Today’s highlights in sports history:
In 2021, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 to pitch the first two-team no-hitter in franchise history, and their seventh no-hitter of the season.
On this date:
1910 – James Braid beat Sandy Herd by four strokes to win his fifth British Open title.
1911 – John McDermott beat Michael Brady and George Simpson in a playoff to become the first American-born winner of the U.S. Open. McDermott finished two strokes better than Brady and five strokes better than Simpson.
1913 – John Henry Taylor wins his fifth and final British Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.
1922 – The American Professional Football Association changes its name to the National Football League.
1922 – The NFL’s founding club, the Chicago Staleys, are renamed the Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas.
1928 – John Farrell wins the U.S. Open, defeating Bobby Jones by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff.
1947 – Jim Ferrier beat Chick Herbert 2 and 1 in the final round to win the PGA Championship.
1958 – Brazil, led by 17-year-old Pele, beat France 5-2 in the World Cup semi-finals. With Brazil leading 2-1 at the half, Pele scores three consecutive goals.
1968 – Joe Frazier defends his heavyweight boxing title by defeating Mexican challenger Manuel Ramos by second-round knockout at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1968 – Canada’s Sandra Post defeats Cathy Whitworth by seven strokes in a playoff to become the first non-American player and first rookie to win the LPGA Championship.
1979 – Rickey Henderson makes his Oakland debut and steals first base.
1980 – The Atlanta Flames move to Calgary, Alberta. The NHL team retains the name “Flames.”
1990 – Criminal Type wins the Hollywood Gold Cup, becoming the first horse to win consecutive $1 million races. He had previously won the $1 million Pimlico Special on May 12.
1991 – The NHL Board of Governors adopts instant replay.
1992 — NBA Draft: LSU center Shaquille O’Neal is selected first overall by the Orlando Magic.
1995 — Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey: The New Jersey Devils beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 to win their fourth straight series, making it the Devils’ first Stanley Cup Final appearance.
1998 — NBA Draft: Pacific Regional center Michael Olowokandi is selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
2000 – The New York Islanders select Rick DiPietro, an 18-year-old star player out of Boston University, in the NHL Draft, becoming the first goaltender ever drafted with the first pick.
2001 – At age 26, Karrie Webb won the LPGA Championship by two strokes, becoming the youngest woman to win a Grand Slam.
2004 — NBA Draft: Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy power forward Dwight Howard is selected first overall by the Orlando Magic.
2010 – John Isner defeats Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history. Isner hit a backhand winner to win the last of the match’s 980 points and defeat Mahut, 70–68 in the fifth set. The first-round match took 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days, and was so long that it was suspended after darkness on two consecutive nights. The match resumed with the score tied at 59–59, and after more than an hour, Isner won 6–4, 3–6, 6–7 (7), 7–6 (3), 70–68.
2010 – John Wall is selected first overall in the NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards, and a record number of Kentucky teammates follow suit. The Wildcats have four more players selected in the top 30, making them the first school to have five players selected in the first round of the draft.
2011 — NHL Draft: Red Deer Rebels (WHL) centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers.
2013 – Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland score 17 seconds apart with 1 minute, 16 seconds left in the third period to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a stunning come-from-behind victory over the Boston Bruins, 3-2, to win the Stanley Cup in Game 6.
2016 — NHL Draft: ZSC Lions (NLA) centre Auston Matthews is selected first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
2018 — Harry Kane scores a hat-trick to lead England to the most dominant World Cup victory in history and reach the knockout stages. Two headers from John Stones and a curling shot from Jesse Lingard help England beat Panama 6-1, the most goals ever scored in a World Cup match.
2022 – American Katie Ledecky wins the 800m gold medal in 8 minutes 8.04 seconds at the IAAF World Championships in Budapest, achieving an unprecedented fourth 400m/800m/1500m triple crown at a single World Championships.
