Aug. 27
Today in sports history
Today is Aug. 27. On this date in:
1884: Richard Sears defeated Howard Taylor to win his fourth consecutive U.S. National Championships men’s singles title.
1901: William Larned defeated Beals Wright for the first of his seven U.S. National Championships men’s singles titles.
1910: Comiskey Park hosted its first night baseball game, a semiprofessional exhibition in which the Logan Squares defeated Rogers Park 3-0 under portable lights.
1921: The American Professional Football Association granted a franchise to Green Bay in the name of Acme Packing Co., later becoming the Green Bay Packers after the league adopted the NFL name in 1922.
1922: Finland’s Paavo Nurmi set a world record in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:28.6, further cementing the “Flying Finn’s” status as one of track and field’s premier distance runners.
1928: Helen Wills defeated Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-1 to win her fifth U.S. Championships women’s singles crown.
1955: Nineteen-year-old Sandy Koufax struck out 14 and pitched a two-hit shutout as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Cincinnati 7-0 for his first major league victory.
1974: New York Mets outfielder Benny Ayala homered in his first major league at-bat, becoming the first Mets player and first Puerto Rican-born player to accomplish the feat.
1978: Cincinnati Reds star Joe Morgan hit his 200th career home run, becoming the first player in Major League Baseball history to combine 200 home runs and 500 stolen bases.
1982: Oakland’s Rickey Henderson stole his 119th base of the season to break Lou Brock’s major league record. Henderson finished the season with a record 130.
1995: Tiger Woods defeated George “Buddy” Marucci Jr. 2-up in the 36-hole final to win his second consecutive U.S. Amateur championship.
1995: Michael Schumacher won the Belgian Grand Prix after starting 16th, the lowest starting position for a winner in the race’s history.
2000: Mika Häkkinen passed rival Michael Schumacher as the leaders lapped driver Ricardo Zonta in a celebrated three-wide maneuver before winning the Belgian Grand Prix.
2001: The Charlotte Sting completed an Eastern Conference finals comeback by winning two straight road games against the New York Liberty, advancing to the WNBA Finals after beginning the season 1-10.
2004: Argentina defeated the United States 89-81 in the Olympic men’s basketball semifinals, ending the Americans’ bid for a fourth consecutive gold medal.
2011: Edna Kiplagat led a Kenyan sweep of the women’s marathon medals at the World Athletics Championships, the first marathon podium sweep in meet history.
2017: Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton hit his 50th home run, becoming the sixth major league player to reach 50 before the end of August.
2018: San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginóbili announced his retirement after a 23-year professional career that included four NBA championships and an Olympic gold medal.
2022: Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 9-0, equaling the Premier League record for the largest victory.
2023: Simone Biles captured her eighth U.S. national all-around championship, breaking Alfred Jochim’s record for the most national all-around titles.
2023: Viktor Hovland won the Tour Championship by five strokes and claimed the FedEx Cup title, completing a breakthrough season on the PGA Tour.
2024: Dan Evans defeated Karen Khachanov in five hours, 35 minutes, completing the longest match in U.S. Open history.
— USA TODAY Network
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