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This Day In Sports
August 17
1904 Boston Red Sox hurler Jesse Tannehill twirled a no-hitter over the Chicago White Sox, 6-0.
1920 One day after being beamed in the head by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman died in what is believed to be the only known fatality in major league baseball history.
1933 New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig extended his consecutive playing string to 1,308, topping the previous mark held by Everett Scott.
1938 Henry Armstrong defeated Lou Ambers for the Lightweight championship. It marked the first time a boxer had held three titles at the same time.
1969 Raymond Floyd edged Gary Player by one stroke to capture the PGA Championship.
1972 Philadelphia Phillies lefthander Steve Carlton defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 9-4, to extend his personal winning streak to 15 games. Carlton would enjoy one of the greatest seasons of the modern era, finishing with 27 wins.
1977 Jockey Steve Cauthen rode Affirmed for the first time, winning the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga Racecourse by 2 3/4 lengths.
1990 Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk homered to eclipse Johnny Bench's record for catchers over a career, registering the 328th of his career as the Sox downed the Texas Rangers, 4-2.
1991 The Tampa Bay Storm won ArenaBowl V with a 48-42 win over the Detroit Drive.
1992 Kevin Gross of the Los Angeles Dodgers twirled a no-hitter against their heated rivals, the San Francisco Giants, 2-0, at Dodger Stadium.
1999 Orioles pitcher Jesse Orosco pitched in his major league record 1,072 game. The record was previously held by Dennis Eckersley.
2002 Alfonso Soriano of New York Yankees became the first second baseman in major league history to reach 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season.
2003 Shaun Michel knocked a seven-iron from the first cut of rough within inches of the cup at the 72nd hole to cement a two-shot win at the PGA Championship.
2004 American swimmer Michael Phelps won two more gold medals, in the 200-meter butterfly and 800-meter freestyle relay at the Summer Olympics in Greece
For the first time since 1904, the United States had two medal winners in one fencing discipline. Mariel Zagunis won the gold medal in the women's individual sabre, while fellow American Sada Jacobson captured the bronze.
The Arena Football League board of directors, approved Arthur M. Blank as the new owner of the Georgia Force. Blank is also the owner of the Atlanta Falcons.
Birthdays Alex Cole (1966) - MLB player.
As of August 17, 2008, at 10:14 AM ET

This Day In Sports
August 18
1915 Boston defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1, in the inaugural game at Braves Field.
1923 Seventeen year old Helen Mills defeated Molla Bjustedt Mallory, 6-2, 6-1 in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association Championships.
1957 Floyd Patterson retained his world heavyweight title belt with a 13th round knockout of Roy Harris in Los Angeles.
1960 Milwaukee's Lew Burdette twirled a no-hitter against the Phillies in Braves 1-0 win.
1961 Trainer Dale Baird saddled his first winner, New York, at Ellis Park.
1973 Hank Aaron set a major league record with his 1,378th extra base hit.
1989 The Detroit Drive won ArenaBowl III with a 39-36 win over the Pittsburgh Gladiators.
1995 Thirteen year old Dominique Moceanu won the National Gymnastics Championships senior women's all-around title and became the youngest to accomplish the feat.
St. Louis reliever Tom Henke recorded his 300th save and became only the seventh player to do so in major league history. Henke held on in the ninth inning to preserve a Cardinals 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
1996 Wade Boggs became the 41st player in baseball history to get 2,000 career singles with an RBI single in the 12th inning of the Yankees 13-12 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
2002 The San Jose SaberCats won ArenaBowl XVI with a 52-14 win over the Arizona Rattlers.
Rich Beem held off a hard-charging Tiger Woods to win the PGA Championship by one stoke.
2004 The United States women won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle relay in a world record time of 7:53.42, 2.05 seconds faster than a record set in 1987 by the former German Democratic Republic.
American Paul Hamm won the gold medal in the men's all-around competition in gymnastics. It was the first U.S. medal in that event in 20 years.
Birthdays Roberto Clemente (1934) - MLB player.
As of August 18, 2008, at 09:57 AM ET

This Day In Sports
August 19
1921 Detroit's Ty Cobb recorded his 3,000 career hit with a single off Boston Red Sox' Elmer Myers.
1930 Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox was beaten by 110-1 shot Jim Dandy in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
1934 Helen Hull Jacobs captured the women's title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships.
1951 One of the most memorable days in baseball history occurred when the St. Louis Browns sent a midget to the plate against the Detroit Tigers. Eddie Gaedel, wearing the number 1/8 and standing only 3 feet, 7 inches tall, walked on four consecutive pitches and was then replaced by a pinch-runner.
1957 A sad day in New York history, as the New York Giants Board of Directors voted to move the club to San Francisco in 1958.
1965 John Longden rode his 6,000th winner, riding Prince Scorpion to victory while at Exhibition Park.
Cincinnati's Jim Maloney threw a 10-inning, no-hitter at the Chicago Cubs, winning 1-0. Leo Cardenas's home run in the 10th was the lone run of the game.
1969 Chicago Cubs lefthander Ken Holtzman twirled a no-hitter at the Atlanta Braves, winning 3-0 at Wrigley Field. Ron Santo's first-inning, three- run homer was all Holtzman needed.
1981 Renaldo Nehemiah established a world record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 12.93 seconds in a meet at Zurich, Switzerland.
1984 Lee Trevino defeated Gary Player and Lanny Wadkins by four strokes to capture the PGA Championship.
1990 Jockey Earlie Fires became the 11th rider in Thoroughbred racing history to win 5,000 victories when he guided Tex's Zing to victory in the ninth race at Arlington International Racecourse.
Chicago White Sox' Bobby Thigpen notched his 40th save of the season, as the Sox defeated the Texas Rangers, 4-2. Thigpen became the eighth and fastest to record 40 saves in a season.
1996 Minnesota's Paul Molitor tied Lou Gehrig by stroking his 534th career double.
2001 The Grand Rapids Rampage won ArenaBowl XV with a 64-42 win over the Nashville Kats.
2002 Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis announced his retirement.
2004 United States gymnast Carly Patterson won the gold in the women's all-around. The 16-year-old Patterson became the first women's all-around gold medal winner for the U.S. since Mary Lou Retton in 1984.
Birthdays Willie Shoemaker (1931) - Hall-of-Fame Jockey; Morton Anderson (1960) - NFL kicker; Bobby Hebert (1960) - NFL quarterback; David Boston (1978) - NFL player.

