Events in Sports History in 1992 (Part 2)

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• Aug 1 American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100m at the Barcelona Olympics, with 5 athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers (10.82)
• Aug 1 British athlete Linford Christie (32) becomes the oldest man to win an Olympic 100m gold medal edging Frankie Fredericks in Barcelona
• Aug 2 American Jacki Joyner-Kersee becomes first athlete to win consecutive gold medals in the gruelling heptathlon with a 199 point win over Irina Belova (Soviet Union) at the Barcelona Olympics

• Aug 2 Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus becomes the first gymnast to win 6 gold medals at one Olympics in Barcelona, also first to win 4 gold in one day's competition (pommel, vault, rings & parallel bars)
• Aug 4 In its debut at the Barcelona Olympics the badminton singles gold medals are both won by Indonesian athletes, whilst both men's & women's doubles go to South Korea
• Aug 4 Italian fencer Giovanna Trillini wraps up gold medals in both women's foil events at the Barcelona Olympics as part of the winning team
• Aug 4 The diving competition at the Barcelona Olympics concludes with Chinese athletes dominant, winning 3 of 4 gold medals contested - American Mark Lenzi wins 3m springbaord
• Aug 5 Cuba wins baseball's inaugural gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, beating Chinese Taipei 11-1

• Aug 6 Wrestler Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American to win in three straight Olympics, capturing the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division in Barcelona
• Aug 7 San Francisco Giants announce sale of MLB franchise to group of Tampa Bay investors; move blocked by other investors
• Aug 7 Taking advantage of 6 months training on home town Terrassa pitch, Spain wins their first hockey gold medal beating Germany 2-1 in the women's final at the Barcelona Olympics

• Aug 8 Bulgarian canoeist Nikolay Bukhalov completes the C-1 500 / 1,000 double winning the latter at the Barcelona Olympics
• Aug 8 Fermín Cacho wins Spain's first ever Olympic gold medal in a running event when he takes out the 1,500m at the Barcelona Games
• Aug 8 Germany goes through the field hockey competition undefeated to win gold with a 2-1 win over Australia in the men's final at the Barcelona Olympics
• Aug 8 Spanish centre forward Kiko scores twice as the home team takes the football Olympic gold medal with a 3-2 win over Poland in front of 95,000 at Camp Nou, Barcelona

• Aug 9 Cuban boxer Félix Savón wins the first of 3 consecutive Olympic heavyweight gold medals when he dominates Nigerian David Izonritei on points at the Barcelona Games
• Aug 9 Future 6-weight boxing world champion Oscar De La Hoya of the US beats German Marco Rudolph on points to win the lightweight gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics

• Aug 15 Striker Brian Deane scores both goals for Sheffield United in a season-opening 2-1 home win over Manchester United at Bramall Lane; first of Deane's goals is the first in EPL's inaugural season

• Aug 16 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. Charles CC: American Sherri Steinhauer wins first of 2 majors (British Open 2006) by 3 from Judy Dickinson

• Aug 17 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
• Aug 19 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia)
• Aug 19 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia

• Aug 23 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons
• Aug 24 1st structural steel beams are erected at Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field) baseball stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
• Aug 24 NFL Cleveland Browns suffer their worst pre-season loss, 56-3, to Minnesota Vikings
• Aug 27 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise

• Aug 28 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
• Aug 28 Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
• Aug 30 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard

• Sep 5 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
• Sep 7 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
• Sep 7 Former owner and team president of the Milwaukee Brewers Bud Selig is appointed interim Commissioner of Major League Baseball; holds office until becoming official Commissioner in 1998
• Sep 8 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
• Sep 9 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
• Sep 9 MLB player Robin Yount, is 17th to reach 3,000 hits

• Sep 13 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28

• Sep 17 NFL decides to suspend World League Football

• Sep 19 Demolition begins of JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; built in 1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium, also known as Municipal Stadium, it hosted the 1926 Tunney-Dempsey fight, 41 Army-Navy football games, The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; victory rallies for The NHL Flyers and MLB Phillies; and the US portion of Live-Aid
• Sep 19 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)
• Sep 23 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
• Sep 23 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
• Sep 24 John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers)

• Sep 24 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history

• Sep 26 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
• Sep 26 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
• Sep 27 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
• Sep 27 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
• Sep 28 Oakland A's win AL West title
• Sep 29 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
• Sep 29 Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)

• Oct 1 Gil Stein officially becomes only the 5th president in the NHL's 75 year history; serves for just one year before the title changed to “commissioner”
• Oct 3 MLB Atlanta Braves end season with 1-0 victory over San Diego Padres at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for franchise record 98th win (old record 95 in 1957, when they were based in Milwaukee)

• Oct 7 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win franchise opener, in 7-3 win over visiting Chicago Black Hawks
• Oct 8 Ottawa Senators 1st NHL game

• Oct 12 Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
• Oct 14 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 2
• Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
• Oct 14 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
• Oct 17 1st Baseball World Series featuring non-American team; Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays lose 3-1 to Braves at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
• Oct 18 1st non-American team to win a Baseball World Series game; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 5-4 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
• Oct 18 Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683
• Oct 20 1st Baseball World Series game is played outside United States; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 3 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
• Oct 22 Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
• Oct 24 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
• Oct 24 Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title; MVP: Toronto catcher Pat Borders
• Oct 25 Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
• Oct 27 Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies
• Oct 31 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
• Nov 1 New York City Marathon: Willie Mtolo of South Africa wins men's race, 2:09:29; Australian Lisa Ondieki women's champion, 2:24:40
• Nov 1 NY Jets wide receiver Al Toon becomes 10th NFL player to make a reception in 100 straight games; Jets beat Miami Dolphins, 26-24 at The Meadowlands
• Nov 4 NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
• Nov 4 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio

• Nov 7 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
• Nov 7 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend
• Nov 8 Nigel Mansell in a Williams crashes during the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 52 points; Mansell won record 9 GPs during the season
• Nov 12 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time

• Nov 15 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
• Nov 15 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
• Nov 17 Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft

• Nov 21 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
• Nov 21 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
• Nov 21 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
• Nov 22 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
• Nov 22 Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova for the second consecutive year to win WTA Tour Championship 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in NYC; her 3rd straight end of season title
• Nov 26 57th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-0 in Birmingham, Alabama

• Dec 2 Kiwi opening batsman John Wright becomes first New Zealander to make 5,000 runs in Test cricket when he scores 14 in the 2nd innings of the drawn 1st Test against Sri Lanka in Moratuwa
• Dec 5 1st SEC Championship Game: #2 Alabama beats #12 Florida, 28-21
• Dec 6 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)

• Dec 6 San Francisco Giants sign record $43million USD pact with Pirates MLB outfielder Barry Bonds
• Dec 9 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks
• Dec 9 NHL NJ Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, & white for the 1992-93 season
• Dec 9 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
• Dec 10 NHL awards franchises to Miami & Anaheim for 1994-95
• Dec 10 NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
• Dec 12 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, U of Miami (QB)
• Dec 12 NY Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
• Dec 14 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him

• Dec 26 New York Jets announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75
• Dec 26 The NHL's San Jose Sharks end a 13-game losing streak with a 7-2 win over the LA Kings, albeit allowing 59 shots, the most in team history; Jeff Hacket makes 57 saves
• Dec 30 Australian cricket spin bowling great Shane Warne takes 7/52 to lead Australia to 139 run win v West Indies in 2nd Test in Melbourne
• Dec 30 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
• Dec 30 Washington defenseman Al Iafrate becomes first player in NHL history to have his shot officially break 100 miles per hour; records 101.4 mph during the Capitals Superskills competition

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