Sept. 22
1905 — Willie Anderson wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time in 5 years, beating Alex Smith with a 314-total on the Myopia Hunt Membership in South Hamilton, Mass.
1927 — Gene Tunney wins a unanimous 10-round choice over Jack Dempsey at Soldier Area in Chicago to retain his world heavyweight title. The battle is marred by an extended 10-count within the seventh spherical. Dempsey knocks Tunney to the mat, however Dempsey doesn’t go to a impartial nook. The referee doesn’t begin counting till 4 or 5 seconds after Tunney is down. Tunney regains his ft and goes on to win.
1969 — Willie Mays turns into the second main league participant to hit 600 homers with a two-run shot off Mike Corkins, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.
1974 — The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos are the primary groups to play to a tie, 35-35, with the brand new additional time rule in impact.
1984 — Mississippi Valley State’s Willie Totten passes for 526 yards in a 49-32 victory over Jackson State. Extensive receiver Jerry Rice has 285 yards receiving.
1986 — LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 video games.
1987 — The 1,585-member NFL Gamers Affiliation goes on strike after the New England-New York Jets Monday evening sport. The strike lasts 24 days.
1990 — Illinois’ Howard Griffith units an NCAA report when he scores eight dashing touchdowns in a 56-21 rout of Southern Illinois. Griffith will get touchdowns on three consecutive carries within the second quarter and ties an NCAA report with 4 touchdowns within the third quarter. Griffith doesn’t play within the fourth quarter. It’s essentially the most factors scored in an NCAA sport by a participant apart from a kicker.
1990 — Andre Dawson steals his three hundredth base & is simply participant apart from Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits.
1991 — Miami coach Don Shula will get his three hundredth profession victory within the Dolphins’ 16-13 win over Inexperienced Bay.
1993 — Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his final sport.
2002 — New England’s Tom Brady completes 39 of 54 passes for 410 yards and throws landing passes to 4 totally different receivers, main the Patriots to a 41-38 additional time victory over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
2007 — Graham Harrell of Texas Tech completes 46 of 67 passes for 646 yards, the fourth-best whole in main faculty historical past, in a 49-45 loss to Oklahoma State.
2007 — Kentucky’s Andre Woodson units a significant faculty report for consecutive passes with out an interception, breaking the mark of 271 held by Fresno State’s Trent Dilfer.
2012 — Cobi Hamilton of Arkansas has 10 catches for a Southeastern Convention report 303 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-26 to Rutgers.
2012 — Previous Dominion’s Taylor Heinicke smashes NCAA Division I data by throwing for 730 yards. He completes 55 of 79 makes an attempt with out being intercepted and leads the Monarchs again from a 23-point, third-quarter deficit to a 64-61 victory towards New Hampshire.
2018 — Anthony Joshua retains his IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles by stopping Alexander Povetkin within the seventh spherical at Wembley Stadium.
2018 — Jess McDonald scores two objectives and the North Carolina Braveness win the Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League championship with a 3-0 victory over the Portland Thorns.
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Sept. 23
1926 — Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey with a 10-round choice to retain the world heavyweight title.
1952 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott within the thirteenth spherical to retain the world heavyweight title.
1979 — St. Louis’ Lou Brock steals his 938th base to interrupt Billy Hamilton’s report because the Cardinals beat New York Mets 7-4 in 10 innings.
1979 — The Houston Oilers overcome a 24-0 deficit to beat the Cincinnati Bengals 30-27 in additional time.
1983 — Gerry Coetzee knocks out Michael Dokes within the tenth spherical to win the WBA heavyweight title in Richfield, Ohio.
1988 — Jose Canseco is the primary participant to steal 40 base and hit 40 residence runs in the identical season.
1992 — Manon Rheaume turns into the primary lady to play in one of many 4 main professional sports activities leagues when she takes the ice within the first interval for the NHL growth Tampa Bay Lightning in an exhibition sport. The 20-year-old goalie faces 9 pictures and permits two objectives in St. Louis’ 6-4 victory.
2000 — Ben Matthews ties an NCAA report with 5 interceptions as Bethel beat Gustavus 14-13. Matthews ties the all-division report shared by eight gamers.
2007 — For the primary time in NFL historical past, two gamers have 200-plus yards receiving in the identical sport — whether or not they have been opponents or teammates — in Philadelphia’s 56-21 rout of Detroit. Philadelphia’s Kevin Curtis has 11 receptions for 221 yards and Detroit’s Roy Williams catches 9 passes for 204. Detroit’s Jon Kitna units a franchise report with 446 yards passing.
2012 — The Tennessee Titans turn into the primary crew in NFL historical past to attain 5 touchdowns of no less than 60 yards in a sport of their 44-41 additional time win over Detroit. The scorers are Tommie Campbell with a 65-yard punt-return; Jared Prepare dinner’s 61-yard reception from Jake Locker; Darius Reynaud’s 105-yard kick-return; Nate Washington’s 71-yard reception from Locker; and Alterraun Verner’s 72-yard fumble-return. The Lions additionally turn into the primary crew in NFL historical past to attain two touchdowns within the closing 18 seconds of regulation to both take the lead or drive additional time.