As of August 19, 2008, at 10:00 AM ET

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This Day In Sports
August 21
1901 William Larned captured the first of seven men's singes titles at the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship.
1914 Walter Hagen defeated Chick Evans to win the U.S. Open golf tournament.
1919 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons hurled a no-hitter over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
1931 Babe Ruth blasted his 600th home run as the New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Browns, 11-7.
1971 Sixteen-year old Laura Baugh became the youngest golfer in history to win the United States women's amateur golf tourney.
1982 Milwaukee Brewers righthander Rollie Fingers became the first reliever to achieve 300 career saves en route to a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
1986 Boston's Spike Owens banged out four hits and became the first player in 40 years to score six runs in a game as the Red Sox crushed the Cleveland Indians, 24-5.
1993 The Tampa Bay Storm won ArenaBowl VII with a 51-31 win over the Detroit Drive.
1999 The Albany Firebirds won ArenaBowl XIII with a 59-48 win over the Orlando Predators.
2002 The Denver Nuggets named Jeff Bzdelik their new head coach.
2004 The Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins swapped two former All-Pros, as the Bears acquired left defensive end Adewale Ogunleye from the Dolphins in exchange for receiver Marty Booker and a 2005 third-round draft pick.
The United States basketball team lost to Lithuania 94-90. This was the first time ever the United States had two defeats at the same Summer Olympic Games.
Top-seeded Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne, competing in her first Olympic Games, won a gold medal by beating second-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France in straight sets.
U.S. swimming team won a gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay in a world record time of 3 minutes, 30.68 seconds. American Michael Phelps finished with six golds and two bronzes in Athens, which moved him into a tie with Soviet gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin's 1980 record for the most medals won at one Olympics.
2005 San Francisco offensive lineman Thomas Herrion collapsed in the locker room and died the following morning, shortly after the 49ers played the Denver Broncos in a preseason game. He was 23.
The Baltimore Bayhawks won the Major League Lacrosse Championship as they defeated the Long Island Lizards 15-9.
2007 The University of Miami announced the Hurricanes football team will play home games at Dolphin Stadium starting in 2008. The Hurricanes played at the Orange Bowl since 1937.
Birthdays Wilt Chamberlain (1936) - NBA Hall of Famer, Willie Lanier (1945) - NFL Hall of Famer, Archie Griffin (1954) - NFL running back & Heisman Trophy winner, Jim McMahon (1959) - NFL quarterback, John Wetteland (1966) - MLB pitcher, Andujar Cedeno (1969) - MLB player. Akili Smith (1975) - NFL quarterback.
As of August 21, 2008, at 09:59 AM E

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This Day In Sports
August 22
1851 The United States won the first international yacht race, defeating 14 British yachts. The schooner was named "America".
1950 Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player allowed to participate in the national championships.
1951 The Harlem Globetrotters performed before 75,000 at Berlin's Olympic Games. It was the largest crowd ever to witness a basketball game.
1957 Floyd Patterson KO'd Pete Rademacher in the sixth round to retain his world heavyweight fight title at Sicks Stadium in Seattle.
1959 A second pro football league was named on this date, the American Football League. The original members of the league were Lamar Hunt of Dallas; Bob Howsam, Denver; K.S. (Bud) Adams, Houston; Barron Hilton, Los Angeles; Max Winter and Bill Boyer, Minneapolis; Harry Wismer, New York City. Buffalo's Ralph Wilson joined the group two months later and William H. Sullivan of Boston was added in November.
1972 In preparation for his next start, the Aug. 26 Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga, Secretariat worked a half-mile in :46 2-5.
1984 New York Mets sensation Dwight Gooden fanned 19 San Diego Padres and became the 11th rookie to strike out 200 batters or more in a season.
Evelyn Ashford set a world record in the 100-meter dash in 10.76 seconds during a meet in Zurich Switzerland.
1987 Brazil snapped the 34-game winning streak of the U.S. Men's Basketball team with a 120-115 victory in the Pan Am Games. Oscar Schmidt netted 46 points for Brazil.
1989 Nolan Ryan became the first player in major league history to reach 5,000 strikeouts in a career in a game against the California Angels.
1992 The Detroit Drive won ArenaBowl VI with a 56-38 win over the Orlando Predators.
2000 Colorado Rockies catcher Brett Mayne became the first position player since 1968 to win a major league game, pitching a scoreless 12th inning in a 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves at Coors Field.
2003 Baylor named Scott Drew its new basketball coach.
2004 The United States men's rowing team scored a gold medal in the eights competition.
Chile tennis player Nicolas Massu won a gold medal in men's singles by beating American Mardy Fish in five sets.
The Philadelphia Barrage won the Major League Lacrosse Championship, as they defeated the Boston Cannons 13-11.
2007 Marlon Byrd and Travis Metcalf each belted grand slams, helping the Texas Rangers set a modern-record for most runs in a game by decimating the Baltimore Orioles 30-3.
Birthdays Carl Yastrzemski (1939) - Hall of Fame MLB player, Bill Parcells (1941) - NFL head coach, Paul Molitor (1956) - MLB player.

