Events in Sports History in 1988 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 377 of 377

• Aug 12 Boston Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home
• Aug 13 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
• Aug 13 US beats Jamaica 5-1 in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
• Aug 14 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oak Tree GC: Jeff Sluman wins his only major title by 3 shots from Paul Azinger

• Aug 20 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)

• Aug 28 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
• Aug 30 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
• Sep 4 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
• Sep 4 The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati
• Sep 5 CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return & 58-yd pass reception
• Sep 7 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito & Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame
• Sep 7 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist
• Sep 8 Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43m
• Sep 8 NL president A. Bartlett Giamatti is unanimously elected Major League Baseball's 7th Commissioner
• Sep 9 MLB Atlanta Braves Bruce Sutter joins Rollie Fingers & Gooses Gossage with 300 MLB career saves
• Sep 9 US Stars & Stripes H3 defeats NZ's KZ-1 at the 27th America's Cup: NZ appeal in court but eventually lose

• Sep 11 Sports Aid-jogging to feed the world

• Sep 12 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card
• Sep 13 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams
• Sep 15 Lillehammer, Norway, upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics
• Sep 15 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
• Sep 16 Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats LA Dodgers, 1-0
• Sep 16 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia
• Sep 17 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
• Sep 17 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL

• Sep 19 Australian swimmer Duncan Armstrong sets world record 1:47.25 to win the 200m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; beats Anders Holmertz of Sweden by 0.64
• Sep 19 British swimmer Adrian Moorehouse wins 100m breaststroke gold medal in 1:02.04 at the Seoul Olympics; edges Károly Güttler of Hungary by 0.01
• Sep 19 US women's all-round gymnastics team is controversially penalised 0.5 after compulsory round at the Seoul Olympics; substitute an alternate athlete on uneven bars medal podium; Americans finish 4th just 0.3 behind East Germany
• Sep 20 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after famously hitting his head on the board the previous day

• Sep 20 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #18 in Tigers' 4-3 loss to Cleveland Indians; Evans' 400th MLB career HR
• Sep 21 East German swimmer Silke Hörner sets world record 2:26.71 to win the 200m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; first of 2 gold (4 x 100m medley relay)
• Sep 21 Hungarian swimmer Tamás Darnyi sets world record 4:14.75 to win the 400m individual medley at the Seoul Olympics; also wins 200m I/M gold for the medley double
• Sep 21 Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville, New Jersey home

• Sep 22 American swimmer Janet Evans sets a world record 4:03.85 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; 3rd gold medal of the Games (400m I/M, 800m)
• Sep 22 American swimmer Matt Biondi wins the blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal in Olympic record 48.63 at the Seoul Games; beats countryman Chris Jacobs & Stéphan Caron of France
• Sep 22 South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
• Sep 22 Soviet gymnast Vladimir Artemov wins individual all-round gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; follows his teams all-round victory; wins 4 gold for the Games
• Sep 23 Americans Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter & Matt Biondi swim world record 3:16.53 to win 4 x 100m freestyle relay at the Seoul Olympics
• Sep 23 East German swimmer Uwe Dassler sets world record 3:46.95 to win 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; edges Australian Duncan Armstrong by 0.2s

• Sep 24 American swimmer Matt Biondi sets world record 22.14 to win the 50m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; his 4th of 5 gold medals for the Games
• Sep 24 Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100m in 9.79 sec

• Sep 24 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
• Sep 24 East German cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger wins silver medal in the women's track sprint at the Seoul Olympics; first athlete to win medals at Summer & Winter Games in same year; won speed skating gold in Calgary
• Sep 24 Soviet gymnast Vladimir Artemov shares horizontal bar gold medal with teammate Valeri Liukin at the Seoul Olympics; also wins the parallel bars event to take his gold medal haul to 4 for the Games
• Sep 24 Swimmer Silke Hörner wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics as part of the victorious East German 4 x 100m medley relay team
• Sep 24 West German swimmer Michael Gross wins 200m butterfly in Olympic record 1:56.94 at the Seoul Games; third career gold medal

• Sep 25 Americans sweep the medals in the long jump at the Seoul Olympics; Carl Lewis wins his second gold of the Games with leap of 8.72m ahead of teammates Mike Powell & Larry Myricks
• Sep 25 East German swimmer Kristin Otto swims Olympic record 25.49 to win the 50m freestyle gold at the Seoul Olympics; her 6th gold medal of the Games
• Sep 25 Hungarian swimmer Tamás Darnyi wins the 200m individual medley gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in world record 2:00.17; wraps up medley double at the Games
• Sep 25 Phoebe Mills finishes third in the balance beam at the Seoul Olympics to become the first American female gymnast to win a medal at a fully attended Games
• Sep 25 Romanian gymnast Daniela Silivaș wins 3 gold medals in one day at the Seoul Olympics; balance beam, floor exercise & uneven bars events; records record equalling 7 perfect scores of 10
• Sep 25 Super swimmer Matt Biondi wins his 5th gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious American 4 x 100m medley relay team
• Sep 26 Soviet throwers sweep the medals in the hammer throw at the Seoul Olympics; Sergey Litvinov wins gold with an Olympic record 84.80m ahead of teammates Yuriy Sedykh & Jüri Tamm
• Sep 27 American diver Greg Louganis wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up diving double after also taking out the 3m springboard gold
• Sep 27 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is disqualified from the Seoul Olympics 100m after his urine sample found to contain steroid stanozolol; American Carl Lewis awarded gold medal and world record 9.92
• Sep 27 East German cyclist Olaf Ludwig wins the men's road race in 4:32:22 at the Seoul Olympics; beats West German pair Bernd Gröne & Christian Henn
• Sep 28 American athletes go 1-2-3 in the 400m at the Seoul Olympics with Steve Lewis taking the gold medal in 43.87 ahead of teammates Butch Reynolds & Danny Everett
• Sep 28 Australian Debbie Flintoff-King wins the 400m hurdles gold at the Seoul Olympics in 53.17, just 0.01 ahead of Tatyana Ledovskaya of the Soviet Union
• Sep 28 Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games
• Sep 28 Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)

