Aug. 30
Today in sports history
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1887: Richard Sears won his seventh consecutive U.S. National Championship men’s singles title.
1904: Thomas Hicks won the Olympic marathon at the St. Louis Games in 3:28:53, capturing one of the earliest Olympic distance-running gold medals.
1905: Ty Cobb made his major league debut for the Detroit Tigers, beginning a 24-season career in which he compiled 4,191 hits and a .367 batting average (later revised to 4,189 hits and a .366 average).
1927: Helen Wills defeated Betty Nuthall to claim her fourth U.S. National Championship women’s singles title.
1937: Joe Louis successfully defended the world heavyweight championship for the first time, defeating Tommy Farr in a 15-round decision at Yankee Stadium.
1953: The Milwaukee Braves hit a National League-record eight home runs in a 19-4 victory over Pittsburgh and finished the doubleheader with an NL-record 12 homers.
1972: Soviet gymnast Lyudmilla Tourischeva won the Olympic women’s individual all-around title at the Munich Games, earning the third of her four Olympic gold medals.
1972: Australian swimmer Shane Gould captured the Olympic women’s 400-meter freestyle in world-record time at the Munich Games.
1978: Sadaharu Oh hit his 800th career home run for the Yomiuri Giants, extending a professional record that ultimately reached 868 homers.
1979: John McEnroe defeated Ilie Năstase in a chaotic U.S. Open match that featured a temporary default, a referee reversal and crowd unrest, making it one of tennis’ most memorable contests.
1987: Kirby Puckett went 6-for-6 with two home runs, two doubles and four RBIs as the Minnesota Twins defeated the Milwaukee Brewers.
1988: Philadelphia Phillies reliever Kent Tekulve became just the second pitcher in major league history to appear in 1,000 games.
1990: Chicago White Sox catcher Ron Karkovice hit an inside-the-park grand slam in a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
1991: Mike Powell jumped a world-record 8.95 meters to defeat Carl Lewis and win the long jump at the World Championships in Tokyo, ending Lewis’ 10-year unbeaten streak in the event.
1997: The Houston Comets defeated the New York Liberty 65-51 to win the inaugural WNBA championship.
1998: Damon Hill won the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix to give Jordan its first Formula One victory, with teammate Ralf Schumacher finishing second.
1999: New York Mets second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo went 6-for-6 with three home runs, five RBIs and a modern major league record-tying six runs in a 17-1 rout of the Houston Astros.
2001: Ashley Martin became the first woman to score in an NCAA Division I football game, kicking three extra points for Jacksonville State.
2002: Major League Baseball and its players reached a four-year collective bargaining agreement shortly before the union’s strike deadline, producing their first labor accord without a work stoppage since 1970.
2006: Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling struck out Oakland’s Nick Swisher to record the 3,000th strikeout of his major league career.
2006: Greg Maddux earned his 330th career victory, passing Steve Carlton for sole possession of 10th place on baseball’s all-time wins list.
2012: Andy Roddick announced at the U.S. Open that the tournament would be the final event of his professional career.
2015: Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta struck out 12 and allowed one walk while pitching a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2020: Lyon defeated Wolfsburg 3-1 to win its record seventh UEFA Women’s Champions League title and fifth consecutive European championship.
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