As of August 22, 2008, at 10:27 AM ET

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This Day In Sports
August 23
1906 The Chicago White Sox defeated the Washington Senators to extend their winning streak to 19 straight.
1931 Dick Coffman and the St. Louis Browns put to an end the personal 16-game winning streak of Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Lefty Grove, 1-0. Grove lost the game on a misplayed fly ball by Jim Moore.
1936 Cleveland Indians Bob Feller made a spectacular debut, striking out the first eight men he faced and 15 overall, one shy of what then was a league record. What made his debut even more spectacular was the fact he was only 17 years old.
1956 Carl Gambardella had his first career winner, aboard Rollin Warm, at Hagerstown.
1974 Frank Whiteley-trained Ruffian won the Spinaway Stakes by 13 lengths at Saratoga Racecourse, ending her two-year-old season with a 5-for-5 record. Ruffian was subsequently voted champion juvenile filly of 1974.
1989 Rick Dempsey's lead-off homer put an end to a 22-inning marathon affair between Los Angeles and Montreal, a game in which the Dodgers won 1-0. It marked the second longest shutout in major league history.
1998 San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds blasted his 400th career home run to become the first player in major league history to have 400 home runs and 400 stolen bases.
The Orlando Predators won ArenaBowl XII with a 62-31 win over the Tampa Bay Storm,
2003 Former MLB great Bobby Bonds passed away at the age of 57. Bonds had been ill for nearly a year with lung cancer and a brain tumor.
NY Jets QB Chad Pennington suffered a dislocated left wrist in the club's third preseason game against the NY Giants.
2004 The United States softball team won its third consecutive Olympic gold with a 5-1 victory over Australia.
Birthdays Sonny Jurgensen (1934) - NFL quarterback, Julio Franco (1962) - MLB player, Rik Smits (1966) - NBA center, Cortez Kennedy (1968) - NFL defensive lineman, Kobe Bryant (1978) - NBA player.
As of August 23, 2008, at 12:19 PM ET

This Day In Sports
August 25
1904 Jim Jeffries retained his world heavyweight title with a second round knockout of Jack Munroe in San Francisco
1908 Marked the first $50,000 trotting race in the United States, the American Trotting Derby, which was won by Allen Winter with Lon McDonald driving.
1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey became the first American woman to capture a medal in Olympic competition. Bleibtrey won the 100-meter freestyle in Antwerp, Belgium.
1925 Nineteen year old Helen Wills captured their third straight U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles with a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win over Kathleen McKane.
1952 Detroit's Virgil Trucks recorded his second no-hitter, but his last victory of the season against New York at Yankee Stadium. Trucks fanned eight batter and walked one. It would be the final win of the year as he finished the season with a dismal 5-19 mark.
1985 Dwight Gooden became the youngest 20 game winner, at 20 years 9 months and 9 days, in pitching the Mets past the Padres 9-3.
1986 Mark McGwire belted his first major league home run off of Walt Terrell of the Detroit Tigers.
1987 Julie Krone won her 1,000th career victory, aboard Tiger Higgins in the second race at Monmouth Park.
1996 Barry Bonds ended his franchise record 357 consecutive playing streak for the San Francisco Giants due to a strained left hamstring.
Tiger Woods became the first player to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur Golf Championships at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Oregon.
1997 The United States Tennis Association dedicated Arthur Ashe Stadium with a dramatic on-court ceremony at the U.S. Open.
The Arizona Rattlers won ArenaBowl XI with a 55-33 win over the Iowa Barnstormers.
2003 Tennis great Pete Sampras officially said goodbye to his sport with a centre court retirement announcement at the U.S. Open. Sampras won 14 major titles, including the U.S. Open five times.
2004 Israel picked up its first-ever gold medal at the Olympics when windsurfer Gal Fridman won the men's mistral.
Cuba won its third Olympic baseball gold medal by defeating Australia 6-2.
Birthdays Robert Horry (1970) - NBA player. Rollie Fingers (1946) - MLB relief pitcher
As of August 25, 2008, at 09:47 AM ET

=== Colts still murky on Saturday injury ===


Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - The Indianapolis Colts are still not
sure how bad the right knee injury to center Jeff Saturday is.

Coach Tony Dungy told the Indianapolis Star that further evaluations will
determine if an injury is a short-term concern or might threaten his season.

"It could be anywhere from a couple of weeks to a major injury," Dungy told
the newspaper. "We're still trying to sort that out right now."

Saturday left Sunday's 20-7 preseason loss to the Buffalo Bills with in
the third quarter. The veteran appeared to get his leg rolled up on by several
defenders and limped off the field under his own power.

Saturday, entering his tenth season, has been named to three Pro Bowls
during his career.





08/26 15:30:00 ET

This Day In Sports
August 27
1903 Britain's Hugh Doherty became the first non-American to win the men's singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships.
1909 William Larned won his fifth U.S. Open men's singles title with a five set win over William Clothier in the challenge round in Newport, R.I.
1921 Green Bay was awarded an NFL franchise.
1928 Helen Wills won her fifth U.S. Open women's singles title, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-1.
1975 In front of a crowd of 4,949 at the West Side Tennis Club, Onny Parun defeated Stan Smith 6-4, 6-2 in the first night match played at the U.S. Open.
1976 Transsexual tennis player Renee Richards, who had competed as Dr. Richard Raskin, was barred from the U.S. Open after refusing to take a chromosome test.
1978 Cincinnati Reds second baseman Joe Morgan became the first player in history to reach 200 home runs and 500 career steals in a career.
1982 Oakland Athletics outfielder Rickey Henderson eclipsed Lou Brock's major league single season record for stolen bases with three thefts in the A's 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, at the age of 14 years and eight days, became the youngest player to win a match at the U.S. Open when she defeated Sara Gomer 6-1, 6-4 in the first round.
1996 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens surpassed Cy Young as the franchise leader in career innings pitched as the Red Sox defeated the California Angels, 1-0.
2004 Argentina ended the United States chances for a gold medal in men's basketball at the Athens Games, with an 89-81 victory in the semifinals.
2005 Flower Alley made it two straight wins at Saratoga, as he posted a convincing victory in the $1 million Travers Stakes.
2006 Tiger Woods won his fourth straight PGA event and 52nd of his career, with victory at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
The Philadelphia Barrage won the Major League Lacrosse Championship with a 23-12 victory over the Denver Outlaws .
2007 The Houston Astros fired manger Phil Garner and general manager Tim Purpura.
Birthdays Frank Leahy (1908) - Notre Dame FB coach; Lou Piniella (1943) - MLB Manager; Buddy Bell (1951) - MLB player and manager; Brian McRae (1967) - MLB player; Jim Thome (1970) - MLB player; Adam Oates (1962) - NHL player.

