Events in Sports History on June 28

  • 1887 MLB Philadelphia Quakers (later Phillies) win most lopsided shut-out in franchise history, 24-0, over Hoosiers at Seventh Street Ballpark in Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 1892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

1897 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: England's Blanche Bingley-Hillyard wins her 4th title beating Charlotte Cooper 5-7, 7-5, 6-2

  • 1904 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Reigning champion Dorothea Chambers beats Charlotte Cooper 6-0, 6-3

Sports History

1907 MLB Washington Senators steal a record 13 bases off of New York Highlanders catcher Branch Rickey

  • 1919 Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees, winning 1st game, 2-0, losing 2nd game, 4-1 (Polo Grounds, NYC)
  • 1923 MLB Brooklyn Robins blow 7-0 lead, as Phillies win 8-7 at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia
  • 1924 Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
  • 1935 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Alf Perry wins his only major title, by 4 shots from fellow Englishman Alf Padgham
  • 1935 Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673

Cricket History

1938 Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's

Boxing Title Fight

1939 Joe Louis beats Tony Galento by TKO at 2:29 in round 4 at Yankee Stadium, NYC in his 7th heavyweight boxing title defense

  • 1939 Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
  • 1946 Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins

US Women's Golf Open

1953 US Open Women's Golf, CC of Rochester: Betsy Rawls wins an 18-hole Sunday playoff by 6 strokes over runner-up Jackie Pung

  • 1958 American swimmer Nancy Ramey sets world record for 100m butterfly in 1:09.6 in Los Angeles, California

US Women's Golf Open

1958 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year

  • 1959 Philadelphia Phillies' Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice, in a 6-0 loss to Giants at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, California
  • 1966 Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones by unanimous points decision over 15 rounds in Houston to retain his WBA heavyweight boxing title
  • 1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's

Sports History

1971 US Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali

Sports History

1975 Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino and playing partners Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns

  • 1975 The South African rugby team beats France 33-18 in Pretoria
  • 1980 The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series
  • 1987 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees

Contract of Interest

1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton

  • 1992 US Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57
  • 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher

Sports History

1993 Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm

  • 1993 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach

Sports History

1994 Jonah Lomu becomes the youngest-ever All Black at 19 yrs 45 days playing rugby for New Zealand against France in Christchurch

Sports History

1994 MLB New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges

  • 1994 NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers
  • 1995 NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors
  • 1995 NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
  • 2000 NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets
  • 2005 NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks
  • 2006 NBA Draft: Italian power forward Andrea Bargnani is first pick by Toronto Raptors
  • 2007 Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies
  • 2007 NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers

Sports History

2012 NBA Draft: Kentucky center Anthony Davis first pick New Orleans Pelicans

Sports History

2013 Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN

US Senior Golf Open

2015 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Del Paso CC: Jeff Maggert shoots final round 65 (-5) to win by 2 strokes from defending champion Colin Montgomerie of Scotland

  • 2023 New York Yankees' pitcher Domingo Germán (30) throws a perfect game in 11-0 win over Oakland A’s at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum; it is his first complete game in 7-year MLB career