Right now’s Sports activities Spotlight in Historical past:
2021 — US gymnasts, together with Simone Biles, testify in opposition to former crew physician Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee listening to, criticizing a system that allowed it to occur.
On this date:
1899 — Willie Smith wins the U.S. Open golf title, beating George low, Val Fitzjohn and W.H. Manner.
1923 — Invoice Tilden wins the U.S. Garden Tennis Affiliation championship, beating William Johnston in straight units, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.
1962 — Frank Tripucka of the Denver Broncos passes for 447 yards and two touchdowns in a 23-20 win over the Buffalo Payments.
1971 — Stan Smith wins the U.S. Open title over Jan Khodes and Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals for the ladies’s title. It’s the primary time in 16 years each titles had been gained by U.S. gamers.
1973 — Three-year-old Secretariat wins the Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap within the then-world document time of 1:45 2-5 for 11/8 miles.
1973 — Archie Griffin of Ohio State begins his NCAA document string of 31 video games of dashing for not less than 100 yards, main the Buckeyes to a 56-7 rout of Minnesota in Columbus.
1978 — Muhammad Ali turns into the primary three-time heavyweight champion with a unanimous 15-round choice over Leon Spinks on the Superdome in New Orleans.
1991 — America girls’s gymnastics crew makes historical past with its first crew medal — a silver — on the World Championships in Indianapolis.
1995 — Playing cards shortstop Ozzie Smith units document of 1,554 double performs.
2002 — Sam Hornish Jr. wins one other unimaginable race at Texas Motor Speedway, and his second straight IRL title. Hornish side-by-side with Helio Castroneves for most of the final 25 laps within the season-ending Chevy 500, crosses the end line 0.0096 seconds — only some inches — forward of the opposite driver in competition for the season championship. Hornish wins his IRL-record fifth race of the season and turns into the primary driver to win two IRL championships.
2002 — Oakland quarterback Wealthy Gannon begins NFL record-tying (Kurt Warner, Steve Younger) streak of 6 consecutive 300-yard passing video games, throwing for 403 yards in Raiders’ 30-17 victory at Pittsburgh.
2004 — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman pronounces a lockout of the gamers union and cessation of operations by the NHL head workplace.
2012 — LSU beats Idaho 63-14 to provide the Tigers an NCAA FBS document Fortieth-straight non-conference common season victory. LSU additionally set a Tiger Stadium mark with 20 straight house wins. Kansas State had 39 straight non-conference regular-season wins from 1993-2003.
2013 — Philip Rivers is 36 of 47 for 419 yards and three landing passes to Eddie Royal to steer San Diego to a 33-30 victory at Philadelphia. Michael Vick of the Eagles passes for a career-best 428 yards and two touchdowns and runs for a rating.
2017 — The Cleveland has its AL document run stopped at 22 straight video games because the Indians are crushed 4-3 by the Kansas Metropolis Royals.
2018 — Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores his five hundredth worldwide aim within the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 5-3 loss to Toronto FC. The 36-year-old Swede joins Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the one lively gamers with 500 targets for in membership and worldwide play.
2022 — Tennis nice Roger Federer pronounces his retirement from skilled tennis at 41 with 20 grand slam wins and 103 ATP titles.