As of August 27, 2008, at 12:40 PM ET

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This Day In Sports
August 28
1945 Brooklyn Dodger General Manager Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson met for the first time to discuss the possibility of signing with the Dodgers. This set the stage for Robinson shattering the color line.
1951 The Pittsburgh Pirates halted the New York Giants winning streak at 16 games with a 2-0 victory.
1956 The U.S. was swept 5-0 by Australia in the Davis Cup.
1988 After riding Precisionist in the Cabrillo Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack, 33-year-old Chris McCarron became the fifth jockey to surpass $100 million in career earnings.
1990 Chicago Cubs Ryne Sandberg became the first second baseman in MLB history to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons.
Stefan Edberg became the first No. 1 seeded player since John Newcombe in 1971 to lose in the first round of the U.S. Open, when he was defeated by Alexander Volkov of the USSR 6-3, 7-6, 6-2.
1994 Eighteen-year old Tiger Woods became the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, eeking out victory over Trip Kuehne.
1995 Monica Seles defeated Ruxandra Dragomir 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the U.S. Open. It was Seles' first Grand Slam tournament in 2 1/2 years after being stabbed in the back in Hamburg, Germany.
1996 San Diego's Ken Caminiti set an NL record by homering from both sides of the plate for the seventh time in his career as the Padres beat the New York Mets, 3-2 in 12 innings.
San Diego's Fernando Valenzuela recorded his 2,000th career strikeout in the Padres 3-2, 12th-inning victory over the New York Mets.
2004 Argentina won the gold medal in mens soccer defeating Paraguay 1-0.
The American womens basketball team won their third straight Olympic gold medal with a 74-63 victory over Australia.
Luis Scola scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, as Argentina won its first ever Olympic medal in men's basketball by defeating Italy 84-69.
2005 Hawaii's Michael Memea hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lead the United States over Curacao, 7-6, in the Little League World Series Championship Game.
Birthdays Janet Evans (1971) - Olympic swimmer.

This Day In Sports
August 30
1916 Boston Red Sox pitcher Dutch Leonard twirled a no-hitter versus the St. Louis Browns, winning 4-0.
1926 Guy McKinney, driven by Nat Ray, won the first-ever Hambletonian held at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. The purse was $73,451.
1937 Joe Louis won a 15-round unanimous decision over Tommy Farr at Yankee Stadium in the first defense of his world heavyweight title.
1945 The Boston Red Sox became the first Major League team to resume flying to other cities after the lifting of war-time restrictions.
1981 Bill Shoemaker became the first jockey to win a $1 million race when he rode John Henry to a nose victory over The Bart in the inaugural Arlington Million at Arlington Park.
1987 Canada's Ben Johnson set the world record in the 100 meters, smashing Calvin Smith's four-year old mark of 9.93 by .10 of a second at the World Track and Field Championships in Rome.
1999 Long time NFL defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur died of liver cancer.
2002 MLB and its players came to an agreement on a new four-year labor contact and avoided a work stoppage.
2003 Katie Hnida became the first woman to score in a Division I football game when she kicked two extra points for New Mexico in a 72-8 win over Texas State-San Marcos.
2006 Boston pitcher Curt Schilling recorded his 3,000th career strikeout, when he struck out Oakland's Nick Swisher.
Birthdays Ted Williams (1918) - MLB Hall of Fame; Coy Bacon (1943) - NFL player; Frank "Tug" McGraw (1944) - MLB pitcher; Robert Parish (1953) - NBA player; Ricky Sanders (1962) - NFL player.

This Day In Sports
September 3
1917 Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched two complete games in one day, winning 5-0 and 9-3.
1921 The United States defeated Japan in five straight matches to capture the Davis Cup.
1945 Sgt. Frank Parker, after enduring a 9,000 mile flight from Guam to defend his U.S. tennis title, defeated Bill Talbert, 14-12, 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the post-war U.S. Open.
1956 Swaps ended his racing career with a victory in the Washington Park Handicap at Washington Park. He was subsequently named Horse of the Year.
Jockey John Longden surpassed Sir Gordon Richards's then-record number of wins when he rode Arrogate to victory in the Del Mar Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack to attain his 4,871st victory.
1960 Kelso, ridden for the first time by Eddie Arcaro, won the Jerome Handicap.
1970 Future Hall-of-Fame Coach Vince Lombardi died at the age of 57.
1972 Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal in swimming at the Munich Olympics.
1973 Billie Jean King bowed out of her match with Julie Heldman due to the flu in the United States Open Tennis Tournament.
1977 Sadaharu Oh hit his 756th career home run in Japanese Central League game to pass Hank Aaron's major league record.
1988 U.S. swimmer Matt Biondi won the 100 meter freestyle at the Seoul Olympics.
1989 Chris Evert defeated 15 year-old Monica Seles, 6-0, 6-2 for her 101st and last U.S. Open singles victory.
1994 Florida's Terry Dean tossed an NCAA record seven touchdown passes in the first half as the Gators rolled to a 70-21 drubbing of New Mexico State.
Miami slugged Georgia Southern, 56-0, breaking an NCAA football record with its 58th consecutive home win. The previous record holder was Alabama, which won 57 straight at home between 1962-82.
2003 The Indiana Pacers named Rick Carlisle their new basketball coach.
2006 University of Louisville running back Michael Bush would miss the rest of the season after breaking his right leg in the third quarter of his team's 59-28 victory over Kentucky.
Florida Panthers coach Mike Keenan stepped down as general manager and was replaced by head coach Jacques Martin.
Andre Agassi's brilliant career came to an end at the U.S. Open with a third-round loss to qualifier Benjamin Becker of Germany.
Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie was named the WNBA MVP on for the third time in her career.
Spain won its first-ever world basketball championship with a 70-47 victory over Greece.
Birthdays Damon Stoudamire (1973) - NBA player.
As of September 3, 2008, at 09:33 AM ET

