Today's events in sports history

OCT 21

• 1905 In early promotion of soccer in America, England Pilgrim Association XI beats All New York XI, 7-1 at the Polo Grounds, NY
• 1911 Manitoba, Saskatchewan & Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union

World Record

1964 Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs a world record 2:12:11.2 to beat Briton Basil Heatley by more than 4 minutes and win the men's marathon at the Tokyo Olympics; first athlete to win Olympic marathon twice


Marathon Runner Abebe Bikila

• 1964 American men's 4×400m relay team beats Great Britain by 0.9s to set world record 3:00.7 and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams & Henry Carr
• 1964 Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
• 1964 New Zealand athlete Peter Snell wins the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics; his second gold medal of the Games (800m); 3rd career gold
• 1964 Polish 4×100m women's relay team runs a world record 43.6 to beat the US by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka & Ewa Kłobukowska
• 1964 US 4 x 100m men's relay team of Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes run world record 39.0s to beat Poland by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1973 23rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Benny Parsons wins

Sports History
1973 Baseball World Series: defending champion Oakland A's beat NY Mets, 5-2 in Game 7 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to retain title; A's manager Dick Williams immediately quits; MVP: A's outfielder Reggie Jackson


MLB Right Fielder Reggie Jackson

• 1973 Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
• 1974 NHL New York Islanders and goaltender Billy Smith's 1st shut-out win, 5-0 vs Washington Capitals
• 1975 Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS

Sports History
1976 Baseball World Series: defending champions Cincinnati Reds sweep NY Yankees; beat Bombers, 7-2 in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium; MVP: Reds catcher Johnny Bench


MLB Catcher Johnny Bench
Sports History
1976 NY Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed


NBA Center and Power Forward Willis Reed
New York City Marathon
1979 New York City Marathon: Bill Rodgers wins 4th straight men's title in 2:11:42; defending champion Grete Waitz of Norway takes out women's event in 2:27:33


Marathon Runner Bill Rodgers

Long Distance Runner Grete Waitz

• 1979 Ozzie Newsome begins NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions

Sports History
1980 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia Phillies beat KC Royals, 4-1 at Veterans Stadium to secure series, 4-2; first championship in franchise history; MVP: Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt


MLB Third Baseman Mike Schmidt

• 1980 Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history

Sports History
1984 Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda becomes a 3-time Formula 1 World Drivers champion when he finishes 2nd in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; wins title by just 0.5 from Alain Prost


Formula 1 Racing Driver Alain Prost

Auto Racer Niki Lauda

• 1984 Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal
• 1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
• 1985 Qasim Omar (206) & Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand v SL
• 1986 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI
• 1988 Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid
• 1989 Betram Lee & Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65m - 1st African American owners of a major sports team,

Sports History
1990 Ayrton Senna of Brazil crashes his McLaren during the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka but clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 Driver Ayrton Senna
Sports History
1993 Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship


Chess Grandmaster and Political Activist Garry Kasparov

• 1995 Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians
• 1997 Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissom records a hit in his 15th straight World Series game; second longest 9 inning WS game (4:12) as Florida Marlins beat Indians, 14-11
• 1998 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat San Diego, 3-0 in Game 4 at Qualcomm Stadium to sweep Padres and win 2nd title in 3 years; MVP: Yankees 3rd baseman Scott Brosius
• 2001 MLB National League Championship: Arizona Diamondbacks beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 1
• 2004 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 3

Sports History
2007 Finnish Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen wins season ending Brazilian F1 Grand Prix to claim his first World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Lewis Hamilton


Formula 1 Driver Lewis Hamilton

Formula 1 Driver Kimi Räikkönen

• 2007 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
• 2007 Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas sets NFL record for most points scored in a game (no touchdowns) with 26 in 38-36 win over the Texans at Reliant Stadium, Houston
• 2009 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1

 

OCT 22

• 1878 The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
• 1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds NYC to determine baseball champion

• 1885 John Ward & several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Prof Base Ball Players, 1st baseball union
• 1930 SC Genemuiden soccer team forms

Boxing Title Fight
1933 Italian boxer Primo Carnera beats Spanish challenger Paulino Uzcudun on points in Rome, Italy to retain the IBU heavyweight title


Boxer Primo Carnera

• 1935 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 & 4
• 1939 NBC becomes first network to televise a pro football game; Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14 at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field
• 1950 LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27

NHL Record
1966 Ice hockey legend Bobby Orr scores his first career goal (vs Montreal Canadiens)


Ice Hockey Legend Bobby Orr

• 1967 Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham
• 1967 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts

Sports History
1967 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley


Baseball Player Joe DiMaggio
Ryder Cup
1967 Ryder Cup Golf, Champions GC: US beats Great Britain 23½-8½; Ben Hogan captains Americans to record 15-point victory margin


Golfer Ben Hogan

• 1968 American swimmers sweep the medals in the women's 200m freestyle at the Mexico City Olympics; Debbie Meyer takes gold in Olympic record 2:10.5 ahead of teammates Jan Henne and Jane Barkman
• 1972 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat Reds, 3-2 in Cincinnati for a 4-3 series win; A's first C'ship since 1930, first in Oakland: MVP: A's catcher Gene Tenace
• 1974 MLB New York Yankees trade outfielder Bobby Murcer to San Francisco Giants for outfielder Bobby Bonds

Sports History
1975 Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4-3 at Fenway Park for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Reds switch hitter Pete Rose


MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose
Sports History
1976 Rick Barry (San Francisco), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60


NBA Small Forward Rick Barry

• 1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)

New York City Marathon
1978 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12


Long Distance Runner Grete Waitz

Marathon Runner Bill Rodgers

• 1984 Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
• 1989 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open

Sports History
1989 Over-competitive McLaren teammates Alain Prost & Ayrton Senna famously collide and skid into an escape road during Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka; Prost retires from race and claims 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 Driver Ayrton Senna

Formula 1 Racing Driver Alain Prost

• 1992 Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
• 1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km)
• 1996 NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
• 1997 Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissom's World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games as Indians rout Florida 10-3 in coldest ever WS game (38°F)

Sports History
1997 NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky's wife Janet is knocked unconscious and gets 2 stitches after plexiglass falls on her watching a game


Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky
Sports History
1999 NHL goaltender Grant Fuhr wins his 400th career game (vs Florida Panthers)


NHL Goalie Grant Fuhr
Sports History
2000 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacherwins Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, his 4th straight race victory to finish season; 3rd, and 1st of 5 straight F1 World Drivers Championships; wins by 19 points from Mika Häkkinen


Formula 1 Driver Michael Schumacher
President's Cup
2000 Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Davis Love III, Stewart Cink and Kirk Triplett are unbeaten as US outclasses International team, 21½–10½


Golfer Davis Love III

• 2001 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Seattle Mariners, 4 games to 1
• 2006 Spanish Renault driver Fernando Alonso finishes 2nd in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to retain Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 13 points from Michael Schumacher
• 2010 MLB American League Championship: Texas Rangers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 2
• 2012 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3
• 2020 The National Hockey League announces the annual NHL All Star Game and the NHL All-Star Skills Competition would be postponed to no earlier than 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

 

OCT 23

• 1871 Replacement yacht Sappho (US) beats Livonia (UK) by 25:27 in race 5 to win 3rd America's Cup off Newport, RI 4-1; original defender Columbia damaged so misses races 4 & 5
• 1886 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis: St.L Browns edge Chicago White Stockings, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 6 to take series, 4-2

• 1903 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery
• 1910 World Series Baseball: Philadelphia A's beat Chicago Cubs, 7-2 at West Side Park, Chicago to win their first Championship, 4-1
• 1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in "Black Sox" 1919 World Series Baseball scandal
• 1921 Green Bay Packers play 1st APFA (forerunner to NFL) game; beat Minneapolis Marines, 7-6 at Hagemeister Park, Green Bay, WI

Sports History

1923 Legendary Yankees slugger Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a rival Giants uniform as NY beats Baltimore Orioles, 9-0 in a benefit game for former Giants owner John Day


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Contract of Interest
1945 American baseball player Jackie Robinson signs contract with Montreal Royals, minor league farm team of Brooklyn Dodgers


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

• 1955 Dominican Professional Baseball League moves to winter play for first time

Sports History
1963 New York Yankees name Yogi Berra as manager, replacing Ralph Houk who becomes the team's general manager


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra

• 1964 Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics; her 3rd gold medal of the Games with individual all-round and vault victories
• 1964 Dutch 10th dan judoka Anton Geesink wins Open gold medal in the first ever Olympic judo competition in Tokyo; prevents clean sweep of the gold medals by Japan

Olympic Gold
1964 Future undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier dominates German Hans Huber for an easy points win and the Olympic heavyweight gold medal in Tokyo


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionJoe Frazier

• 1964 Hungary beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• 1964 Japan beats the Soviet Union 3-0 to claim the inaugural Olympic women's volleyball gold medal in Tokyo; undefeated in 6-team round robin competition
• 1964 Japanese gymnast Yukio Endo wins the parallel bars gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics; his 3rd gold medal of the Games (individual all-round and team); 4th career gold (1960, 64)

Olympic Gold
1964 Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina wins the floor exercise gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; her 2nd gold of the Games (team) and career 9th (1956, 1960, 1964), a gymnastics record


GymnastLarisa Latynina

• 1964 Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia finish 8-1 in inaugural Olympic men's volleyball competition in Tokyo; Soviets win 10 team round robin on count back of sets won-lost
• 1966 Australian Jack Brabham is first to win F1 World Drivers Championship and International Cup for Constructors Championship in the same year; 2nd in season ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
• 1967 NJ Americans (later NY/NJ Nets) play 1st ABA game
• 1968 American swimmer Kaye Hall sets a world record 1:06.2 to beat Canadian Elaine Tanner by 0.5s and win the 100m backstroke gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics

Sports History
1973 19 year old American tennis star Chris Evert retains her WTA Tour Championship at Boca Raton, Florida; beats Nancy Richey Gunter 6-3, 6-3 in the final


Tennis LegendChris Evert

Tennis Player and Two-Time Major ChampionNancy Richey

• 1973 Yankee GM & President Lee MacPhail named AL president
• 1974 Chicago Cubs trade 6-time MLB All Star outfielder Billy Williams to Oakland A's for second baseman Manny Trillo and 2 pitchers

