In 2011, Jim Tressel, who led Ohio State to its first national title in 34 years, resigned after NCAA violations from a tattoo parlor scandal tarnished the image of one of the nation’s top football programs.
On this date:
1903 – Flocculline becomes the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes.
1908 – Jockey Joe Notter misjudged the finish of the Belmont Stakes, slowing Colin’s ride, who had a 13-13 record. Notter recovered from his mistake to hold off Fair Play, who came within a hair of beating Colin. Colin retired with a 15-15 record.
1911 – Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in a time of 6 hours, 42 minutes and 8 seconds, averaging 74.59 mph.
1912 — Joe Dawson wins the second Indianapolis 500 in 6 hours, 21 minutes, and 6 seconds. Ralph Mulford is told he must complete the race to receive the 10th-place prize. With numerous stops for fried chicken, he takes 8 hours, 53 minutes to complete the race. The following year, the completion rules are changed.
1951 – Lee Wollard wins the Indianapolis 500, becoming the first driver to break the four-hour barrier with a time of 3 hours, 57 minutes, 38.05 seconds.
1951 – Ezzard Charles defeats Joey Maxim in 15 rounds to win the heavyweight boxing title.
1952 – At age 22, Troy Ruttman becomes the youngest driver to win the Indianapolis 500.
1955 – Indianapolis native Bob Swikert wins the Indianapolis 500. Bill Vukovich, who was seeking his third consecutive victory, is killed in a four-car accident on the 56th lap.
1957 — European Cup Final, Madrid: Goals from Alfredo Di Stefano and Francisco Gento help defending champions Real Madrid beat Fiorentina 2-0.
1971 – Willie Mays hits his 638th career home run and sets a National League record with 1,950 runs scored.
1974 — 17th European Cup: Ajax beat Juventus 1-0 in Belgrade.
1985 – The Edmonton Oilers win their second consecutive Stanley Cup with a win over the Philadelphia Flyers, 8-3 in Game 5.
1986 – Barry Bonds makes his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1987 – Mike Tyson retains the WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing titles with a sixth-round TKO over Pinklon Thomas in Las Vegas.
1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi wins his second Indianapolis 500 by 2.8 seconds. Fittipaldi takes the lead on lap 185 and holds on to it, outruning Formula One champion Nigel Mansell and runner-up Arie Luyendyk.
2004 – Canada comfortably defeats the United States in a three-day cricket match in Cooper City, Florida, the first tournament sanctioned by the International Cricket Council to be played on American soil.
2005 – Johns Hopkins University defeats Duke University, 9-8, completing an undefeated season and winning its first NCAA lacrosse title in 18 years.
2009 – Travis Tucker hits a one-run single with one out in the top of the 25th inning to lead Texas to a 3-2 victory over Boston College in the longest baseball game in NCAA history.
2009 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,391): Chelsea beat Everton 2-1. Frank Lampard scores the winner in the 72nd minute.
2010 – Dario Franchitti capitalized from a dramatic last-lap crash to return to the top of the open-wheel world and win the Indianapolis 500. Franchitti’s second win at the Brickyard in four years made his boss, Chip Ganassi, the first owner to win Indy and NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in the same year.
2012 – Roger Federer beat Romania’s Adrian Ungur 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in the second round of the French Open, breaking Jimmy Connors’ Open era record of 233 Grand Slam wins. Federer, a 16-time major champion, has a record of 234-35 in tennis’ top four tournaments. Connors has 233-49. The Open era began in 1968.
2015 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (89,283): Arsenal beat Aston Villa 4-0 to win their 12th title.