This Day In Sports
September 4
1941 The New York Yankees clinched their third straight pennant earlier than any team in major league history, defeating the Boston Red Sox, 6-3.
1953 The New York Yankees became the first major league team to win five consecutive pennants.
1966 The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first team in MLB history to draw more than two million fans at home and on the road in an 8-6 victory over Cincinnati Reds at old Crosley Field.
The Houston Oilers humiliated Denver, 45-7, holding the Broncos without a first down.
1983 Green Bay's Lynn Dickey completed 27 of 31 passes, including 18 straight for 333 yards and four touchdowns, in leading the Packers to a 41-38 victory over the Houston Oilers.
1993 New York Yankees' hurler Jim Abbott pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians, the eighth in club history.
1994 Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino tossed five touchdowns and became only the second QB ever to record 300 touchdown passes as the Dolphins eeked out a 39-35 victory over the New England Patriots.
China's Fu Mingxia became the first woman to win consecutive highboard world titles, beating countrywoman Chi Bin at the world Swimming and Diving Championships in Rome.
1998 The New York Yankees won their 100th game of the season with their 11-6 win over the Chicago White Sox, and in so doing, reached the century mark on the earliest date in major league history.
1999 Eddie Taubensee hit two of Cincinnati's National League record nine homers, as the Reds pounded the Phillies, 22-3 at Veterans Stadium.
2002 Scott Hatteberg belted a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Oakland Athletics edged Kansas City, 12-11, to set an American League record with their 20th consecutive victory.
Argentina pulled off one of the biggest upsets in basketball history, beating the United States, 87-80, in second round action at the World Championships.
2003 New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter announced his retirement.
2006 Damon Allen passed former CFL and NFL star Warren Moon as pro football's all-time leading passer, throwing for 207 yards and two scores to lead Toronto past Hamilton, 40-6. The 22-year CFL veteran finished the game with 70,595 career passing yards.
Birthdays Mike Piazza (1968) - MLB player; Tom Watson (1949) - golfer; John Vanbiesbrouck (1963) - NHL goalie.
As of September 4, 2008, at 09:29 AM ET

This Day In Sports
September 11
1912 Philadelphia Athletics' Eddie Collins stole six bases in a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers.
1918 Carl Mays twirled a three-hitter to beat the Chicago Cubs and won the World Series in six games.
1926 The U.S. won their seventh consecutive Davis Cup, ousting France, 4-1.
1935 Helen Hull Jacobs won the U.S. Lawn Association championship for the fourth straight year.
1937 Don Budge defeated Germany's Gottfried von Cramm to win his first U.S. men's singles title.
1946 Marked the longest tie game in Major League history as the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds played to a scoreless tie in 19 innings at Ebbetts Field.
1951 Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.
1955 Tony Trabert defeated Ken Rosewall to win his U.S. men's singles championship.
1956 Cincinnati's Frank Robinson tied a rookie record for most home runs in one season by clubbing his 38th of the year.
1959 Pittsburgh reliever Roy Face suffered his first and only loss of the season at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers, losing 5-4. Face, who finished the season with a spectacular 18-1 record, had his 22-game winning streak ended in this contest.
1976 In the third race at Latonia, jockey John Oldham and his wife, Suzanne Picou, became the first husband and wife riding team to compete in a parimutuel race together. Oldham finished second aboard Harvey's Hope and Picou rode My Girl Carla to an 11th-place finish.
Chris Evert captured her second straight women's singles title in the U.S. Open by ousting Evonne Goolagong in two sets.
1982 Jockey Earlie Fired had his 3,000th career win, aboard Volga Ace, in the fourth race at Arlington Park.
Chris Evert won her sixth and final U.S. Open singles crown, defeating Hana Mandlikova, 6-3, 6-1.
1983 Jimmy Connors won his second consecutive and fifth overall singles title at U.S. Open defeating Ivan Lendl, 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-0.
1985 Cincinnati's Pete Rose became baseball's all-time hit leader when he roped a single into left-center field off San Diego Padres starter Eric Show in the first inning of his game. Rose's hit was the 4,192nd of his career.
1987 New York Mets third baseman Howard Johnson became the first NL infielder to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season.
1988 Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in four
the longest men's final in U.S. Open
1993 Steffi Graf won her third U.S. Open singles title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Helena Sukova.
1994 Andre Agassi became the first unseeded player since Fred Stolle in 1966 to win the U.S. Open as he defeated No. 4 seed Michael Stitch of Germany, 6-1, 7-6, 7-5 in the men's singles final.
1995 Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre and wide receiver Robert Brooks hooked-up for a 99-yard touchdown reception, tying an NFL record, against the Chicago Bears.
1996 San Diego's Ken Caminiti broke his own major league record by homering from both sides of the plate against the Pittsburgh Pirates for the fourth time this season.
1999 Minnesota Twins lefthander Eric Milton pitched a no-hitter against the Anaheim Angels.
Seventh-seeded Serena Williams won her first-ever Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over top-seeded Martina Hingis in the women's singles final at the U.S. Open.
Dave Palone won 10 races at The Meadows, equaling Walter Case Jr. record for the most wins on a single card.
2001 The sports world came to a screeching halt, as terrorists crashed planes in the World Trade Towers in Lower Manhattan. Moments later, the North and South Towers fell to the ground.
2002 Former Baltimore Colts star Johnny Unitas, one of the top quarterbacks of all-time, suffered a fatal heart attack and passed away at the age of 69. Unitas, a three-time MVP in his 18-year career, completed 2,830 passes for 40,239 yards and 290 touchdowns.
Eric Crouch, last year's Heisman Trophy winner, announced his retirement. The former Nebraska star was drafted by the St. Louis Rams, who tried to convert the quarterback to a wide receiver.
2004 Svetlana Kuznetsova became the third Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title this year when she bested countrywoman Elena Dementieva in straight sets at the U.S. Open.
2005 Roger Federer won the U.S. Open for a second straight year. He defeated American Andre Agassi in four sets.
The United States women won the Solheim Cup, 15 1/2-12 1/2 over Team Europe. Captain Nancy Lopez kept the American home winning streak in tact, going 5-0.
The 1st Sunday of NFL football started and there were two casualities - Green Bay WR Javon Walker (torn ACL) and Carolina DT Kris Jenkins (torn ACL), were both injured and forced to miss the rest of the season.
Miami's Nick Saban and San Francisco's Mike Nolan, the two worst teams in the NFL last season, posted victories in their NFL debut. Saban's Dolphins beat Denver, while Nolan's 49ers upset St. Louis. Cleveland's Romeo Crennel lost in his debut to the Cincinnati Bengals.
2006 The New England Patriots traded disgruntled wide receiver Deion Branch to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a 2007 first round draft pick.
Birthdays Paul "Bear" Bryant (1913) - College Football coach; Tom Landry (1924) - NFL player and Dallas Cowboys head coach; Ellis Burks (1964) - MLB player.
As of September 11, 2008, at 09:26 AM ET