2012 — Kansas Metropolis’s Jamaal Charles rushes for 233 yards, together with a 91-yard TD run within the Chiefs’ 27-24 additional time win over New Orleans. Ryan Succop kicks six discipline objectives, one to drive additional time within the closing seconds and a 31-yarder in additional time for the Chiefs.
2017 — The St. John’s-St. Thomas rivalry sport obliterates the NCAA Division III attendance report with a crowd of 37,355. The Tommies use a stingy protection to hold on for a 20-17 win over the Johnnies at Goal Area, the house of the Minnesota Twins. The earlier mark was set on Oct. 8, 2016, with 17,535 followers watching Wisconsin-Oshkosh play at Wisconsin-Whitewater.
2017 — Juwan Johnson catches a seven-yard TD move as time expires and fourth-ranked Penn State rallies to stun Iowa 21-19 within the Massive Ten opener for each groups. Saquon Barkley has 211 yards dashing and 94 yards receiving for the Nittany Lions, who outgain Iowa 579-273 however practically blew the sport. With the Hawkeyes main 19-15, Penn State goes 80 yards on 12 performs to shut out the sport, and Hint McSorley finds Johnson in a crowded finish zone on fourth down.
2017 — U.S. President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White Home for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn’t wish to attend.
2018 — Tiger Woods caps off one of the exceptional comebacks in golf historical past. Woods ends his comeback season with a dominant victory on the Tour Championship. He faucets in for par and a 1-over 71 for a two-shot victory over Billy Horschel. It’s the eightieth victory of his PGA Tour profession and his first in additional than 5 years.
2018 — Drew Brees units the NFL report for profession completions whereas passing for 396 yards and three touchdowns and working for 2 scores to carry New Orleans previous Atlanta 43-37 in additional time. Brees breaks the report of 6,300 profession completions set by Brett Favre.
2022 — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 2 residence runs with 5 RBI in 11-0 win over Dodgers in LA; turns into fourth participant in MLB historical past to hit 700 profession HRs.
2022 — Tennis nice Roger Federer performs his closing skilled match throughout Laver Cup in London; groups with good friend and rival Rafael Nadal however loses 6–4, 6–7 (9–11) to Individuals Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.
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Sept. 24
1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 within the first NFL sport performed underneath floodlights. Greater than 6,000 followers end up on an unseasonably heat night to look at the sport on the new College Stadium.
1950 — Philadelphia’s Russ Craft has 4 interceptions to steer the Eagles in a 45-7 rout of the Chicago Cardinals. Chicago quarterback Jim Hardy units an NFL report by throwing eight interceptions.
1953 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Rolando La Starza within the eleventh spherical on the Polo Grounds in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.
1967 — Jim Bakken of St. Louis Cardinals kicks an NFL-record seven discipline objectives to provide the Cardinals a 28-14 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. His longest discipline objective is 33 yards.
1971 — The World Hockey Affiliation declares its formation with 12 groups to begin play in October 1972.
1974 — Detroit’s Al Kaline doubles down the right-field line off Dave McNally of Baltimore within the fourth inning for his 3,000th profession hit. The Orioles beat the Tigers 5-4 at Memorial Stadium.
1988 — American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee units new world report 7,291 factors to win the gold medal on the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals.
1988 — American swimmer Matt Biondi units world report 22.14 to win the 50m freestyle gold medal on the Seoul Olympics; his 4th of 5 gold medals for the Video games.
1988 — Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his personal 100m world report with a time of 9.79 on the Seoul Olympics; disqualified 3 days later to be used of drug stanozolol; Carl Lewis awarded gold and world report 9.92.
1993 — Juniata’s ladies’s volleyball crew beats Washington of St. Louis to finish Washington’s NCAA-record profitable streak at 59 matches.
1994 — Washington ends Miami’s NCAA-record residence profitable streak at 58 with a 38-20 victory towards the Hurricanes on the Orange Bowl.
1995 — On the ultimate day of competitors, Europe rallies previous the U.S. to win the Ryder Cup 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y. Europe takes seven singles matches to win its first Ryder Cup since 1989.
2001 — Inexperienced Bay’s 37-0 shutout of Washington ends the Redskins’ NFL report of scoring in 231 consecutive highway video games.
2006 — The Europeans flip the Ryder Cup into one other rout, profitable 18 1/2-9 1/2 and changing into the primary European crew to win three straight occasions.
2006 — Washington’s Mark Brunell breaks the NFL report for many consecutive passes accomplished in a sport when he connects on his first 22 throws in a 31-15 win over the Houston Texans.
2011 — Dwayne De Rosario scores the quickest hat trick in MLS historical past, main D.C. United to a 4-1 victory over Actual Salt Lake.
2012 — Russell Wilson throws a disputed 24-yard landing to Golden Tate on the ultimate play of the sport, and the Seattle Seahawks rally to beat the Inexperienced Bay Packers 14-12.