Sports History
1977 Despite not driving in season ending Japanese Grand Prix, Austrian Niki Lauda wins his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from Jody Scheckter of South Africa


Auto RacerNiki Lauda
New York City Marathon
1977 New York City Marathon: defending champion Bill Rodgers wins in 2:11:38; Miki Gorman retains women's title in 2:43:10


Marathon RunnerBill Rodgers

• 1980 McCosker (168) & Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW v WA

NYC Women's Marathon
1983 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1983 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
• 1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
• 1988 Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid

Sports History
1993 Baseball World Series: Defending champion Toronto Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6 at the SkyDome, Toronto to clinch series, 4-2; MVP: Blue Jays infielder Paul Molitor


Baseball Player and ManagerPaul Molitor

• 1994 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, The Greenbrier: US regains Cup; beats Europe, 13-7; Americans Dottie Mochrie & Bradie Burton both win their 3 matches
• 1996 New York Yankees set record recovering from 0-6 in Baseball World Series game to beat Braves, 8-6 in Game 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium; record 7th straight post-season road win
• 1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
• 2000 "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, New York Jets pull together an improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime
• 2004 16th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 24-23 in South Bend

NHL Record
2008 Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers


NHL LegendJoe Sakic

• 2010 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2
• 2011 7th Rugby World Cup Final, Eden Park, Auckland: Tournament favourites New Zealand edge France, 8-7; crowd 61,079

NBA Record
2019 All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in 50 points, setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new team as his Brooklyn Nets go down 127-126 at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves


NBA PlayerKyrie Irving

 

OCT 24

• 1857 Recognised by FIFA as oldest existing club still playing football in the world, Sheffield FC is founded in Yorkshire, England; now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire
• 1885 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds: St. Louis Browns beat Chicago White Stockings, 13–4 in Game 7; disputed series tied at 3-3-1

• 1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League
• 1892 "World Championship" Baseball Series, South End Grounds, Boston: Boston Beaneaters beat Cleveland Spiders, 8-3 for a 5-0-1 championship victory; last of the pre-modern-era World Series
• 1913 Joe Tinker fired as Cincinnati Reds manager

Sports History

1939 Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up


Baseball PlayerJoe DiMaggio

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1940 Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
• 1954 Britain's Mike Hawthorne wins season ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio takes second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González
• 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City

Sports History
1963 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1964 Test cricket debut of Pakistani standouts Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla in drawn 1st Test vs Australia in Karachi; Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on debut
• 1965 Jim Clark in a Lotus is forced to retire from season-ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with engine trouble; American Richie Ginther is race winner and Clark claims his second F1 World Drivers Championship
• 1968 16 year old American swimmer Debbie Meyer wins the inaugural women's 800m gold medal in 9:24.0 at the Mexico City Olympics; first swimmer to win 3 individual gold medals at a Games (200/400m)
• 1968 Australian swimmer Michael Wendon wraps up the Mexico City Games sprint double when he wins the men's 200m freestyle gold medal in Olympic record 1:55.2
• 1969 Pakistani cricketing brothers Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test together; drawn 1st Test v NZ in Karachi

Sports History
1974 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers)


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

Sports History
1976 English McLaren driver James Hunt finishes 4th in the season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway to win his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Niki Lauda


Auto RacerNiki Lauda
New York City Marathon
1976 New York City Marathon: American Bill Rodgers wins his first title in 2:10:10; Miki Gorman takes out women's race in 2:39:11


Marathon RunnerBill Rodgers

• 1976 Sadiq & Mushtaq Mohammad score hundreds in same Test Cricket innings v NZ
• 1978 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders
• 1979 Billy Martin punches a marshmallow salesman, puts job in jeopardy

NYC Women's Marathon
1982 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1982 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29

Sports History
1982 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match


Tennis PlayerSteffi Graf

• 1986 MLB Los Angeles Dodgers' infielder Bill Russell (38) announces his retirement

Sports History
1988 NY Islander's & NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires


Ice Hockey GreatMike Bossy

• 1989 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
• 1991 Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
• 1992 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
• 1992 Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title; MVP: Toronto catcher Pat Borders
• 1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days
• 1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
• 1997 Marv Albert sentenced in assault case
• 2004 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports

Sports History
2004 German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher finishes 8th at season-ending Brazilian F1 Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace; his 5th straight World Drivers Championship, record 7th career world title; Ferrari's 6th straight Constructors title


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher

• 2004 Manchester United beats Arsenal, 2-0 at Old Trafford; ends Gunners' English Premier League record 49-game unbeaten streak
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Ventura, Maram, Stardom Bound, Together Forever, Zenyatta
• 2009 19th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-16 in South Bend (Notre Dame's first win in the series in nine years)

Sports History
2018 Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the 12th and the fastest-ever to score 10,000 runs in one day international matches, taking just 205 innings


CricketerVirat Kohli
Sports History
2018 Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge named UN Person of the Year for setting a new marathon world record and for his work with AIDS/HIV in Kenya


Long Distance RunnerEliud Kipchoge
Sports History
2021 Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, a new record for sneakers at auction [1]


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan
Sports History
2021 Tom Brady becomes first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in 1st quarter of the Buccaneers 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears in Tampa Bay


NFL QuarterbackTom Brady

 

OCT 25

• 1621 Governor Bradford head of the colony of American Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day
• 1884 1st "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: Providence Grays (NL) beat NY Mets (American Association), 12-2 in 6 innings for 3 game sweep; game abandoned because of bitter cold

• 1905 1st College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 17-0 in Annapolis

Sports History

1909 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Perth: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins his 2nd Australasian title; beats Ernie Parker of Australia 6–1, 7–5, 6–2


Tennis PlayerAnthony Wilding

• 1925 Lester Patrick takes over NY Rangers
• 1926 Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers

Sports History
1937 Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees


Baseball Hall of Fame ManagerCasey Stengel
Sports History
1947 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1952 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's first ever Test cricket century (124no) in 2nd Test v India in Lucknow

NFL Record
1953 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles


NFL QuarterbackOtto Graham
Sports History
1955 Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns and is replaced by Al López
• 1964 "The Wrong Way Run", Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety (NFL's #1 blooper)
• 1964 Dutchman Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner

Sports History
1964 English driver John Surtees finishes 2nd behind American Dan Gurney in season ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship; edges Graham Hill by 1 point


Auto RacerGraham Hill

• 1968 American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women's individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7
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• 1968 Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the uneven bars and vault gold medals at the Mexico City Olympics; her 6th & 7th career gold medals and her 4th at these Games
• 1968 East German swimmer Roland Matthes wins the 200m backstroke gold medal in Olympic record 2:09.6 at the Mexico City Games; wraps up backstroke double
• 1968 Longest Olympic field hockey game, The Netherlands beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT)
• 1968 US men's basketball team beats Yugoslavia 65-50 to win the gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics; 7th straight basketball title for the Americans
• 1970 Austrian driver Jochen Rindt wins F1 World Drivers Championship by 5 points from Jacky Ickx after Mexican GP; only season World Championship awarded posthumously, after Rindt's death in Italian GP practice at Monza

Sports History
1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr


Road CyclistEddy Merckx

• 1973 Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock & Vic Harris

Sports History
1973 SF Giants trade Willie McCovey to San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell


Baseball Hall of Fame 1st BasemanWillie McCovey

• 1975 Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits
• 1978 Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)

Boxing Title Fight
1980 Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title


WBA World Heavyweight ChampionMike Weaver
Sports History
1981 George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator


New York Yankees OwnerGeorge Steinbrenner

• 1981 New York City Marathon: defending champion Alberto Salazar retains crown in 2:08:13; Allison Roe of New Zealand takes out women's race in 2:25:29
• 1982 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria

Contract of Interest
1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract


Baseball Hall of Fame InfielderRod Carew

• 1986 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out & no one on in bottom of 10th, NY rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
• 1987 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola

Boxing Title Fight
1990 Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title


BoxerEvander Holyfield

• 1991 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
• 1992 Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
• 1993 Daryll Cullinan hits unbeaten 337 for Transvaal against Northern Transvaal, South African 1st-class cricket record score
• 1996 Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
• 1997 9th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 52-20 in South Bend
• 2003 15th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 27-25 in Chestnut Hill
• 2003 Baseball World Series: Florida beats New York Yankees, 2-0 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium for Marlins second title; MVP: Florida pitcher Josh Beckett
• 2003 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Pleasantly Perfect, Action This Day, Adoration, Johar, High Chaparral, Islington, Halfbridled, Six Perfections, Cajun Beat
• 2005 Then longest Baseball World Series game in time (5 hours, 41 mins) and tied longest in innings (14, tied with Game 2, 1916 WS and Game 1, 2015 WS); Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros, 7-5 game 3 at Minute Maid Park, Houston
• 2008 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Muhannak, Desert Code, Albertus Maximus, Goldikova, Midshipman, Donativum, Midnight Lute, Conduit, Raven's Pass
• 2009 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 4 games to 2
• 2012 The double dip recession in the UK economy ends with growth of 1.0% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012, with help from the London Olympic Games

Sports History
2015 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins US F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas to clinch his second consecutive World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton

• 2020 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Autódromo Internacional Do Algarve for his 92nd career victory; moves 1 win clear of Michael Schumacher in all-time F1 victories list

 

OCT 26

• 1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer, splitting with rugby
• 1869 1st American steeplechase horserace at Westchester, NY

• 1887 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, Detroit Wolverines (NL) beat St Louis Browns (AA), 10 games to 5 in series played in bitterly cold conditions
• 1911 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A's rout NY Giants, 13-2 at Shibe Park to clinch 4-2 series win and retain Championship

Sports History

1934 While Washington Senators player-manager Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson, owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox


Baseball Player and ManagerJoe Cronin
Sports History
1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey
Boxing Title Fight
1951 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano defeats former champion Joe Louis by TKO in the 8th round at Madison Square Garden


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionRocky Marciano

Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJoe Louis

• 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India
• 1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins & announces franchises in LA & Washington, D.C. for 1961
• 1968 Charlie Hickcox wins his 3rd gold medal of the Mexico City Olympics when he leads the US men's 4 x 100m medley relay team with teammates Don McKenzie, Doug Russell & Ken Walsh to world record 3:54.9