This Day In Sports
September 13
1923 George Burns of the Boston Red Sox performed the third unassisted triple play in history.
1925 Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance twirled a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader, winning, 10-1.
1932 Joe McCarthy became the first manager to win pennants in both leagues when his New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant.
1946 Ted Williams hit his only inside-the-park home run as Boston clinched its first American League pennant since 1918.
1949 The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed in New York City.
1964 Roy Emerson won his second U.S. Men's singles title, defeating Fred Stolle in the final.
1965 San Francisco's Willie Mays clubbed his 500th career home run off Houston's Don Nottebart as the Giants go on to win the game, 5-1.
1970 The first ever New York City Marathon took place and ran entirely inside Central Park.
1971 Baltimore's Frank Robinson joined the 500 home run club with his shot off Detroit's Fred Scherman.
1981 John McEnroe won his third consecutive U.S. Open in what was Bjorn Borg's last match at the tournament.
1986 Minnesota's Bert Blyleven surrendered five home runs, raising his AL record-setting total to 44 for the year.
1989 Jockey Pat Day won eight of the day's nine races at Arlington International Racecourse. In his only loss, Day finished second on Wayne's by George.
1992 Defending champion Stefan Edberg defeated 1990 U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2, to win the Men's singles final.
1996 Seattle shortstop Alex Rodriguez became the first player in team history to reach 200 hits in a season with an RBI single in the first inning of the Mariners 13-7 win at Minnesota.
Toronto's Charlie O'Brien became the first catcher in major league history to wear a hockey goalie-like catcher's mask against the New York Yankees.
Frank Thomas hit his 214th career home run, moving ahead of catcher Carlton Fisk as the Chicago White Sox' career home run leader.
New York Yankees pitcher John Wetteland became only the second Yankee to record 40 or more saves in a season in New York's 4-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays. Dave Righetti holds the single-season club record with 46.
1997 Oscar De La Hoya won a unanimous decision over Hector Camacho to defend his WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas.
1998 Chicago's Sammy Sosa hit home run #61, tying Roger Maris' single- season home run record and then launched a dramatic shot off Eric Plunk in the ninth inning to tie Mark McGwire for the single-season record currently holding at 62. The Cubs went on to win the game in 10 innings, 11-10.
Patrick Rafter defended his U.S. Open men's singles title, defeating fellow Australian Mark Philippoussis, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
2003 "Sugar" Shane Mosley won a controversial 12-round decision over Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand, taking De La Hoya's WBA & WBC super welterweight championship titles. All three judges ruled the fight 115-113.
2007 Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Greg Oden underwent knee surgery and would miss the entire 2007-08 season.
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was fined the maximum of $500,000 by the league for the use of equipment to videotape an opposing team's offensive or defensive signals. In addition the Patriots that would forfeit their own first-round draft choice in 2008 if they reach the playoffs or their own second-round and third-round picks if they do not qualify for the playoffs. The club was also fined $250,000.
Birthdays Denny Neagle (1968) - MLB pitcher; Bernie Williams (1968) - MLB player; Goran Ivanisevic (1971) - tennis player.

This Day In Sports
September 15
1938 Lloyd and Paul Waner became the first brothers to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league game. The brothers accomplished the feat against New York Giants hurler Cliff Melton.
1968 Washington's Sonny Jurgenson and wide receiver Gerry Allen hooked up for a 99-yard touchdown reception, which tied an NFL record.
1971 Stan Smith and Billie Jean King won their respective men and women's singles titles in the U.S.Open Tennis Tournament. It was the first time Americans had pulled off the double in 16 years.
1978 Muhammad Ali became the first three-time heavyweight champion after a unanimous 15-round decision over Leon Spinks at the Superdome in New Orleans.
The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first club in history to pass three-million mark in home attendance.
1997 The National Hockey League and players' union agreed to change the format of the 1998 All-Star Game. Due to the use of NHL players in the Winter Olympics for the first time, the league decided to pit the top players from the United States and Canada against the best players from the rest of the world.
1998 St. Louis' Mark McGwire cracked his 63rd home run of the season, but the Cardinals still lost to the Pirates, 8-6.
2003 Former Giants Head Coach Bill Parcells returned to the Meadowlands as coach of the hated Dallas Cowboys and saw his club beat the Giants, 35-32 in overtime. Bill Cundiff booted 7 FGs, including a 25-yarder in OT, which tied an NFL record.
The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) announced that it has suspended operations, effective immediately.
2004 Arizona's Randy Johnson became the all-time major league strikeout leader among left-handed pitchers.
2005 The Arizona Rattlers named Gene Nudo their new head coach.
Birthdays Gaylord Perry (1938) - MLB pitcher; Merlin Olsen (1940) - NFL player; Dan Marino (1961) - NFL quarterback; Earnest Byner (1962) - NFL running back; Sherman Douglas (1966) - NBA player; Mike Dunleavy Jr. (1980) - NBA player.
As of September 15, 2008, at 09:10 AM ET

