in both the first and second periods. Nathan Pilling scored the visitors’ first goal of the night on the power play at 18:33 of the opening frame to send the contest into the initial intermission knotted at 1-1.

Bowling Green regained the lead just 54 seconds into the middle stanza to re-take the advantage at 2-1. However, less than 12 minutes later, Pilling logged his second power-play goal of the evening to once again deadlock the contest at 2-2.

After a scoreless third period, Williams broke the Falcons’ hearts with his even-strength tally to win the game. It was the Tommies’ 12th win in their last 13 games, giving them an 18-8-3 overall record, 15-4-2 in conference play.

Goaltender Carsen Musser made 25 saves to earn the victory in net, while Lucas Wahlin collected two of UST’s six assists in the contest.

St. Thomas now leads the CCHA by five points over Augustana and Michigan Tech, with the Huskies defeating the Vikings 3-2 in overtime on Friday.

Bowling Green fell to 14-7-6 overall, 11-5-3 in the CCHA. The Falcons will host the Tommies again at 5:07 p.m. Saturday evening, with the game broadcast on CCHATV.

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Coming Sunday, another Gophers Super Bowl champion