Olympic Gold
1968 Future world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman wins the Olympic heavyweight gold medal when the final against Jonas Čepulis (Soviet Union) is stopped in round 2 at the Mexico City Games


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

• 1968 Italian diver Klaus Dibiasi wins first of 3 consecutive men's 10m platform gold medals when he comfortably beats Álvaro Gaxiola of Mexico at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 Japanese gymnast Akinori Nakayama wins 3 individual gold medals on the one day (horizontal bar, rings & parallel bars) at the Mexico City Olympics; with team victory, 4 gold for the Games
• 1968 Japanese gymnasts sweep the medals in the men's floor exercise competition at the Mexico City Olympics; Sawao Kato wins his 3rd gold of the Games ahead of teammates Akinori Nakayama and Takeshi Katō
• 1968 Striker Antal Dunai scores twice as Hungary outclasses Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men's football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
• 1968 The Soviet Union wraps up the volleyball double at the Mexico City Olympics; both men's & women's teams take gold at the end of their respective round-robin competitions
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• 1974 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
• 1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball

New York City Marathon
1980 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins for 3rd straight year in 2:25:41.3; Alberto Salazar claims men's event in 2:09:41


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

Track Coach and Long Distance RunnerAlberto Salazar

• 1980 St Louis Cardinals sack Baltimore Colt QBs an NFL record tying 12 times

Sports History
1982 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1985 Doug Harvey's #2 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens


NHL LegendDoug Harvey

• 1985 On a poor call in Game 6, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events probably costing St. Louis Cardinals the Baseball World Series; lose 2-1 to KC when leading series, 3-2

Sports History
1986 French McLaren driver Alain Prost retains his Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with victory in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 2 points from Nigel Mansell


Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

Auto RacerNigel Mansell
Sports History
1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 months' advisory service


45th US President, Businessman and TV PersonalityDonald Trump

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1993 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte
• 1993 NJ Devils lose 2-0 to Montreal, after winning 1st 7 games of 1993
• 1996 Baseball World Series: New York beats Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win club's 23rd title; MVP: Bronx Bombers' reliever John Wetteland
• 1996 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Woodbine Racetrack; winners: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup
• 1997 Baseball World Series: Florida beats Cleveland Indians, 3-2 in Game 7 at Pro Player Stadium, Miami for Marlins first-ever title; MVP: Florida pitcher Liván Hernández

Sports History
1997 Jacques Villeneuve finishes 3rd in European Grand Prix at Jerez, Spain; first Canadian to win F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 39 points from Michael Schumacher


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher
Sports History
2000 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 4-2 in Game 5 at Shea Stadium to win "Subway Series"; Yankees 3rd straight title; MVP: Derek Jeter


Baseball PlayerDerek Jeter

• 2002 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Arlington Park, winners: Volponi, Vindication, Azeri, High Chaparral, Starine, Storm Flag Flying, Domedriver, Orientate
• 2005 Baseball World Series: Chicago beats Houston, 1-0 in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park to sweep Astros and win White Sox first title in 88 years; MVP: Chicago outfielder Jermaine Dye
• 2007 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Monmouth Park; Day 1 winners: Maryfield, Nownownow, Corinthian

Sports History
2014 American tennis star Serena Williams beats Simona Halep of Romania 6–3, 6–0 to successfully defend her WTA Finals title in Kallang, Singapore


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2018 Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer

 

OCT 27

• 1888 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis; St. Louis Browns rout NY Giants, 18-7 in Game 10 but lose series, 6-4
• 1931 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2½"

• 1961 American Basketball League starts play
• 1963 Cricketer Bob Simpson scores 359 for NSW v Qld at the Gabba in Brisbane

NHL Record
1963 Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe scores 544th career goal in 6-4 loss to Montreal Canadiens, tying Maurice Richard's all-time NHL regular season record


Ice Hockey LegendGordie Howe

• 1973 1st time Islanders beat Rangers-3-2
• 1974 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets female world marathon record (2:46:24) in Neuf-Brisach, France
• 1979 Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds
• 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
• 1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
• 1984 Washington State University's running back Rueben Mayes sets collegiate football record of 357 yards rushing in one game (at Oregon)

NYC Women's Marathon
1985 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1985 16th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34
• 1985 Anthony Carter begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
• 1985 Baseball World Series: KC Royals rout St Louis Cardinals, 11-0 at Royals Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: KC pitcher Bret Saberhagen

Sports History
1985 Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1986 Baseball World Series: NY Mets win their second title; beat Boston Red Sox, 8-5 at Shea Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Mets infielder Ray Knight
• 1990 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled
• 1991 Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat Atlanta Braves, 1-0 in 10 in Game 7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; win 2nd title since move to Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Jack Morris
• 1992 Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies
• 1995 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed
• 1995 South African fast bowler Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto
• 1996 US beats Japan, 21½-14½, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament
• 1999 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees beat Atlanta, 4-1 in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium to sweep Braves and retain title; MVP: Yankees closer Mariano Rivera
• 2001 13th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 21-17 in Chestnut Hill
• 2001 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Tiznow, Johannesburg, Unbridled Elaine, Fantastic Light, Val Royal, Banks Hill, Tempera, Squirtle Squirt
• 2002 Baseball World Series: Anaheim beats San Francisco Giants, 4-1 in Game 7 at Edison Field to win Angels' first title; MVP: Anaheim 1st baseman Troy Glaus
• 2004 Baseball World Series: Boston beats St. Louis, 3-0 in Game 4 at Busch Stadium to sweep Cardinals and win Red Sox first title since 1918; MVP: Boston outfielder Manny Ramirez
• 2006 Baseball World Series: St. Louis beats Detroit Tigers, 4-2 in Game 5 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 10th title in franchise history; MVP: Cardinals infielder David Eckstein
• 2007 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Monmouth Park; Day 2 winners: Indian Blessing, War Pass, Lahudood, Midnight Lute, Kip Deville, Ginger Punch, English Channel, Curlin
• 2011 MLB World Series Game 6: St. Louis Cardinal 3B David Freese hits game-tying 2 run triple with 2 outs in the 9th and then hits walk-off home run in the 11th

Sports History
2013 American Serena Williams wins her 4th season ending tennis title; beats Li Na of China 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the WTA Championship final in Istanbul, Turkey


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

Tennis PlayerLi Na
Sports History
2013 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel wins the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit to clinch his 4th straight F1 World Drivers Championship; 6th consecutive GP victory


Formula 1 DriverSebastian Vettel
Sports History
2015 American soccer star Abby Wambach announces her retirement


Soccer PlayerAbby Wambach

• 2018 EPL club Leicester City’s billionaire Thai owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash in the carpark outside the club’s King Power Stadium following 1-1 draw against West Ham United
• 2018 LA Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in Game 3 of baseball's World Series; a record 46 players used by both teams; Boston go on to win 4 games to 1

Sports History
2019 Tiger Woods scores a wire-to-wire 3-stroke win over Hideki Matsuyama at the inaugural Zozo Championship at Accordia Golf & Country Club to tie Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories


GolferTiger Woods

GolferSam Snead

• 2020 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1 in Game 6 at Globe Life Field, Arlington to win first title in 32 years; MVP: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager
• 2020 Organizers of 96th East-West Shrine Bowl college football all-star game, benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children, announce cancellation of game scheduled for January 23, 2021, in St. Petersburg, Florida, due to COVID-19 issues. The
• 2021 Cleveland Guardians men's roller derby team files lawsuit seeking to block MLB baseball Cleveland Indians name change

 

OCT 28

• 1890 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Washington Park, NY: Louisville Colonels beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms, 6-2 in Game 7 to tie series 3-3-1; deciding game never played
• 1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted

• 1924 White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
• 1934 Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play first of only 4 penalty free games in NFL history; Dodgers wins 21-3 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
• 1951 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina wins Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes in an Alpha Romeo; wins by 6 points from Alberto Ascari of Italy
• 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
• 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
• 1959 American Football League awards Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph C Wilson
• 1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
• 1962 Jo Weatherly in a Pontiac finishes 2nd to Rex White in season-ending Dixie 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway to clinch his 1st of 2 consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships
• 1962 NY Giant Y. A. Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)

• 1970 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
• 1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)
• 1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
• 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games

Sports History

1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

Sports History
1978 Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)


Ice Hockey LegendBobby Orr

• 1979 Dick Howser (best Yank manager win-lost pct .636) returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
• 1981 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 9-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 2; first co-MVP's: LA's Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Yeager

NYC Women's Marathon
1984 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
• 1989 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat San Francisco, 9-6 at Candlestick Park to sweep Giants in earthquake affected "Bay Bridge Series"; MVP: A's pitcher Dave Stewart
• 1995 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
• 1995 7th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 20-10 in South Bend

Sports History
1995 Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians, 1-0 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their 3rd title; MVP: Braves starter Tom Glavine


Baseball PitcherTom Glavine

• 1995 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song
• 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
• 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
• 2007 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat Colorado, 4-3 in Game 4 at Coors Field, Denver to sweep the Rockies and win their 2nd title in 4 years; MVP: Boston 3rd baseman Mike Lowell
• 2011 Baseball World Series: St. Louis beats Texas Rangers, 6-2 in Game 7 at Busch Stadium to win Cardinals' 11th title; MVP: Cardinals 3rd baseman David Freese

Sports History
2012 American Serena Williams wins her 3rd season ending tennis title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6–4, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

Tennis PlayerMaria Sharapova

• 2012 Baseball World Series: San Francisco beats Detroit, 4-3 in 10 innings in Game 4 at Comerica Park; sweep Tigers, 4-0 for Giants' 2nd title in 3 years; MVP: SF 3rd baseman Pablo Sandoval
• 2015 Longest ever 1st game of Baseball World Series (5 hours, 9 minutes); Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets, 5-4; also joint longest by innings (14)
• 2018 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beats LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to win 9th title in franchise history; MVP: Boston utility Steve Pearce

Sports History
2018 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez to clinch his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton

• 2018 Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina registers biggest win of her career when she rallies for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over American Sloane Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore

 

OCT 29

• 1889 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: defending champion NY Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn Bridegrooms (AA), 3-2 in Game 9 to claim series, 6-3
• 1910 Hamilton running back / kicker Ben Simpson lands CFL record 11 singles in Tigers 14-7 win over Montreal at Montreal AAA Grounds