This Day In Sports
September 23
1926 Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
1952 Rocky Marciano knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round to capture the heavyweight title of the world. It was Marciano's 43rd straight win.
1957 The Braves clinched their first pennant in Milwaukee on Hank Aaron's 14th-inning home run.
1970 The Virginia Slims circuit was founded by nine female tennis players, led by Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals.
1978 Minnesota Twins and California Angels star outfielder Lyman Bostock was shot and killed.
1979 St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock stole his 938th career base, which broke Billy Hamilton's old record.
The Houston Oilers rallied from a 24-point deficit to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 30-27 in overtime.
1988 Jose Canseco became baseball's first 40-40 man. In a 14-inning victory at Milwaukee, the Oakland outfielder hit his 41st homer and stole his 39th and 40th bases.
1992 Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in one of the four major sports league by playing goaltender in an exhibition game for the NHL expansion Tampa Bay Lightning. The 20-year old Rheaume surrendered two goals on nine shots as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Lightning, 6-4.
1995 USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson grabbed 13 passes for 171 yards and became the first player in NCAA history with 12 straight 100-yard receiving games, as the Trojans defeated Arizona State, 31-0.
1996 The Detroit Tigers tied a club record with their 104th loss, a record that had stood for 46 years.
Texas Rangers Ivan Rodriguez broke Johnny Bench's record for most at bats in one season for a catcher. Rodriguez went 1-5 against the Oakland Athletics to finish the night with 626 total at bats, five more than what Bench had accumulated in 1974.
The Atlanta Braves beat the Montreal Expos, 3-1, in the final regular season game at Fulton County Stadium. The night was highlighted by a laser show and a return of Brave greats such as Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro and Dale Murphy wearing uniforms from their eras.
1997 The Atlanta Braves became the first team in MLB history to win six straight division championships, clinching the Eastern crown with a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Expos. The Oakland Athletics had strung together five straight AL West crowns from 1971 to '75.
1998 Chicago's Sammy Sosa blasted two home runs to tie Mark McGwire with 65 home runs. Sosa, who had entered the game in an 0-for-21 slump, belted his 64th homer off Milwaukee pitcher Rafael Roque in the fifth inning and added his 65th an inning later.
2001 Dallas Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith moved into second place in the all-time rushing list, passing Barry Sanders.
2002 The St. Louis Rams, last year's Super Bowl runner-up, started the season 0-3 after losing to the Tampa Bay Bucs, 26-14 on Monday Night Football.
2003 The Arena Football League announced an expansion team in Philadelphia nicknamed the Soul. Rock star Jon Bon Jovi is the co-owner of the team.
2006 Barry Bonds homered for the 734th time in his career, taking over sole possession of the National League record from Hank Aaron.
Washington Nationals Nick Johnson suffered a broken leg after he collided with teammate Austin Kearns in a game vs. the Mets.
Birthdays Larry Mize (1958) - golfer; Jeff Cirillo (1969) - MLB player.

This Day In Sports
September 24
1916 Cleveland's Marty Kavanagh became the first American League player to hit a grand slam as a pinch hitter.
1934 Babe Ruth made his final start for the New York Yankees.
1950 Philadelphia's Russ Craft intercepted four passes to lead the Eagles past the Chicago Cardinals, 45-7. Chicago quarterback Jim Hardy threw an NFL record eight interceptions in the game.
1953 Rocky Marciano KO'd Rolando La Starza in the 11th round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.
1967 Jim Bakken of the St. Louis Cardinals set an NFL record with seven field goals.
1969 New York Mets hurler Gary Gentry pitched a four-hitter to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-0 and clinch their first National League East crown.
1971 The World Hockey Association announced the formation of a 12-team league, scheduled to start October of 1972.
1972 With just 15 completions, Joe Namath threw for 496 yards and six touchdowns as the New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts, 44-34.
1994 The Miami Hurricanes had their NCAA-record home-winning streak halted of 58 games with a 38-20 loss to Washington at the Orange Bowl.
1996 The Detroit Tigers established a club record with their 105th loss of the season, which broke the old mark set in 1952.
1998 The New York Yankees tied the American League record with 111 wins held by the Cleveland Indians in 1954 with a 5-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
1999 The Arizona Diamondbacks, in just their second season, clinched the NL West with a 11-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The Diamondbacks became the fastest expansion team to win a division title.
2004 Former Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was ordered by an arbitrator to pay $8.6 million to Miami, which filed a grievance against him after he retired just prior to training camp this season.
2006 Europe retained the Ryder Cup with a convincing 18 1/2-9 1/2 victory over the United States.
Russia and Argentina advanced the Davis Cup Final. Russia ousted team USA, 3-2, while Argentina blanked Australia, 5-0.
San Francisco's Moises Alou notched his 2000th career hit.
Green Bay QB Brett Favre became only the 2nd player in NFL history to throw 400 career touchdown passes. Favre tossed three scores in the Packers, 31-24 win over Detroit.
San Diego reliever Trevor Hoffman became the all-time saves leader, as he notched No. 479 in the Padres 2-1 win over Pittsburgh.
Tampa Bay QB Chris Simms underwent surgery to remove his spleen after he was injured in the Bucs' game against Carolina.
Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Brunell set an NFL record for most consecutive passes completed in a single game, starting out 22-for-22 in a 31-15 win against Houston at Reliant Stadium.
2007 New Orleans Saints running back Deuce McAllister tore the ACL in his left knee during the teams 31-14 loss to the Tennessee Titans and would miss the rest of the season.
Birthdays John Mackey (1941) - NFL player; "Mean" Joe Greene (1946) - NFL player; Bernard Gilkey (1966) - MLB Player; Rafael Palmeiro (1964) - MLB player; Eddie George (1973) - NFL running back.
As of September 24, 2008, at 09:11 AM ET

