Sept. 28
Today in sports history
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1811: English heavyweight champion Tom Cribb knocked out American challenger Tom Molineaux in the 11th round of their rematch to retain his title.
1919: The New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 in 51 minutes, the shortest nine-inning game in major league history.
1920: Chicago White Sox players Eddie Cicotte and Shoeless Joe Jackson testified before a grand jury and admitted involvement in the plot to fix the 1919 World Series, bringing the Black Sox scandal into the open. Eight members of the White Sox were later indicted.
1938: Chicago Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett hit his famed “Homer in the Gloamin’,” a two-out, ninth-inning home run that beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 at Wrigley Field during Chicago’s late-season drive to the National League pennant.
1941: Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams went 6-for-8 in a season-ending doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics and finished at .406, becoming the last Major League Baseball player to hit .400 for a full season.
1951: New York Yankees pitcher Allie Reynolds threw his second no-hitter of the season, an 8-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox that was part of a doubleheader sweep that clinched the pennant for the Yankees.
1951: Los Angeles Rams quarterback Norm Van Brocklin passed for an NFL-record 554 yards in a 54-14 victory over the New York Yanks, a single-game record.
1953: American League owners unanimously approved the St. Louis Browns’ move to Baltimore, where the franchise became the Orioles.
1960: Ted Williams homered in the final plate appearance of his major league career, hitting the 521st home run of his career in Boston’s 5-4 victory over Baltimore at Fenway Park.
1972: Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds remaining to give Canada a 6-5 victory over the Soviet Union in Moscow in the eighth and deciding game of the Summit Series.
1974: California Angels ace Nolan Ryan threw his third career no-hitter, struck out 15 and defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-0.
1975: Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers combined for the first four-pitcher no-hitter in major league history as the Oakland Athletics beat the California Angels 5-0.
1976: Muhammad Ali retained the WBA, WBC and Ring heavyweight championships with a unanimous 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium in their third and final meeting.
1978: Houston Astros ace J.R. Richard became the first right-handed pitcher in National League history to record 300 strikeouts in a season, reaching the milestone during a 4-3 victory over Atlanta.
1979: Larry Holmes stopped Earnie Shavers in the 11th round to retain the WBC heavyweight title, strengthening his standing atop boxing’s heavyweight division.
1988: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser threw 10 scoreless innings against San Diego to extend his streak to a major league-record 59 consecutive scoreless innings, surpassing Don Drysdale’s record.
1993: Montreal Expos right-hander Dennis Martínez became just the seventh pitcher to win 100 games in both the American and National leagues.
1995: Montreal Expos pitcher Greg Harris became the first major leaguer in the modern era to pitch with both hands in the same game, working the ninth inning against Cincinnati.
1996: Iowa State running back Troy Davis rushed for a school-record 378 yards against Missouri, one of the highest single-game rushing totals in major college football history.
1997: Europe defeated the United States 14½-13½ at Valderrama in Spain to win the Ryder Cup, the first Ryder Cup held in continental Europe.
2000: Norway defeated the United States 3-2 after extra time in the women’s soccer final at the Sydney Olympics to win the gold medal.
2001: Texas Rangers shortstop Alex Rodriguez hit his 50th home run of the season, becoming the first shortstop in major league history to reach 50 homers in a season.
2008: Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie won the Berlin Marathon in a world-record 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds, becoming the first man to run a marathon in under 2:04.
2008: Fernando Alonso won the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix, the first night race in Formula One history.
2008: The Boston Red Sox retired Johnny Pesky’s No. 6 during a Fenway Park ceremony honoring one of the franchise’s most beloved players, coaches and broadcasters.
2011: The Tampa Bay Rays completed one of baseball’s most dramatic comebacks, erasing a seven-run deficit and clinching the American League wild card when Evan Longoria hit a 12th-inning walk-off home run against the Yankees.
2011: The St. Louis Cardinals completed a historic September surge and captured the National League wild card with an 8-0 victory over Houston.
2012: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey threw the first of his two career no-hitters, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0.
2019: American Christian Coleman won the 100-meter world championship in Doha in a world-leading 9.76 seconds.
2019: New York Mets rookie Pete Alonso hit his 53rd home run of the season, breaking Aaron Judge’s major league rookie record in a 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
2020: The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the COVID-delayed Stanley Cup Final to capture their second Stanley Cup championship.
2022: New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run of the season to tie Roger Maris’ American League single-season record.
2025: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 250 career touchdown passes, accomplishing the feat in his 116th game during a 37-20 victory over Baltimore.
2025: Europe defeated the United States 15-13 at Bethpage Black to win the Ryder Cup on American soil for the first time since 2012.
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