Events in Sports History in September 1990

Sep 1 Toronto Argonauts beat BC Lions 68-43 at the Skydome in Toronto for the highest combined score (111) in Canadian Football League history
Sep 2 Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb throws MLB record 9th no-hitter of the season; beats Cleveland, 3-0

Baseball Record

Sep 3 White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen tops Dave Righetti's MLB record with 47th save in Chicago's 4-2 win v Royals; Thigpen finishes season with 57 saves

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 5 #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini becomes only Argentine woman to win a Grand Slam singles event; beats Steffi Graf 6-2, 7-6

Sep 9 Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year
Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis: 19-year-old Pete Sampras wins his first Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Sampras youngest male US Open winner
Sep 10 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
Sep 10 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
Sep 13 Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
Sep 15 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
Sep 18 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
Sep 21 MLB Commissioner Faye Vincent turns down Chicago White Sox bid to reinstate 68-year-old Minnie Miñoso
Sep 21 Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years