• 1920 Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees
• 1931 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
• 1939 NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3

Appointment of Interest

1942 Branch Rickey named president and General Manager of Brooklyn Dodgers


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1945 Happy Chandler resigns as US Senator, remains as baseball commissioner
• 1949 White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox
• 1950 Bill Rexford in an Oldsmobile finishes 26th in the season finale at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina to win the NASCAR Grand National Series Championship
• 1950 Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
• 1950 Detroit Lions Wally Triplett achieves a kickoff return yardage of 294 yards against the LA Rams, the second highest in a single-game in NFL history
• 1959 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced

Sports History
1960 Cassius Clay's [Muhammad Ali] 1st professional fight; beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali

• 1961 13th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Ned Jarrett wins
• 1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan
• 1967 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions

Sports History
1969 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver

• 1972 Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal

Sports History
1979 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)


Baseball Player and ManagerBilly Martin

• 1984 NY Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30)
• 1985 Cards' Joaquin Andujar suspended for 10 games for bumping an umpire
• 1986 Kirk Muller scores NJ Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6

Sports History
1986 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 6-16 as the West Indies dismissed for 53 in 186 run defeat in 1st Test at Faisalabad


Cricket Spin BowlerAbdul Qadir
Boxing Title Fight
1987 Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented 4th different weight boxing title


BoxerThomas Hearns

• 1989 Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
• 1991 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
• 2005 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Belmont Park; winners: Saint Liam, Stevie Wonderboy, Pleasant Home, Shirocco, Intercontinental, Folklore, Artie Schiller, Silver Train
• 2008 Baseball World Series: Philadelphia beats Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3 in Game 5 at Citizens Bank Park for Phillies second title in their 126-year history; MVP: Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels
• 2014 Baseball World Series: San Francisco beats Kansas City Royals, 3-2 in Game 7 at Kauffman Field, KC to win Giants' 3rd title in 5 years; MVP: SF starter Madison Bumgarner

Sports History
2017 British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes a distant 9th in Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; good enough to clinch his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton
Sports History
2017 Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki beats American Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

Tennis PlayerCaroline Wozniacki

• 2018 Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors' 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago

 

OCT 30

• 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
• 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball

• 1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hit .349 & was 13-2 as pitcher for Baltimore (International League) in 1922)

Sports History

1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals


Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson

Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1952 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
• 1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
• 1955 7th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
• 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group. They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
• 1960 12th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Rex White wins

Sports History
1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1966 16th NASCAR Sprint Cup: David Pearson wins
• 1967 Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
• 1967 Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)

Sports History
1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
Boxing Title Fight
1974 "The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous "rope-a-dope" tactic


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMuhammad Ali
Sports History
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan

• 1975 Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1975 John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals

Golf Tournament
1988 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship


LPGA GolferBeth Daniel
Sports History
1988 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th GP win of the season; clinches first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

• 1988 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
• 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0

Sports History
1997 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday


Football LegendDiego Maradona

• 2004 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Lone Star Park; winners: Ghostzapper, Wilko, Ashado, Better Talk Now, Oujja Board, Sweet Catomine, Singletary, Speightstown

Sports History
2011 Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová beats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey


Tennis PlayerPetra Kvitová

Tennis PlayerVictoria Azarenka

• 2013 Baseball World Series: Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 6-1 in Game 6 at Fenway Park to win title; MVP: Boston slugger David Ortiz
• 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam's Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria
• 2015 Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwańska wins the WTA Finals title at Kallang. Singapore; beats Czech Petra Kvitová 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
• 2016 Oakland Raiders break the single game record for most penalties in an NFL game gaining 23 in win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sports History
2016 Slovak tennis star Dominika Cibulková beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title decider in Kallang, Singapore


Tennis PlayerAngelique Kerber

• 2019 Baseball World Series: Washington Nationals beat Houston Astros, 6-2 in Game 7 at Minute Maid Park, Houston to win first title in franchise history; MVP: Washington pitcher Stephen Strasburg

 

OCT 31

• 1888 Scottish vet John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tyre

Sports History

1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

• 1907 Calgary City Rugby Football Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary
• 1908 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in London
• 1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track & field association)

Sports History
1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Bkln (48-10)


American Football Player and CoachSammy Baugh
Sports History
1950 The Big Cat, Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points on debut for the Washington Capitols


Basketball PlayerEarl Lloyd

• 1967 SF Giants Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award
• 1968 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game)
• 1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award

Sports History
1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver

• 1976 Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad scores 206 v NZ, aged 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
• 1985 Last day in Test cricket for Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas
• 1987 A pair in Coventry, England, ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes
• 1987 American jockey Chris Antley becomes first rider to win 9 races in a day (4 at Aqueduct / 5 at The Meadowlands)
• 1988 First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23
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• 1992 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
• 1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match

Sports History
1994 American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14 year old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

• 1995 NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ
• 1999 Finnish McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to clinch his second straight F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 2 points from Irishman Eddie Irvine
• 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

Sports History
2003 Bethany Hamilton, aged 13, has her arm bitten off by a shark while surfing in Hawaii


Professional SurferBethany Hamilton
Sports History
2010 Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters beats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 for her 3rd season ending WTA Championship in Doha, Qatar


Tennis PlayerKim Clijsters

Tennis PlayerCaroline Wozniacki

• 2014 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hootenanny, Goldencents, Lady Eli, Untapable

Hall of Fame
2014 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY


Baseball ManagerTony La Russa

MLB Pitching LegendGreg Maddux

Baseball PitcherTom Glavine

• 2015 8th Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham, London: All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 2 conversions as New Zealand defeats Australia, 34-17
• 2015 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Songbird, Mongolian Saturday, Wavell Avenue, Stephanie's Kitten, Runhappy, Tepin, Nyquist, Found, American Pharoah
• 2020 England beats Italy 34-5 in Rome to clinch 29th Six-Nations Rugby Championship; halfback Ben Youngs becomes second England player to earn 100th test cap
• 2020 New Zealand Rugby Union team routs Australia, 43-5 in Sydney to retain Bledisloe Cup (2-1) for 18th straight series; Wallabies' largest ever defeat by All Blacks

 

Nov 1

• 1884 Gaelic Athletic Association is established in a meeting at Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary; Clare teacher Michael Cusack is credited as founder; objective to promote Irish sport & games
• 1897 Italian football club Juventus F.C. is founded by students in Turin as Sport-Club Juventus

• 1913 Notre Dame upsets Army, 35-13 in the colleges' inaugural football game; quarterback Gus Dorais (14 of 17 passes, 243 yards, 2 TDs) and receiver Knute Rockne use forward pass effectively
• 1916 Broadway theatre owner and producer Harry H. Frazee and Hugh Ward buy MLB club the Boston Red Sox for approximately $700,000 from Joseph Lannin
• 1920 American fishing schooner 'Esperanto' defeats Canadian yacht 'Delawana' in the first International Fishing Schooner Championship Races off Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 1922 In an all-American bout, Mickey Walker upsets defending champion Jack Britton in a 15-round points decision at Madison Square Garden, NYC; wins world welterweight boxing crown
• 1924 Boston Bruins officially join the NHL, becoming the first United States based team to enter the League; Montreal Maroons also join NHL, but only last until 1938

Sports History

1928 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores 133 not out in NSW 2nd innings v Queensland in Brisbane; follows his 131 in the Blues' 1st innings


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman
Sports History
1938 NL batting champion Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds is named National League MVP; first catcher to win award; Boston Red Sox 1st baseman Jimmie Foxx takes AL award


MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1938 Seabiscuit, with George Woolf aboard, beats 1937 Triple Crown winner War Admiral by 3 lengths in Pimlico track record time to win $15,000 in what is regarded as one of the greatest match races in horse racing history
• 1946 First Basketball Association of America game; New York Knicks beat Toronto Huskies, 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

Sports History
1950 Celtics' forward Chuck Cooper becomes first African American to play in the NBA in Boston's 107-84 loss at Fort Wayne Pistons; future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy also debuts for Celtics


NBA Point GuardBob Cousy
Sports History
1951 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella wins first of his 3 National League MVP awards


MLB CatcherRoy Campanella

• 1953 Czech long distance runner Emile Zatopek sets world 10,000m record 29:01.6 & 6 mile mark 28:08.4 in Stara Boleslav, Czech Republic
• 1953 Herb Thomas, driving his own No. 92 Hudson Hornet wraps up the NASCAR Grand National Championship with 14th-place in 100-mile finale at Atlanta's Lakewood Speedway; Thomas first repeat champion of the series
• 1954 Lee Petty with 32 top-10 finishes from 34 races wins NASCAR Grand National Championship by 283 points from Herb Thomas; Petty fails to finish season ending Wilkes 160

Sports History
1959 Future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown runs for 5 touchdowns in Cleveland Browns, 38-31 win over Baltimore Colts at Memorial Stadium


NFL LegendJim Brown
Sports History
1959 Montreal Canadiens’ goal tender Jacques Plante becomes first NHL net-minder to wear a fibreglass protective face mask


NHL GoalieJacques Plante

• 1964 Cleveland running back Jim Brown runs for 149 yards in Browns' 30-17 win at Pittsburgh to become the first NFL player to exceed 10,000 yards career rushing
• 1964 Houston Oilers quarterback George Blanda attempts an AFL record 68 passes (37 completions) in 24-10 loss v Buffalo Bills at War Memorial Stadium
• 1964 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson passes for 435 yards and 6 TDs in 49-39 win over Denver Broncos at Municipal Stadium
• 1965 Ernie Terrell retains WBA heavyweight boxing title; beats Canadian George Chuvalo in 15 round points decision in Toronto

Sports History
1966 LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax becomes first 3-time winner of Cy Young Award; unanimous winner for 2nd straight year; final year only 1 award given for pitchers in both major leagues


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax

• 1966 NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans; name "Saints" alludes to November 1, All Saints Day in Catholic faith

Sports History
1968 Detroit pitcher Denny McLain is named unanimous AL Cy Young Award winner after finishing MLB season, 31-6 for World Series winning Tigers


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1970 First NFL regular season New York Giants-Jets game; Giants win 22-10 at Shea Stadium