2013 — Skipper Jimmy Spithill and defending champion Oracle Workforce USA prolong their profitable streak to seven to drive a winner-take-all America’s Cup finale towards Emirates Workforce New Zealand.
2016 — Daniel Carlson kicks six discipline objectives and Auburn beats No. 18 LSU 18-13 after a ruling that Danny Etling’s obvious last-gasp scoring move comes after time expired.
2017 — Peter Sagan of Slovakia turns into the primary man to win three straight highway race titles after holding off Norway’s Alexander Kristoff on the World Biking Championships.
2017 — Diego Valeri scores twice to increase his MLS-record scoring streak to 9 straight video games and Portland beats Orlando Metropolis 3-0. Valeri strikes in entrance of NYCFC’s David Villa for many objectives this season with 20.
2017 — Jake Elliott kicks a 61-yard discipline objective as time expires to provide the Philadelphia Eagles a 27-24 victory over the New York Giants. It’s the longest by a rookie in NFL historical past.
2017 — Laver Cup Males’s Tennis, Prague: Roger Federer is unbeaten as Workforce Europe dominates Workforce World, 15-9 within the inaugural groups occasion.
2018 — Actual Madrid midfielder & Croatian World Cup captain Luka Modrić is called world’s greatest male participant on the FIFA Awards in London; Brazil & Orlando Satisfaction ahead Marta greatest feminine participant; France’s Didier Deschamps greatest males’s coach.
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Sept. 25
1866 — Jerome Park, named for its founder Leonard Jerome, opens within the Bronx in New York. Jerome, looking for to emulate the British racing system, additionally establishes the American Jockey Membership, precursor to the current Jockey Membership, shaped in 1894.
1920 — Molly Bjurstedt Mallory wins her fifth title in six years with a two-set victory over Marion Zinderstein within the U.S. Garden Tennis Affiliation championships.
1926 — Walter Hagen wins his third straight and fourth total PGA Championship. Hagen beats Leo Diegel 4 and three within the championship match at Salisbury Golf Hyperlinks in Westbury, N.Y.
1949 — Louise Suggs wins the U.S. Girls’s Open by 14 strokes over Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
1962 — Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of the primary spherical at Comiskey Park in Chicago to win the world heavyweight title.
1966 — Gloria Ehret wins the LPGA Championship by three strokes over four-time champion Micke Wright.
1982 — Ricky Edwards rushes for 177 yards and 4 touchdowns to assist Northwestern finish its 34-game shedding streak in a 31-6 victory over Northern Illinois.
1988 — Individuals sweep the medals within the lengthy soar on the Seoul Olympics; Carl Lewis wins his second gold of the Video games with leap of 8.72m forward of teammates Mike Powell & Larry Myricks.
1988 — Tremendous swimmer Matt Biondi wins his fifth gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious American 4 x 100m medley relay crew.
1994 — Oliver McCall scores a significant upset by stopping Lennox Lewis 31 seconds into the second spherical to seize the WBC heavyweight title in London.
1995 — Jerry Rice has 181 yards receiving in San Francisco’s 27-24 loss to Detroit. It’s his 51st 100-yard sport, which breaks Don Maynard’s NFL report.
1997 — WNBA declares it’ll add Detroit & Washington, D.C. franchises.
2000 — American basketball participant Vince Carter jumps over 7 foot 2 Frédéric Weis in 2000 Summer time Olympics, identified in France as “le dunk de la mort” (the dunk of demise).
2004 — Bobby Seck of Hofstra throws eight landing passes to tie an Atlantic 10 mark and set a college report within the Satisfaction’s 62-43 victory over Rhode Island.
2005 — Fernando Alonso turns into Formulation One’s youngest champion by ending third within the Brazilian Grand Prix. Alonso, 24, a six-time winner in his third full season in Formulation One, ends Michael Schumacher’s five-year maintain on the title.
2010 — Collingwood and St. Kilda performs to a 68-68 tie, the primary in an Australian Guidelines soccer grand closing since 1977, organising a rematch to determine the league title.
2011 — The Detroit Lions snap a 13-game shedding streak with a 26-23 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions, who received within the Metrodome for the primary time since 1997, are 3-0 for the primary time since 1980.
2013 — Skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Workforce USA win the America’s Cup with one of many biggest comebacks in sports activities historical past to maintain the oldest trophy in worldwide sports activities in america. Spithill steers Oracle’s space-age, 72-foot catamaran to its eighth straight victory, rushing previous Dean Barker and Emirates Workforce New Zealand within the winner-take-all Race 19 on San Francisco Bay. All however defeated per week in the past, the 34-year-old Australian and his worldwide crew twice rallies from seven-point deficits to win 9-8.
2016 — Rory McIlroy rallies to enter a three-man playoff and win the FedEx Cup. After trailing by three pictures with three holes to play within the Tour Championship, McIlroy holes a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth additional gap to win the playoff and declare the $10 million FedEx Cup bonus.
2022 — Laver Cup Males’s Tennis, London: Workforce World sweeps closing day for 13-8 victory over Workforce Europe; match marks retirement of Roger Federer.
