ON THIS DATE
1924 — Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 300th game as the Chicago
Cubs defeat the New York Giants 7-3 in 12 innings.
1939 — Joe Louis knocks out Bob Pastor in the 11th round at Briggs Stadium
in Detroit to retain the world heavyweight title.
1973 — Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the “Battle of the Sexes” and the $100,000 winner-take-all purse at Houston’s Astrodome.
1982 — The NFL Players Assn. announces a strike at the completion of the
Green Bay-New York Giants Monday night game.
1987 — Chicago’s Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown’s NFL record with his 107th rushing touchdown as the Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-3.
1988 — Greg Louganis wins the Olympic gold medal in springboard diving, one day after hitting his head on the diving board in the preliminary round. Louganis, who needed five stitches, is solid throughout the 11dive program. His
730.80 points beat China’s Tan Liangde, who finishes with 704.88 points and also finished second to Louganis in the 1984 Olympic Games.
2003 — Rashaun Woods of Oklahoma State, catches seven touchdown passes to set an NCAA Division I-A record in the Cowboys’ 52-6 win over Southern Methodist. Woods finishes with 13 catches for 232 yards.
2007 — Floyd Landis loses his expensive and explosive case when two of three arbitrators up- hold the results of a test that showed the
2006 Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone to fuel his spectacular comeback victory. Landis forfeits his Tour title.
2009 — The first game at Cowboys Stadium sets an NFL regular-season attendance record with a crowd of 105,121, and most of the fans go home disappointed after the Giants win 33-31.
2009 — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre sets an NFL record with his 271st straight start in a 27-13 win over the Detroit Lions. Defensive end Jim Marshall had the previous mark for consecutive starts, 270 games in a row for Minnesota from 1961 to 1979.
2013 — Alex Rodriquez of the New York Yankees sets a new MLB record with 24 grand slams.
2015 — The United States beats Europe with the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history. Paula Creamer beats Germany’s Sandra Gal 4 and 3 to complete the 141⁄2-131⁄2 victory. Europe had a four-point lead entering the 12 singles matches, which the United States wins 81⁄2 to 31⁄2.
2021 — Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals hits his 46th home run to break Hall of Famer Johnny Bench’s MLB record for most home runs in a season by a catcher.
2022 — Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own world record for the marathon in 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds in Berlin (the previous record was 2:01:39).