On this date in 1920, the New York Yankees purchased the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and other considerations. … No. 5 Kansas won at home over No. 23 Oklahoma, 70-63, in college basketball on Wednesday night. No. 15 North Carolina downed visiting Harvard, 77-57. … No. 18 N.C. State (12-1) starts ACC play at Miami (8-4) tonight at 7 p.m. … NFL Wild Card playoff matchups on Saturday include Indianapolis (10-6) at Houston (11-5) at 4:35 p.m. and Seattle (10-6) at Dallas (10-6) at 8:15 p.m.