Sports History
1981 Darrell Waltrip wins his 4th straight NASCAR Cup race, the American 500 at North Carolina Motor Speedway; ties Richard Petty record 1967; 12th win of season; goes on to win Winston Cup crown


Auto RacerRichard Petty

Racing Car DriverDarrell Waltrip
Appointment of Interest
1982 MLB owners vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract; AL owners vote for Kuhn, 11-3, and NL, 7-5, 2 shy of 3/4 majority required for re-election; eventually replaced by Peter Ueberroth


Olympic Executive and Commissioner of BaseballPeter Ueberroth

MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn

• 1984 First NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - LA Clippers beat NY Knicks, 107-105
• 1986 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile

Sports History
1987 Brazilian Williams driver Nelson Piquet finishes 15th in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka but clinches his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship


Auto RacerNelson Piquet

• 1987 New York City Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins men's race, 2:11:01; English runner Priscilla Welch women's champion, 2:30:17
• 1987 New York Jets retire Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Maynard's jersey #13
• 1987 New Zealand All Blacks create a rugby union international world record score when they beat Japan, 106-4 at the National Stadium in Tokyo
• 1989 Despite 107 from Desmond Haynes, Saleem Malik with 71 leads Pakistan to 4 wicket win v West Indies in cricket's Nehru Cup Final in Kolkata, India

Sports History
1990 Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1992 New York City Marathon: Willie Mtolo of South Africa wins men's race, 2:09:29; Australian Lisa Ondieki women's champion, 2:24:40
• 1992 NY Jets wide receiver Al Toon becomes 10th NFL player to make a reception in 100 straight games; Jets beat Miami Dolphins, 26-24 at The Meadowlands
• 1993 After playing 12 Tests for Australia, fast bowler Michael Whitney plays his final day in 1st class cricket for NSW in a tour match loss v New Zealand in Newcastle

Sports History
1994 Chicago Bulls retire basketball superstar Michael Jordan's jersey #23 in a 2-hour ceremony at the United Center


Basketball SuperstarMichael Jordan

• 1996 Philadelphia 76ers inaugurate NBA season with opening of the CoreStates Center before 20,444; largest crowd to see a basketball game in state of Pennsylvania; lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 111-103
• 1996 Shaquille O'Neil makes his Hollywood debut as Los Angeles Lakers beat Phoenix Suns, 96-82 at the Forum, Inglewood; O'Neil scores 23 points and pulls down 14 rebounds in 35 minutes

Sports History
1997 Expanded Negro Leagues Museum and the new American Jazz Museum open in Kansas City's historic 18th and Vine district


Baseball Player and CoachBuck O'Neil

• 1997 Louisiana State University running back Kevin Faulk rushes for 212 yards and a school record 5 touchdowns in a 63-28 win at Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington
• 1997 North Carolina State University wide receiver Torry Holt catches 5 touchdown passes in a 48-35 loss to Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee

Sports History
1998 Finnish McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen wins season ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka to claim his first F1 World Drivers Championship; wins title by 14 points from Michael Schumacher


Formula 1 DriverMichael Schumacher
Sports History
1998 Steve Young and Jerry Rice hook up for their 80th career touchdown in Niners' 36-22 loss to GB Packers at Lambeau Field; eclipse previous NFL mark held by Miami Dolphins tandem Dan Marino & Mark Clayton


NFL LegendJerry Rice

NFL QuarterbackSteve Young

• 2000 Pat Riley becomes only 2nd coach in NBA history to accumulate 1,000 regular season victories when Miami Heat open season with a 105-79 victory v Orlando Magic; Lenny Wilkens is first to achieve the mark
• 2001 In the Wallabies’ 400th rugby union Test match in history, Australia routs Spain 92-10 (Australian record score) in Madrid; Matt Burke kicks an Australian record 10 conversions
• 2003 Arkansas beats Kentucky 71-63 in 7 OTs at Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington; ties NCAA record for longest game in college football history
• 2003 Arkansas beats Kentucky, 71-63 at Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington; ties NCAA record for longest football game ever played, with 7 overtime periods
• 2003 John Gagliardi ties Eddie Robinson as college football's career victory leader with his 408th win, guiding Division III St. John's to a 15-12 victory over St.Thomas at St. Paul, Minnesota
• 2003 University of Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald establishes a new NCAA record with a touchdown reception in his 14th straight game as Pittsburgh beats Boston College, 24-13 at Alumni Stadium

Sports History
2007 5-time Grand Slam tennis winner Martina Hingis admits testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon; maintains innocence; retires from tennis; no desire for fight with anti-doping authorities


Tennis PlayerMartina Hingis

• 2007 Joe Torre, the winningest manager in MLB postseason history, moves from one storied franchise (NY Yankees) to another (LA Dodgers), agreeing to a 3-year, $13 million contract

Sports History
2009 British Mercedes driver Jenson Button finishes 3rd in inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit to win his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 11 points from Sebastian Vettel


Formula 1 DriverSebastian Vettel

Sports History
2009 Tennis sisters Serena and Venus Williams clash in the season-ending WTA Championship decider at Doha, Qatar; Serena wins 6-2, 7-6


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

• 2010 Baseball World Series: San Francisco beats Texas Rangers, 3-1 in Game 5 at Arlington to clinch Giants first title since relocating from NYC in 1958; MVP: SF shortstop Édgar Rentería
• 2013 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: London Bridge, Outstrip, Goldencents, Chriselliam, Beholder
• 2014 Australian A-League soccer club Western Sydney Wanderers draw 0-0 with Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh to win the AFC Champions League, 1-0 on aggregate
• 2014 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Take Charge Brandi, Dayatthespa, Judy The Beauty, Bobby's Kitten, Texas Red, Main Sequence, Work All Week, Karakontie, Bayern
• 2015 Baseball World Series: KC Royals win first title since 1985; rally in 9th and break away in 12th to beat NY Mets, 7-2 in Game 5 in NYC; MVP: Royals catcher Salvador Perez
• 2015 New York City Marathon: Stanley Biwott of Kenya takes men's division in 2:10:34; compatriot and defending women's champion Mary Keitany wins easily in 2:24:25

Sports History
2017 Baseball World Series: Houston Astros win their first ever title; beat LA Dodgers, 5-1 in Game 7 at Dodger Stadium; MVP: Astros outfielder George Springer III


Baseball PlayerJosé Altuve

• 2018 20 year old Russian Evgeni Malkin scores in the 1st period to become the first NHL player in 89 years with goals in his first 6 games as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Kings, 4-3 in Los Angeles
• 2019 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Four Wheel Drive, Structor, British Idiom, Sharing, Storm the Court

 

NOV 2

• 1895 Belmont Stakes: Fred Taral aboard Preakness winner Belmar wins in 2:11½; race run in November as NY Jockey Club closed out its affairs
• 1895 First organised auto race in the United States is run in Chicago; 6 cars race over 52-mile lakefront course; 2 finish because of blizzard conditions

• 1913 St. Louis Browns player-manager George Stovall, fired the previous summer, is the first MLB player to jump to the Federal League, signing to manage the Kansas City Packers

Sports History

1934 MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig starts 18-game tour against Japanese Big-Six University League


Baseball LegendConnie Mack

Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig
Sports History
1938 Boston Red Sox first baseman Jimmie Foxx is voted Most Valuable Player of the American League for the third time


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx

• 1947 After just 6 games of the season, Chicago Blackhawks trade NHL scoring leader Max Bentley along with Cy Thomas to Toronto Maple Leafs for Gus Bodnar, Bud Poile, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham, and Ernie Dickens

Ryder Cup
1947 Ryder Cup Golf, Portland GC: US wins first post WWII event, 11-1; Ben Hogan American captain; Henry Cotton GB skipper


GolferBen Hogan

• 1958 Los Angeles Rams beat Chicago Bears, 41-35 before 90,833 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum; NFL single-game attendance record

Sports History
1960 New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris beats teammate Mickey Mantle for American League MVP Award, 225-222; second-closest vote ever


Baseball PlayerRoger Maris

Baseball LegendMickey Mantle

• 1964 Columbia Broadcasting System buys 80% share in the New York Yankees Baseball Club for $11.2 million; later purchases club outright
• 1965 Craig Breedlove driving FIA-legal four-wheeler, Sonic I, breaks land speed record with a two-run average of 555.483 mph (893.963 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

Sports History
1969 41-year old Detroit right wing Gordie Howe picks up his 19th and final NHL hat trick as the Red Wings beat Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-3; Howe is the oldest player to score an NHL hat-trick


Ice Hockey LegendGordie Howe

• 1969 Quarterbacks Billy Kilmer of New Orleans and St Louis' Charlie Johnson each pass for 6 touchdowns for combined NFL record of 12 passing TDs in a game; Saints beat Cardinals, 51-42 at Busch Memorial Stadium
• 1971 Baltimore Orioles pitcher Pat Dobson no-hits the Yomiuri Giants, 2 - 0; first no-hitter in history of exhibition play between American and Japanese teams

Sports History
1972 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton is unanimously selected National League Cy Young Award winner; wins 27 games for Phillies, who as a team win only 59 games


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton
Sports History
1974 Atlanta Braves trade then MLB home run king Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May


Baseball PlayerHank Aaron

• 1975 First sports event at The Summit arena in Houston - NBA's Houston Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89; future Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich top scores with 24 points
• 1977 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton wins his second Cy Young Award, outpointing Tommy John of the LA Dodgers; Carlton leads National League with 23 wins and posts 2.64 ERA

Sports History
1978 Wayne Gretzky is sold to the Edmonton Oilers after just 8 games with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA (scoring 6 points); scores 104 points in 72 games (both teams combined) and is named WHA rookie of the year


Ice Hockey GreatWayne Gretzky

• 1985 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Aqueduct Racetrack; winners: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
• 1985 LA Kings score 5 goals in a span of 5:37, the fastest in NHL team history; rout Hartford Whalers, 8-1 at Hartford Civic Center
• 1985 Tulsa's Gordon Brown (214) and Steve Gage (206) set NCAA football record for combined rushing yards in one game for 2 teammates who gained more than 200 yards each in 42-26 win at Wichita State
• 1986 Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship

Sports History
1986 German tennis star Boris Becker wins his third tournament in 3 weeks in different continents; beats Sergio Casal of Spain 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 in the final of the Paris Open after victories in Japan and Australia


