Events in Sports History in 1991 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 368 of 368

• Jul 15 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
• Jul 18 Florida Marlins' logo unveiled

• Jul 19 Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)
• Jul 19 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
• Jul 20 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant
• Jul 21 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian 1-2 with Ian Baker-Finch winning his only major championship, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Harwood

• Jul 23 Rob Dibble back from 3-game suspension, is ejected for throwing at and hitting Cubs baserunner Doug Dascenzo Cubs win, 8-5
• Jul 25 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use
• Jul 25 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
• Jul 26 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
• Jul 26 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th
• Jul 28 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
• Jul 28 Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley

• Jul 29 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)

• Jul 30 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
• Aug 5 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his own world pole vault record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
• Aug 6 American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her 2nd consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; beats Nicaragua, 8-0

• Aug 8 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
• Aug 10 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53

• Aug 13 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60) at the World Championships in Fort Lauderale, Florida

• Aug 17 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983

• Aug 20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)
• Aug 22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
• Aug 23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
• Aug 24 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
• Aug 25 Carl Lewis runs 100m in a world record 9.86 seconds
• Aug 25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
• Aug 25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
• Aug 25 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
• Aug 26 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
• Aug 28 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher
• Aug 30 Dan O'Brien sets US decathlon record with 8,812 points
• Aug 30 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
• Aug 31 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
• Sep 1 Japanese runner Hiromi Taniguchi wins the marathon in 2:14:57 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan

• Sep 6 33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
• Sep 7 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
• Sep 7 Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards

• Sep 8 NFL Buffalo Bill QB Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pittsburgh Steelers (52-34)

• Sep 9 Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington
• Sep 9 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
• Sep 10 Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
• Sep 11 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
• Sep 11 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium

• Sep 13 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
• Sep 14 San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
• Sep 15 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
• Sep 15 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
• Sep 17 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• Sep 18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
• Sep 18 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
• Sep 18 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
• Sep 21 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics

• Sep 22 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)

• Sep 25 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m
• Sep 27 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
• Sep 28 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game

• Oct 2 Toronto Blue Jays clinch AL East title with a 6-5 win v California Angels; become first sport franchise in history to draw 4 million fans in one season

• Oct 4 San Jose Sharks play first NHL game in franchise history, a 4-3 loss in Vancouver; native Californian Craig Coxe scores club's first goal while Jeff Hackett makes an impressive 48 saves
• Oct 5 Fresno State ties NCAA football record with 49 points in a quarter (2nd), as they route New Mexico, 94-17 at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno

• Oct 6 Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
• Oct 7 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
• Oct 9 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
• Oct 11 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
• Oct 12 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex

• Oct 12 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
• Oct 13 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
• Oct 13 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
• Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1

• Oct 16 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement

• Oct 17 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3

• Oct 19 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as Rhode Island beats Maine, 52-30 (6 OT)
• Oct 19 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL

• Oct 24 Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
• Oct 25 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah

• Oct 29 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager

• Nov 2 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Churchill Downs; winners: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly (leading female thoroughbred money-earner, with $3,083,456), Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou
• Nov 2 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35 point 3rd quarter deficit to rally and beat Weber State, 55-49
• Nov 3 Ayrton Senna wins Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; shortest F1 race ever run (14 laps) because of wet conditions; Senna retains his 3rd World Drivers Championship by 24 points from Nigel Mansell
• Nov 3 New York City Marathon: Salvador Garcia of Mexico men's champion in 2:09:28; Liz McColgan of Scotland wins women's title, 2:27.0
• Nov 7 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95

• Nov 8 Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring mark with 311th goal
• Nov 9 Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts
• Nov 10 Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception

• Nov 10 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India

• Nov 14 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
• Nov 15 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game

• Nov 17 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams

• Nov 18 Auburn men's basketball team placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and not eligible for post-season play 1991-92
• Nov 19 Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken wins his 2nd AL MVP
• Nov 20 Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP

• Nov 23 Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season, and 15,031 yards for career

• Nov 23 Martín López-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)
• Nov 23 Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games
• Nov 24 After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21

• Nov 24 Monica Seles sets female tennis record, winning prize money of $2,457,758 in a year
• Nov 24 Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 to win her 2nd straight WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden, NYC
• Nov 29 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
• Nov 30 56th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 13-6 in Birmingham, Alabama
• Nov 30 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China: Michelle Akers scores twice as US beats Norway, 2-1
• Dec 1 Davis Cup Tennis, Lyon: Frenchman Guy Forget upsets Pete Sampras 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch a 3-1 final win over the US
• Dec 1 Miami quarterback Dan Marino sets an NFL record when he reaches 3,000 yards passing for the 8th time in his career during Dolphin's 33-14 win over Tampa Bay at Joe Robbie Stadium

• Dec 2 Australia routs India by 10 wickets in the 1st cricket Test in Brisbane; first Test to be officiated by a match referee; former England captain MJK Smith does the honours
• Dec 2 Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bobby Bonilla becomes highest paid player in MLB when he agrees to record $29 million-5 year deal with New York Mets

• Dec 12 NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
• Dec 12 Tampa Bay Buccaneer Dexter Manley retires after failing drug test
• Dec 13 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
• Dec 14 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
• Dec 16 MLB expansion club Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16-year-old pitcher Clemente Nunez
• Dec 17 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts
• Dec 17 NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80
• Dec 17 Pittsburgh Penguins score team record 8 goals in one period in 2nd session of 10-2 win over NHL expansion San Jose Sharks
• Dec 19 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession
• Dec 20 NHL approves expansion teams Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
• Dec 24 Ballon d'Or: Marseille forward Jean-Pierre Papin is named Europe's best football player; first from the French League to win the trophy

• Dec 26 NY Islander Derek King ties NJ Devils 5-5 with ½ second left
• Dec 27 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
• Dec 28 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, NYC
• Dec 28 Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25
• Dec 31 Daniel R. McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner
• Dec 31 J. Donald Crump resigns as CFL Commissioner

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