• Sep 29 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon
• Sep 29 American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner sets women's 200m world record 21.34; completes sprint double at the Seoul Olympics
• Sep 29 East German athlete Christian Schenk beats countryman Torsten Voss by 89 points to win the decathlon gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; Canadian Dave Steen is another 71 points back in third place
• Sep 29 US men's basketball team beats Australia 78-49 to take the bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics; last time US represented by a team that doesn't feature NBA players
• Sep 29 US retain women's basketball title at he Seoul Olympics with a 77-70 win over Yugoslavia; star guard Teresa Edwards top scores for the Americans with 18 points
• Sep 30 Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
• Sep 30 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show
• Sep 30 Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia 76-63 to win the men's basketball gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; US finishes 3rd; final time US field non-NBA team
• Oct 1 Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens with an exhibition hockey game between Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers; construction cost $90 million; closed 2018
• Oct 1 Canadian synchronised swimmer Carolyn Waldo teams with Michelle Cameron to win the duet gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up double having won individual title
• Oct 1 Flamboyant American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins her third gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious US 4 x 100m relay team

• Oct 1 Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 6-3 to win the women's singles tennis gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; clinches first and only Golden Slam in history (Grand Slam & Olympics)
• Oct 1 The inaugural Olympic table tennis program concludes in Seoul with China and South Korea each winning 2 titles
• Oct 1 The Soviet women's 4 x 400m relay team runs world record 3:15.17 to beat a star-studded US team and win the Olympic gold medal in Seoul; Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina & Olga Bryzgina
• Oct 1 Yuri Savichev scores in extra time as the Soviet Union beats Brazil 2-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Seoul Olympics

• Oct 2 Gelindo Bordin of Italy wins the men's marathon in 2:10:32 at the Seoul Olympics; beats world champion Douglas Wakiihuri of Kenya by 15 seconds
• Oct 2 In a season ending 7-5 win in St. Louis, NY Mets' outfielder Kevin McReynolds establishes a MLB record swiping 21 bases without being caught stealing during the season
• Oct 2 Mike Tyson wrecks furniture in his mansion in Bernardsville, NJ, during a domestic dispute
• Oct 2 Minnesota Twins total 3,030,672 in attendance at Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome; first AL club ever to break 3 million in a MLB season
• Oct 2 New Zealand horseman Mark Todd wins individual eventing gold medal aboard Charisma at the Seoul Olympics; his 2nd consecutive gold after winning in 1984
• Oct 2 South Korean light middleweight boxer Park Si-hun is controversially awarded the Seoul Olympic gold medal after appearing well beaten by future 4 weight class world champion Roy Jones Jr
• Oct 6 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
• Oct 7 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox
• Oct 7 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
• Oct 9 9th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 25-12
• Oct 9 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
• Oct 9 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 0
• Oct 12 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3
• Oct 14 NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant by winning the Patrick Division Playoff Championship
• Oct 15 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma)
• Oct 15 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to give Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
• Oct 16 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff & World Series
• Oct 17 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees

• Oct 20 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
• Oct 21 Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid
• Oct 23 Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid

• Oct 30 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
• Oct 31 First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23

• Nov 2 Mexican radio station erroneously reports Mike Tyson had died in car crash
• Nov 4 First NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
• Nov 5 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milw Bucks lose to Atlnata Hawks 94-107
• Nov 5 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to LA Clippers, 111-91
• Nov 5 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
• Nov 5 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign
• Nov 5 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
• Nov 6 Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)

• Nov 7 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)

• Nov 8 Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
• Nov 9 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7)
• Nov 10 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7)
• Nov 10 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
• Nov 12 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7)
• Nov 13 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna finishes 2nd in the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide to win his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins title by 3 points from Alain Prost
• Nov 15 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
• Nov 16 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson
• Nov 16 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel

• Nov 20 Boston College beats Army 38-24 in the 'Emerald isle Classic' at Dublin's Lansdowne Road Stadium, the first NCAA American Football game to be played in Europe

• Nov 23 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
• Nov 25 53rd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 15-10 in Birmingham
• Nov 25 US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
• Nov 27 CFL Grey Cup, Landsdowne Park, Ottawa: Winnipeg Blue Bombers edge BC Lions, 22-21; first Grey Cup game won by a team with only a .500 season
• Nov 30 NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase
• Dec 1 NBC bids a record $401 million to capture television broadcasting rights for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games
• Dec 3 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
• Dec 4 Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers

• Dec 6 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles
• Dec 6 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest)

• Dec 8 Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109
• Dec 9 NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M
• Dec 10 Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Montreal Canadiens
• Dec 12 Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
• Dec 14 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
• Dec 14 NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses
• Dec 15 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
• Dec 17 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
• Dec 17 Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Capitals)
• Dec 17 NY Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2
• Dec 18 Cricket Women's World Cup: Australia defeats England by 8 wickets
• Dec 18 Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record
• Dec 19 Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation

• Dec 29 Soviet Red Army Team edges NY Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum
• Dec 29 Toronto’s Ed Olczyk and Gary Leeman score goals just 4 seconds apart in the 3rd period, tying the NHL record for fastest 2 goals by one team; Leafs beat the Quebec Nordiques, 6-5.

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