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Hot lines: Sunday's best MLB bets Odds courtesy of Logans.com . Picks by Covers.com staff. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (-150, 9 ½) Jeff Suppan (5-6, 4.30 ERA) looks for his second straight win Sunday after getting plenty of run support his last time...
Sunday's streaking and slumping starters Streaking John Danks , Chicago White Sox (5-4, 2.50) Don’t be fooled by Danks’ average record, the lefty has been puzzling opponents all season. Danks is 1-0 with a spectacular 0.90 ERA and 0.90 WHIP in his past ...
Griffin upsets Rampage as big underdog in UFC 86 LAS VEGAS (AP) -Forrest Griffin upset light heavyweight champion Quinton (Rampage) Jackson on Saturday night, winning a five-round unanimous decision at UFC 86. Griffin (16-4) used his movement, reach and kicks to slow Jackson (28-7) and survived t...
1909 AL's longest scoreless game, Senators & Tigers 0-0 in 18 1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1920 US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in 5 straight matches 1941 Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game 1942BORN: Margaret Smith Court, won Grand Slam in both singles (1970) and mixed doubles (1963 with Ken Fletcher); record 24 Grand Slam singles titles-11 Australian, 5 U.S., 5 French and 3 Wimbledon 1950 Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer 1961 Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 8.28m 1964 BORN: Miguel Induráin, won 5 straight Tour de Frances (1991-95), one of only 5 5-time winners; won gold in time trial at '96 Olympics; retired in 1997. 1965 BORN: Claude Lemieux, Hockey RW ,member of Stanley Cup championship teams in Montreal (1986), New Jersey (1995, 2000) and Colorado (1996); playoff MVP with Devils in '95 and Colorado in 96; no relation to Mario 1985 The All-Star Game, televised on NBC-TV, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network. 1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec 1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's hepathlete record of 7,215 pts 1995 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J C Snead 1995 50th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam 1998 Mihaela Melinte, Romania, world record in Hammer 73.12m
1934 - BORN: Lee Elder, golf player that in 1975, became the first black golfer to play in the Masters Tournament 1934 - Ruth hits 700th career home run 1951 - The first sports event to be shown in color, on CBS-TV, was the Molly Pitcher Handicap at Oceanport, NJ. 1951 - BORN: Judi Brown, E Lansing Mich, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984) 1958 - BORN: Eric Heiden, US speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980) 1964 - Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France 1968 - BORN: Mark Lenz, US, 3m spring diver (Olympic-gold-1992) 1969 - Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead) 1970 - BORN: Mark Strickland, NBA forward (Miami Heat) 1972 - BORN: Lou Roe, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons) 1974 - BORN: Erick Dampier, NBA center (SF Warriors) 1977 - Renault debuted its RS01, the first-ever turbocharged Formula 1 car which became known as "the yellow teapot". 1982 - Died: Jackie Jensen, Football RB and Baseball OF 1988 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place 1996 - NY Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves 1998 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco, Running World record on 1500 meters