Tennis LegendBoris Becker
New York City Marathon
1986 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th NYC event in 2:28:06; Gianni Poli of Italy, men's champion in 2:11:06


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz
Sports History
1988 A's shortstop Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year; 3rd straight for Oakland; Jose Canseco 1986, Mark McGwire 1987


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire
Radio History
1988 Mexican radio station erroneously reports Mike Tyson had died in car crash


Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson

• 1990 First NBA game at Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rolando Blackman top scores with 21 points as Timberwolves beat Mavericks, 98-85
• 1990 First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan
• 1990 Golden State Warriors register a 162-158 win over the Denver Nuggets at McNichols Arena, with the 320 total points setting an NBA record for most points scored by 2 teams in a non-overtime game
• 1991 2nd Rugby World Cup Final, Twickenham: Australia beats England, 12-6 with Wallabies fly-half Michael Lynagh landing 2 penalties and a conversion
• 1991 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly (leading female thoroughbred money-earner, with $3,083,456), Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou
• 1991 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35 point 3rd quarter deficit to rally and beat Weber State, 55-49

Sports History
1993 First commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherBob Feller

• 1994 NFL announces the expansion Carolina Panthers would play in the NFC West, while the Jacksonville Jaguars is assigned to the AFC Central
• 1996 Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history
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• 1997 Eric Metcalf of the San Diego Chargers returns punts for touchdowns of 85 & 67 yards in 38-31 loss at Cincinnati; joins Hall of Famer Jack Christiansen as only players in NFL history to return punts for TDs twice in a game
• 1997 New York City Marathon: John Kagwe of Kenya wins men's race in 2:08:12; Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland women's champion in 2:28:43
• 2002 14th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 14-7 in South Bend

Sports History
2002 Mark Messier plays his 1,616th NHL game, a 3-2 Rangers loss against the St. Blues, to move into 2nd place on the all-time games played list; passes Larry Murphy and ends career with 1,756 games, just 11 shy of Gordie Howe


NHL LegendMark Messier

• 2003 New York City Marathon: Margaret Okayo of Kenya wins in 2:22:31 to break her own record; her countryman Martin Lel wins men's race in 2:10:30

Sports History
2008 British McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 4th in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to clinch his first F1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Felipe Massa


Formula 1 DriverLewis Hamilton
Sports History
2011 Prodigious Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 100th goal for Real Madrid in his 105th game for the club in a 2-0 Champions League win over Olympique Lyon


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo

• 2012 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hightail, Calidoscopio, Flotilla, Beholder, Zagora, Royal Delta

Sports History
2013 Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina claims ASP World Junior Title by beating Ramzi Boukhiam of Morocco in a high-scoring final at Joaquina Beach in Florianopolis, Brazil


SurferGabriel Medina

• 2013 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Ria Antonia, Dank, Groupie Doll, Mizdirection, New Year's Day, Magician, Secret Circle, Wise Dan, Mucho Macho Man
• 2013 Masahiro Tanaka's record streak of 30 consecutive starts without a loss ends when the Rakuten Golden Eagles' ace is beaten, 4-2, by the Yomiuri Giants in Game 6 of the Japan Baseball Series
• 2014 New York City Marathon: Wilson Kipsang of Kenya wins in 2:10:59; compatriot Mary Keitany wins first of 3 straight women's titles in 2:25:07
• 2016 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs' title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist
• 2018 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 1 winners: Bulletin, Newspaperofrecord, Jaywalk, Line of Duty, Game Winner
• 2019 9th Rugby World Cup, Yokohama: South African fly-half Handré Pollard lands 6 penalties and 2 conversions as Springboks beat favourites England, 32-12 for their 3rd title
• 2019 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Covfefe, Belvoir Bay, Spun to Run, Iridessa, Mitole, Uni, Blue Prize, Bricks and Mortar, Vino Rosso
• 2021 Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves win 4th title in franchise history; beat Houston Astros, 7-0 in Game 6 at Minute Maid Park, Houston for 4-2 series victory; MVP: Braves outfielder Jorge Soler

 

NOV 3

Boxing Title Fight

1899 World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retains title; beats Irishman Tom Sharkey on points in 25 rounds at Coney Island Athletic Club, Brooklyn, NYC


Boxer and World Heavyweight ChampionJames J. Jeffries

Appointment of Interest
1926 Legendary baseball figure Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager; replaced by George Moriarty, first man to hold MLB's 4 principal jobs: player, umpire, scout and manager


MLB LegendTy Cobb
Music Premiere
1927 Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee", based on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court", opens at the Vanderbilt Theatre, NYC; runs for 421 performances


AuthorMark Twain
Baseball Record
1934 NY Yankees 1st baseman Lou Gehrig wins American League Triple Crown after hitting .363 with 49 HRs and 165 RBI; but Philadelphia A's catcher Mickey Cochrane (.320, 2 HRs, 76 RBI) is named AL MVP


Baseball PlayerLou Gehrig

Baseball CatcherMickey Cochrane

• 1935 Korean runner Sohn Kee-chung sets new men's marathon world record, 2:26:42 in Tokyo, Japan
• 1935 Philadelphia Eagles beat Boston Redskins, 7-6 at Fenway Park; respective quarterbacks combine to throw an NFL record 11 interceptions
• 1937 Frenchman Maurice Archambaud cycles world record for distance in one hour, 45.796 km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy
• 1937 Howie Morenz Memorial Game, Montreal Forum: NHL All-Stars beat Montreal All Stars, 6-5

Baseball Record
1942 Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams wins American League Triple Crown (.356 average, 36 HRs, 137 RBI); but NY Yankees pitcher Joe Gordon is AL MVP


Baseball PlayerTed Williams

• 1945 Australian Test cricket batsman Lindsay Hassett is 124 not out as Australian Services draws with Prince's XI at Delhi; follows his 187 in 1st innings

NHL All-Star Game
1948 2nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1; Gordie Howe's first of 23 All-Star appearances


Ice Hockey LegendGordie Howe

• 1948 Kleggie Hermsen and Bones McKinney each score 17 points as Washington Capitols beat Philadelphia Warriors, 77-70 at Washington Coliseum to win first of 15 straight games to start season; best start in NBA history
• 1953 MLB Rules Committee restores the sacrifice fly rule, eliminated in 1939; rule says a sacrifice fly is not charged as a time at bat
• 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates starter Vern Law (20-9, 18 complete games) wins MLB's Cy Young Award

NBA Record
1962 SF Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 72 points in 127-115 defeat to LA Lakers at LA Memorial Sports Arena; then 4th-highest point total in NBA history; remains 6th highest game total


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
Sports History
1963 Joe Weatherly finishes 7th in the season ending Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway; retains NASCAR Sprint Cup by 2,228 points from 14-time winner Richard Petty


Auto RacerRichard Petty

• 1964 Philadelphia voters narrowly approve $25 million to build a new multi-purpose stadium that would become Veterans Stadium, home to MLB Phillies and NFL Eagles

Baseball Record
1965 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax is named Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote and for a third time; posts 26-8 record, 1.73 ERA and record-shattering 382 strikeouts


Baseball PitcherSandy Koufax
Sports History
1968 David Pearson is declared NASCAR Grand National champion as Cale Yarborough wins season ending Peach State 200 at Jefferson, Georgia; Pearson finishes 126 points ahead of Bobby Isaac to secure his 2nd title


Auto RacerCale Yarborough
Sports History
1968 English Lotus driver Graham Hill wins his 2nd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by taking out the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 12 points from Scotsman Jackie Stewart


Auto RacerGraham Hill

Auto RacerJackie Stewart

• 1968 New York Jets kicker Jim Turner lands 6 field goals and an extra point to beat Buffalo Bills, 25-21 at Shea Stadium
• 1970 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson wins his second NL Cy Young Award (23-7 record, 274 strikeouts and 3.12 ERA
• 1973 BYU receiver Jay Miller sets an NCAA football single game record with 22 catches (for 263 yards) en route to a 56-21 victory over New Mexico at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah

Sports History
1975 Chris Evert becomes first tennis player to achieve the No. 1 ranking as the WTA Tour rankings debut; Evert holds top-spot for first 26 weeks


Tennis LegendChris Evert

• 1980 After acquiring MLB's Oakland A's for $12.7m, Walter Haas Jr. appoints himself CEO; leads team to 4 AL West Divisional titles and 1989 World Series Championship
• 1980 Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland A's
• 1981 Milwaukee Brewers future Baseball Hall of Fame reliever Rollie Fingers (6-3 record, 28 saves and 1.04 ERA) wins American League Cy Young Award, with 22 of 28 possible 1st-place votes

Baseball Record
1982 Pitcher Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee Brewers' second consecutive American League Cy Young Award winner; edges Jim Palmer of the Baltimore Orioles; Vuckovich, 18-6 with 105 strikeouts and 3.34 ERA


Baseball PlayerJim Palmer

• 1982 San Diego guard Randy Smith plays his 845th consecutive game in Clippers' 130-111 loss in Philadelphia; passes Johnny “Red” Kerr's NBA record; goes on to play in 906 straight games

Sports History
1985 Bill Elliott wins Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta Raceway to become first driver to win 11 super-speedway races in 1 season; also first driver to win $2m in prize money in a single season


Auto RacerBill Elliott
Sports History
1985 French McLaren driver Alain Prost wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, finishing 4th in the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 20 points from Italian Michele Alboreto


Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost
Sports History
1987 New York Rangers' center Marcel Dionne becomes just the 2nd NHL player to register 1,700 career points, scoring a goal in 5-3 loss at Calgary


NHL StarMarcel Dionne
Baseball Record
1987 Oakland A's first baseman Mark McGwire wins American League Rookie of the Year with 49 home runs, 118 RBI; second to win AL award unanimously; first Carlton Fisk 1972


MLB First BasemanMark McGwire
Sports History
1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Cincinnati Reds, replacing Pete Rose, banned for life for gambling on MLB games


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

• 1989 NBA expansion Minnesota Timberwolves make NBA debut; lose 106-94 against SuperSonics at Seattle Center Coliseum; Tyrone Corbin T-Wolves top scorer with 20 points
• 1989 Šarūnas Marčiulionis and Alexander Volkov become first Russians to play in a regular season NBA game; Marciulionis scores 19 as Golden State lose 136-106 to Phoenix; Volkov held scoreless in Atlanta's 126-103 defeat by Indiana

