Tennis Open
Sep 1 Chris Evert becomes the first player ever to win 100 matches in the US National/Open Tennis Championship by beating Patricia Tarabinia 6-2, 6-4
- Sep 3 American tennis star Chris Evert beats 15-year-old Monica Seles 6-0, 6-2 in a 4th round match for her 101st and last US Open singles victory
- Sep 5 Chris Evert's final US Open tennis match; defeated by Zina Garrison 7-6, 6-2 in the quarter finals
Baseball Record
Sep 8 American MLB player George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 9 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf retains her title; beats Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Sep 10 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record
Sports History
Sep 10 Five days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, MLB and NFL player Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, his first
Sports History
Sep 10 Indianapolis running back Eric Dickerson rushes for 106 yards against San Francisco to become the fastest player to top the 10,000 yard plateau; 91st career game
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his only US title; beats Czech Ivan Lendl 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6
- Sep 13 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
- Sep 14 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
- Sep 14 Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
- Sep 17 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
- Sep 19 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
- Sep 22 MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
- Sep 23 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
- Sep 24 Ryder Cup: US & Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England
Baseball Record
Sep 25 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits & 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
Nolan Ryan's 300th Strikeout
Sep 30 Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout
- Sep 30 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title