This Day In Sports
October 13
1845 Lady Suffolk became the first trotter to go a mile in under 2:30, trotting 2:29.5 at the Beacon Course in Hoboken, New Jersey.
1903 The Boston Pilgrims defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 to win the first modern World Series. They won the series, five games to three.
1914 After being in last place July 18, the Miracle Braves swept the A's in the World Series.
1947 Marked the first National Hockey League All-Star Game. The game featured the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL All Stars.
1956 At age four, 1955 Horse of the Year Nashua won his last race, the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes at Belmont Park.
1960 Pittsburgh second baseman Bill Mazeroski led off the ninth inning with a home run off of New York Yankees hurler Ralph Terry to give the Pirates a 10-9 victory and the World Series Championship.
1970 Baltimore's Dave McNally hit the only grand slam by a pitcher in World Series history. The Orioles won the game 9-3 against Cincinnati.
1971 The World Series made its night debut as Baltimore defeated Pittsburgh 4-3 in Game 4 at Three Rivers Stadium.
1979 Northern Iowa's Kelly Ellis rushed for 382 yards against Western Illinois.
1985 New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms passed for 513 yards in an NFL record 62 attempts, but the Giants lost to the Cincinnati Bengals, 35-30.
1988 In the track's first riding fatality, jockey Mike Venezia, age 43, was killed at Belmont Park after he was thrown from his mount, Mr. Walter K., which had broken his leg and was later euthanized.
1998 The Pittsburgh Penguins filed for federal bankruptcy protection for the second time in their history. In order to protect the franchise from creditors, the team filed under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
The NBA decided to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season marking the first time the league has had to cancel games because of a labor dispute.
The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians, 9-5 in Game Six of the ALCS, catapulting them to their 35th pennant and their second trip to the World Series in three years.
2000 Rattle And Rock, driven by Ryan Anderson, set the world record for two- year-old geldings pacing on a half-mile track by winning in 1:53.3 at Maywood Park in Maywood, Illinois.
2002 Adam Kennedy hit three homers, including the go-ahead three-run shot during a 10-run seventh inning, as the Angels earned their first trip to the World Series with a 13-5 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Angels won the series four games to one.
2003 Army fired head football coach Todd Berry. Berry compiled just a 5-35 overall mark and was 0-6 this year.
2007 Sultan Ibragimov scored a 12-round unanimous decision over Evander Holyfield to remain the WBO Heavyweight Champion.
Birthdays Eddie Yost (1926) - MLB player; Rich Kotite (1942) - NFL head coach; Derek Harper (1961) - NBA player; Doc Rivers (1961) - NBA coach; Jerry Rice (1962) - NFL wide receiver; Paul Pierce (1973) - basketball player.
As of October 13, 2008, at 09:22 AM ET

This Day In Sports
December 3
1943 Notre Dame QB Angelo Bertelli won the Heisman Trophy.
1946 Army tailback Glenn Davis won the Heisman Trophy.
1950 All Pro wideout Tommy Fears caught a record 18 passes as the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Green Bay Packers 51-14 and clinched a tie for the National Football Conference Title.
Detroit's Cloyce Box registered 302 receiving yards and scored four touchdowns against the Baltimore Colts.
1956 Wilt Chamberlain made a successful college debut, scoring 52 points for Kansas.
1957 Texas A&M tailback John David Crow won the Heisman Trophy award.
1968 The Baseball Rules Committee lowered the pitchers mound from 15 to 10 inches.
1972 New York Jets Bobby Howfield kicked six field goals against the New Orleans Saints.
1973 Major League baseball adopted a rule that gave umpires permission to state a pitch was a spitball even though they might not be able to detect any foreign substance on the ball.
Miami safety Dick Anderson enjoyed a career day with four interceptions, two of which are returned for touchdowns against Pittsburgh.
1979 Charles White of USC won the Heisman Trophy.
1982 Tommy Hearns captured the WBC welterweight title with a 15-round decision over Wilfred Benitez in New Orleans.
1994 NO. 6 Florida claimed its second straight SEC Championship Game title, defeating previously unbeaten Alabama, 24-23 at the Georgia Dome.
Sweden clinched its fifth Davis Cup and first since 1987 with doubles victory over Russia in Moscow.
American cyclist Greg Lemond announced his retirement. Lemond was a three-time winner of the Tour de France.
Kansas defeated NO. 1 UMASS, 81-75 in the first ever John Wooden Classic in Anaheim.
1996 NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue suspended Dallas All-Pro defensive tackle Leon Lett for failing a league drug test.
2000 Denver's Mike Anderson rushed for franchise record 251 yards and four touchdowns leading the Broncos to a 38-23 victory of the New Orleans Saints.
New York Jets Curtis Martin rushed for a franchise record 203 yards and a touchdown leading the New York Jets to a 27-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
2002 The Texas A&M Aggies fired head football coach R.C. Slocum, the winningest coach in the school's history.
Jim Thome agreed to a six-year contract worth $85 million with the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Calgary Flames fired head coach Greg Gilbert.
2004 East Carolina named Skip Holtz its new head football coach.
2005 In the 106th meeting, Navy rolled past Army, 42-23.
Tulsa won the inaugural Conference USA Championship with a 44-27 victory over Central Florida.
Florida State won the inaugural ACC Championship with a 27-22 victory over Georgia Tech.
Texas won the Big 12 Championship with a 70-3 victory over Colorado.
Georgia won the SEC Championship with a 34-14 victory over LSU.
Jermain Taylor retained his WBC, WBA and WBO middleweight titles with a unanimous decision over Bernard Hopkins.
2007 Former commissioner Bowie Kuhn was among five men elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Kuhn was joined in the 2008 Class by former executives Walter O'Malley and Barney Dreyfuss, as well as former managers Dick Williams and Billy Southworth.
UCLA fired head football coach Karl Dorrell.
The Calgary Stampeders named John Hufnagel their new head coach and general manager.
LSU senior defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey was awarded the 2007 Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
Birthdays Tommy Fears (1923) - NFL player; Bobby Allison (1937) - auto racing driver; Katarina Witt (1965) - figure skater.