NBA Record
1990 Atlanta Hawks' center Moses Malone sets an NBA record for free throws made in a career by hitting 7-of-9 in a 121-120 win over Indiana Pacers at the Omni; passes Oscar Robinson's record (7,694)


Basketball PlayerMoses Malone

• 1990 TCU quarterback Matt Vogler completes 44 passes including 5 touchdowns for an NCAA football record 690 passing yards in a 56-35 loss to Houston at the Astrodome; Cougars quarterback David Klingler throws for 7 TDs

Sports History
1991 Ayrton Senna wins Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; shortest F1 race ever run (14 laps) because of wet conditions; Senna retains his 3rd World Drivers Championship by 24 points from Nigel Mansell

• 1991 New York City Marathon: Salvador Garcia of Mexico men's champion in 2:09:28; Liz McColgan of Scotland wins women's title, 2:27.0
• 1993 Defenseman Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devils 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd consecutive NHL game in 2-3 loss at LA Kings

Sports History
1993 Greg Maddux becomes first pitcher since Sandy Koufax to win the National League's Cy Young Award in successive MLB seasons and the first in successive seasons with different teams; Cubs 1992, Braves 1993

• 1994 Small forward Glenn Robinson signs the then most lucrative rookie contract in NBA history, a 10-year, $68.15 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks
• 1995 First NBA game at FleetCenter in Boston; Celtics lose to Milwaukee Bucks, 101-100
• 1995 First NBA game at Rose Garden in Portland; Trail Blazers lose 92-80 to Vancouver Grizzlies
• 1995 First NBA game at SkyDome in Toronto; Raptors beat New Jersey Nets, 94-79
• 1995 With a 105-91 victory over Charlotte at the United Centre, Chicago wins their first of an NBA record 72 games in one season and their first of an NBA record 37 home games won at the start of a season

Sports History
1996 Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant becomes the then youngest player to make his NBA debut (18 years, 2 months, 11 days) in 91-85 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Great Western Forum

• 1996 New York City Marathon: Giacomo Leone of Italy, man's champion in 2:09:54; Anuta Catuna of Romania takes women's title in 2:28:18

Sports History
1996 San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice grabs 3 passes for 45 yards and a TD to become 1st player in NFL history to reach 1,000 career receptions in 24-17 win over New Orleans Saints; finishes career with 1,549
Sports History
1997 American racing legend Bill Shoemaker retires from thoroughbred training with a 90 winners from 713 start record; rode record 8,833 winners as a jockey, before becoming a trainer in 1990

• 1997 Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra becomes 6th player to be unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year; leads AL in hits (209), triples (11), multi-hit games (68); also sets AL rookie-record with 30-game hitting streak

Sports History
1999 Los Angeles Lakers debut in the STAPLES Center, with 103-88 win v Vancouver Grizzlies; Magic Johnson & Chick Hearn co-host ceremony unveiling Lakers' retired jerseys & championship banners in new building

• 2001 Arkansas beats Mississippi, 58-56 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford in 7 overtime periods; the longest game in NCAA football history
• 2001 San Antonio Spurs guard Steve Smith plays first game against Portland after being traded from the Trail Blazers; ties NBA record for most 3-point field goals in a game without a miss; goes 8-for-8, scores 36 points in 106-90 win

Federation Cup
2002 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Gran Canaria, Spain: Janette Husárová beats Spaniard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-0, 6-2 to give Slovakia their first title, 3-1

Hall of Fame
2003 Grant Fuhr, Pat LaFontaine, Red Wings owner Mike Illitch and Ottawa 67’s coach Brian Kilreais are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

• 2007 Navy beats Notre Dame 46-44 in triple overtime, ending the Fighting Irish's NCAA Football-record winning streak against the Midshipmen at 43 games; last Navy win over Notre Dame, 35-14 in 1963
• 2012 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: George Vancouver, Groupie Doll, Tapizar, Mizdirection, Shanghai Bobby, Little Mike, Trinniberg, Wise Dan, Fort Larned

Sports History
2013 Bobby Orr's autobiography "Orr: My Story" debuts at the #8 position on The New York Times best seller list for nonfiction

• 2013 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Cagliari, Italy: Sara Errani of Italy outclasses Russia's Alisa Kleybanova 6-1, 6-1 for an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-0) and 4th title for the home country
• 2013 New York City Marathon: Geoffrey Mutai becomes first repeat winner in 15 years in slow 2:08:24; fellow Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo wins women's race in 2:25:07
• 2013 Nick Foles connects with Riley Cooper 3 times to become 7th passer in NFL history with 7 TD tosses in a game during Philadelphia Eagles’ 49-20 win over the Raiders at Oakland; Foles completes 22 of 28 for 406 yards
• 2015 Melbourne Cup won by Prince of Penzance ridden by Michelle Payne; first female jockey to win the event
• 2017 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Rushing Fall, Battle of Midway, Mendelssohn, Forever Unbridled
• 2018 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 2 winners: Shamrock Rose, Stormy Liberal, City of Light, Sistercharlie, Roy H, Expert Eye, Monomoy Girl, Enable, Accelerate
• 2019 Australian world #1 Ashleigh Barty beats Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6–4, 6–3 to win the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China, receives US$4.42m the biggest winner's prize in tennis history

Sports History
2019 British Mercedes driver and defending champion Lewis Hamilton finishes second in the US Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas to clinch his 6th F1 Drivers World Championship

 

NOV 4

• 1889 Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL
• 1924 California legalizes professional boxing (illegal since 1914)

• 1934 After posting 7 straight shutouts to start the NFL season, Detroit Lions beat Pittsburgh, 40-7 at University of Detroit Stadium; scored upon for the first time of the season; rush for NFL single game record 426 yards
• 1951 NY Giants & NY Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns

Ryder Cup

1951 Ryder Cup Golf, Pinehurst Resort: US wins 9½-2½; Sam Snead playing captain for US; Arthur Lacey non-playing GB skipper


GolferSam Snead

• 1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 v England in his last Test Cricket innings
• 1953 New baseball balk rule gives the batter option of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk

Sports History
1959 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP


MLB shortstopErnie Banks

• 1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
• 1973 Chicago centre Stan Mikita registers his 1,000 NHL career point in the Black Hawks 5-3 loss to the Minnesota North Stars at the Met Centre, Bloomington, Minnesota
• 1973 New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills

Sports History
1975 Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award


Baseball PlayerJim Palmer
Sports History
1976 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich & McCovey, available


MLB Right FielderReggie Jackson
Sports History
1978 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, & Darrell Evans, available


MLB Player and ManagerPete Rose

Baseball PitcherTommy John

• 1978 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3)
• 1980 Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2)

Sports History
1980 MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Award


Baseball PitcherSteve Carlton

• 1980 Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro-baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires
• 1983 Washington Capitals first NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
• 1987 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1987 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for 1989
• 1988 First NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
• 1989 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
• 1989 First NBA game at Orlando Arena, Orlando Magic loses to NJ Nets, 111-106
• 1990 20th NYC Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45
• 1990 21st NYC Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39

Sports History
1990 Ayrton Senna retires with gearbox trouble during the season-ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins by 7 points from Alain Prost; McLaren-Honda wins Constructors title for 3rd straight year


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

• 1992 NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
• 1992 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
• 1994 United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83
• 1995 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal
• 1995 KeyArena opens in Seattle, Supersonics beat the LA Lakers 103-89
• 2000 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Tiznow, Macho Uno, Spain, Kalanisi, War Chant, Perfect Sting, Kona Gold, Caressing

Sports History
2001 American tennis star Serena Williams wins the WTA Tour Championship in Munich, Germany after Lindsay Davenport defaults the final due to a knee injury; Williams' first season-ending title


Tennis PlayerSerena Williams

• 2001 Baseball World Series: Arizona beats New York Yankees, 3-2 in Game 7 at Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix for Diamondbacks' first title; co-MVP: Arizona pitchers Randy Johnson & Curt Schilling
• 2006 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs, winners: Invasor, Street Sense, Round Pond, Ouija Board, Dreaming of Anna, Miesque's Approval, Thor's Echo, Red Rocks
• 2009 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers' record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Hideki Matsui
• 2011 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 1 winners: Secret Circle, Stephanie's Kitten, Musical Romance, My Miss Aurelia, Perfect Shirl, Royal Delta
• 2012 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Lucie Šafářová beats Jelena Janković of Serbia 6-1, 6-1 to give the home team a 3-1 win in the final
• 2016 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Oscar Performance, Tamarkuz, New Money Honey, Beholder
• 2017 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Caledonia Road, Stormy Liberal, Bar of Gold, Wuheida, Roy H, World Approval, Good Magic, Talismanic, Gunrunner

 

NOV 5

• 1886 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: David Brown beats fellow Scot Willie Campbell by 2 strokes
• 1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship

PGA Championship

1927 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Cedar Crest CC: Defending champion Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to win his 4th straight PGA title


GolferWalter Hagen

• 1933 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)

Sports History
1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)


MLB PitcherWalter Johnson

• 1950 Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record

Sports History
1954 Montreal Canadien center Jean Béliveau scores 3 goals in 44 seconds on future Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk in 4-2 win v Boston Bruins; 2nd fastest NHL hat trick


NHL LegendJean Béliveau

NHL LegendTerry Sawchuk

• 1957 Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2½ cent soccer pool ticket
• 1959 AFL announced with 8 teams
• 1961 NFL St Louis Cardinals' Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas Cowboys
• 1966 BYU quarterback Virgil Carter sets new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offence in 53-33 win against Texas Western in Provo, Utah
• 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24

Sports History
1968 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously)


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1971 NBA's LA Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak

Sports History
1976 Baltimore Orioles Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award


Baseball PlayerJim Palmer

• 1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)

Sports History
1978 Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games


NFL Coach and SportscasterJohn Madden

• 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
• 1983 NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
• 1988 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milw Bucks lose to Atlnata Hawks 94-107
• 1988 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to LA Clippers, 111-91
• 1988 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
• 1988 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign
• 1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
• 1989 19th NYC Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:25:30
• 1989 20th NYC Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01

