Right this moment’s Sports activities Spotlight in Historical past:
1988 — American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee units new world report 7,291 factors to win the gold medal on the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals.
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1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 within the first NFL sport performed beneath floodlights. Greater than 6,000 followers prove on an unseasonably heat night to look at the sport on the new College Stadium.
1950 — Philadelphia’s Russ Craft has 4 interceptions to guide the Eagles in a 45-7 rout of the Chicago Cardinals. Chicago quarterback Jim Hardy units an NFL report by throwing eight interceptions.
1953 — Rocky Marciano knocks out Rolando La Starza within the eleventh spherical on the Polo Grounds in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.
1967 — Jim Bakken of St. Louis Cardinals kicks an NFL-record seven discipline targets to provide the Cardinals a 28-14 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. His longest discipline aim is 33 yards.
1971 — The World Hockey Affiliation pronounces its formation with 12 groups to start out play in October 1972.
1974 — Detroit’s Al Kaline doubles down the right-field line off Dave McNally of Baltimore within the fourth inning for his 3,000th profession hit. The Orioles beat the Tigers 5-4 at Memorial Stadium.
1988 — American swimmer Matt Biondi units world report 22.14 to win the 50m freestyle gold medal on the Seoul Olympics; his 4th of 5 gold medals for the Video games.
1988 — Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his personal 100m world report with a time of 9.79 on the Seoul Olympics; disqualified 3 days later to be used of drug stanozolol; Carl Lewis awarded gold and world report 9.92.
1993 — Juniata’s ladies’s volleyball staff beats Washington of St. Louis to finish Washington’s NCAA-record profitable streak at 59 matches.
1994 — Washington ends Miami’s NCAA-record dwelling profitable streak at 58 with a 38-20 victory in opposition to the Hurricanes on the Orange Bowl.
1995 — On the ultimate day of competitors, Europe rallies previous the U.S. to win the Ryder Cup 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y. Europe takes seven singles matches to win its first Ryder Cup since 1989.
2001 — Inexperienced Bay’s 37-0 shutout of Washington ends the Redskins’ NFL report of scoring in 231 consecutive highway video games.
2006 — The Europeans flip the Ryder Cup into one other rout, profitable 18 1/2-9 1/2 and turning into the primary European staff to win three straight instances.
2006 — Washington’s Mark Brunell breaks the NFL report for many consecutive passes accomplished in a sport when he connects on his first 22 throws in a 31-15 win over the Houston Texans.
2011 — Dwayne De Rosario scores the quickest hat trick in MLS historical past, main D.C. United to a 4-1 victory over Actual Salt Lake.
2012 — Russell Wilson throws a disputed 24-yard landing to Golden Tate on the ultimate play of the sport, and the Seattle Seahawks rally to beat the Inexperienced Bay Packers 14-12.
2013 — Skipper Jimmy Spithill and defending champion Oracle Crew USA prolong their profitable streak to seven to drive a winner-take-all America’s Cup finale in opposition to Emirates Crew New Zealand.
2016 — Daniel Carlson kicks six discipline targets and Auburn beats No. 18 LSU 18-13 after a ruling that Danny Etling’s obvious last-gasp scoring go comes after time expired.
2017 — Peter Sagan of Slovakia turns into the primary man to win three straight highway race titles after holding off Norway’s Alexander Kristoff on the World Biking Championships.
2017 — Diego Valeri scores twice to increase his MLS-record scoring streak to 9 straight video games and Portland beats Orlando Metropolis 3-0. Valeri strikes in entrance of NYCFC’s David Villa for many targets this season with 20.
2017 — Jake Elliott kicks a 61-yard discipline aim as time expires to provide the Philadelphia Eagles a 27-24 victory over the New York Giants. It’s the longest by a rookie in NFL historical past.
2017 — Laver Cup Males’s Tennis, Prague: Roger Federer is unbeaten as Crew Europe dominates Crew World, 15-9 within the inaugural groups occasion.
2018 — Actual Madrid midfielder & Croatian World Cup captain Luka Modrić is known as world’s greatest male participant on the FIFA Awards in London; Brazil & Orlando Pleasure ahead Marta greatest feminine participant; France’s Didier Deschamps greatest males’s coach.