Sports History
1989 French McLaren driver Alain Prost withdraws early in wet Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 16 points from teammate Ayrton Senna


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

• 1989 US plays El Salvador in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

Sports History
1992 "Revenge Match of the 20th century" American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky to win an unofficial match in Belgrade


Chess ChampionBobby Fischer

• 1993 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85
• 1994 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country

Boxing Title Fight
1994 George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing Heavyweight championship


Boxing ChampionGeorge Foreman

World Boxing ChampionMichael Moorer

• 1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record for distance covered in one hour for second time (55.291 km)
• 1995 First NBA game at General Motors Place in Vancouver; Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves, 100-98 in OT

Sports History
1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year


Baseball PlayerDerek Jeter

• 2010 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 1 winners: Eldaafer, More Than Real, Dubai Majesty, Awesome Feather, Shared Account, Unrivaled Belle
• 2011 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 2 winners: Afleet Again, Wrote, Amazombie, Regally Ready, Caleb's Posse, St Nicholas Abbey, Hansen, Court Vision, Drosselmeyer
• 2016 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Champagne Room, Queen's Trust, Drefong, Obviously, Classic Empire, Highland Reel, Finest City, Tourist, Arrogate
• 2017 New York City Marathon: Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya wins men's race in 2:10:53, 3 seconds ahead of Wilson Kipsang; Shalane Flanagan (2:26:53) first American to win women's race since 1977
• 2021 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Twilight Gleaming, Echo Zulu, Pizza Bianca, Corniche, Modern Games
• 2021 NFL Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers admits in interview he is unvaccinated and taking unapproved treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 and in isolation [1]

 

NOV 6

• 1869 1st US college football game, players used their hands or feet, Rutgers 6 Princeton 4
• 1883 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race

• 1929 Providence Steam Roller become first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights; lose 16-0 against the Chicago Cardinals at the Cycledrome, Providence, RI
• 1934 NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0

Contract of Interest

1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pittsburgh Pirates


Baseball Player and Sports ExecutiveBranch Rickey

• 1955 Ryder Cup Golf, Thunderbird Ranch & CC: US wins 8-4; Chick Harbert captains Americans to 7th consecutive event victory
• 1956 Netherlands and Spain withdraw from Olympics in protest against Soviet actions in the Hungarian Revolution
• 1961 US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith (invented game of basketball - actually Canadian)

Sports History
1969 Inaugural Cy Young Award is a tie between Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain


Baseball PitcherDenny McLain

• 1974 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
• 1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years

Boxing Title Fight
1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

• 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneer James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings
• 1988 Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)

Sports History
1988 Steve Jones wins 19th NYC men's marathon (2:08:20); Grete Waitz wins record 9th women's title


Long Distance RunnerGrete Waitz

• 1990 Braves' Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year
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• 1993 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; winners: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter

Boxing Title Fight
1993 Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight boxing title


BoxerEvander Holyfield

BoxerRiddick Bowe

• 1994 24th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37
• 1994 25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21
• 1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore, Maryland
• 1996 LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
• 1997 SF Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year
• 1999 4th Rugby World Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: Wallabies fullback Matt Burke lands 7 penalties and 2 conversions as Australia beats France, 35-12
• 1999 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: Cat Thief, Anees, Beautiful Pleasure, Daylami, Silic, Soaring Softly, Cash Run, Artax
• 2009 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Man of Iron, Tapitsfly, She Be Wild, Midday, Informed Decision, Life Is Sweet
• 2010 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; Day 2 winners: Pluck, Big Drama, Chamberlain Bridge, Uncle Mo, Goldikova, Dakota Phone, Dangerous Midge, Blame
• 2011 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Moscow, Russia: Czech pair Lucie Hradecká & Květa Peschke beats Maria Kirilenko & Elena Vesnina of Russia to clinch a 3-2 win for the visitors in the final
• 2020 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Golden Pal, Fire at Will, Vequist, Aunt Pearl, Essential Quality
• 2021 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Del Mar Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Ce Ce, Golden Pal, Life Is Good, Loves Only You, Aloha West, Space Blues, Marche Lorraine, Yibir, Knicks Go

 

Nov 7

• 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports
• 1942 Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world hour record 45.798km in Vigorelli, Milan, Italy

• 1943 Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
• 1954 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
• 1957 Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year

Ryder Cup

1959 Ryder Cup Golf, Eldorado GC: Sam Snead leads US to comprehensive 8½-3½ win


GolferSam Snead
NHL Record
1962 Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie


NHL GoalieGlenn Hall

• 1963 New York Yankee catcher Elston Howard is first African-American to be voted AL MVP
• 1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966

Sports History
1970 Argentine boxer Carlos Monzon upsets defending champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy in 12th round KO in Rome to win WBC, WBA middleweight titles


BoxerNino Benvenuti

• 1978 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP
• 1979 MLB Chicago Cubs reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
• 1987 3rd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 32-25 in South Bend
• 1988 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)

Sports History
1988 Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde


BoxerSugar Ray Leonard

• 1989 Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
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• 1991 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95

Sports History
1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers


NBA LegendMagic Johnson

• 1992 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
• 1992 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend

Sports History
1993 French Williams driver Alain Prost finishes 2nd in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to claim his 4th F1 World Drivers Championship by 26 points from Ayrton Senna; Prost announces his retirement from F1 racing


Formula 1 DriverAyrton Senna

Formula 1 Racing DriverAlain Prost

• 1996 Ex-NFL running back and Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey; recovers
• 1996 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
• 1998 10th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 31-26 in Chestnut Hill
• 1998 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Awesome Again, Answer Lively, Escena, Buck's Boy, Da Hoss, Silverbulletday, Reraise
• 2009 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Pounced, California Flag, Dancing In Silks, Vale of York, Goldikova, Furthest Land, Conduit, Zenyatta
• 2010 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, San Diego, California: Flavia Pennetta of Italy beats American CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up a 3-1 win and 3rd title for the Italians
• 2017 Melbourne Cup: Joseph O’Brien at 24 is the youngest trainer to win with Rekindling jockeyed by Corey Brown
• 2017 South Korean golfer Park Sung-hyun becomes the first LPGA rookie to be ranked no. 1
• 2018 For second straight year France wins Six Nations Rugby Championship on points difference from Ireland, with a final round 46-19 win over Scotland at Stade de France, Saint Denis; Ireland again takes Triple Crown
• 2020 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 2 winners: Gamine, Glass Slippers, Knicks Go, Audarya, Whitmore, Order of Australia, Monomoy, Tarnawa, Authentic
• 2021 Kyle Larson holds off Martin Truex Jr in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway to earn his 10th win of the season and claim his first Cup Series championship

 

NOV 8

Sports History

1920 Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th


Founder of Baseball's American LeagueBan Johnson

Sports History
1947 Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 South Australia v Victoria


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year

Sports History
1951 New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards


MLB Catcher and ManagerYogi Berra
Sports History
1961 Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn


MLB PitcherWhitey Ford

Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherWarren Spahn
Sports History
1966 Frank Robinson, Baltimore Orioles outfielder, selected as AL MVP,first player to win MVP in both leagues


Baseball Outfielder and ManagerFrank Robinson
Sports History
1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger


36th US PresidentLyndon B. Johnson

• 1970 5th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 12-7
• 1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal

Sports History
1984 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test for Pakistan


CricketerWasim Akram
Sports History
1987 Cricket World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India: David Boon scores 75 as Australia beats England by 7 runs for their first title;


Cricket BatsmanDavid Boon

• 1988 Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
• 1989 Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year

Contract of Interest
1990 Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers


Baseball PlayerDarryl Strawberry
Sports History
1991 Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring mark with 311th goal


NHL StarPaul Coffey
Sports History
1992 Nigel Mansell in a Williams crashes during the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 52 points; Mansell won record 9 GPs during the season


Auto RacerNigel Mansell

• 1994 Cleveland Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98
• 1997 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
• 1997 Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild
• 2008 18th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 17-0 in Chestnut Hill
• 2009 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Reggio Calabria, Italy: Flavia Pennetta beats American Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-2 to give the home team an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 4-0) and their 2nd title
• 2017 Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the world record for surfing the biggest-ever wave at 24.4m at Nazaré, Portugal

 

NOV 9

• 1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds
• 1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year

• 1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
• 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
• 1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
• 1965 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis

Sports History

1965 Willie Mays named NL MVP


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1976 Oakland A's release Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame baseball career
• 1978 North American Soccer League (NASL) realigns its 24 teams into 6 divisions
• 1982 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP unanimously

Sports History
1982 Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time


BoxerSugar Ray Leonard

• 1984 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B

Boxing Title Fight
1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title


WBC Heavyweight ChampionLarry Holmes

• 1984 Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 - Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)

Sports History
1985 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 New Zealand v Australia at the Gabba


CricketerRichard Hadlee
Garry Kasparov Becomes World Chess Champion
1985 Russia's Garry Kasparov (22) becomes the youngest ever World Chess Champion, with a 13-11 win over fellow countryman Anatoly Karpov


Garry Kasparov vs. Anatoly Karpov in Moscow on November 9, 1985

• 1988 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
• 1991 Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts
• 1996 8th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 48-21 in Chestnut Hill

Boxing Title Fight
1996 Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times


BoxerEvander Holyfield

Heavyweight Boxing ChampionMike Tyson
Sports History
2008 American tennis star Venus Williams wins her first career year-ending title; beats Russian Vera Zvonareva 6–7, 6–0, 6–2 in the WTA Tour Championship final at Doha, Qatar


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams
Federation Cup
2014 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Home favourite Petra Kvitová beats Germany's Angelique Kerber 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 for an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 3-1) and an 8th title for the Czechs


Tennis PlayerPetra Kvitová

Tennis PlayerAngelique Kerber

• 2015 World Anti-Doping Agency commission report recommends Russian Federation be banned from athletics competitions for running a "state-supported" doping programme

Sports History
2019 Last segment of "Coach's Corner with Don Cherry and Ron MacLean airs after 37 years in Canada


Ice Hockey Coach and CommentatorDon Cherry

CBC SportscasterRon MacLean
Sports History
2019 YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul's second boxing match; KSI wins by split decision


YouTube Star and ActorLogan Paul

• 2021 105 year old Julia Hawkins sets world record as first woman and first American her age to run 100 meters Louisiana Senior Olympic Games [1]