Events in Sports History in 1997 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 275 of 275

• Oct 3 1st NHL game outside of North America: Vancouver Canucks beat Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 3-2 in Tokyo, Japan
• Oct 3 NHL Carolina Hurricanes lose in their 1st home game, 4-3 vs Pittsburgh Penguins at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina
• Oct 5 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Den Bosch, Netherlands: Sandrine Testud wins both her singles to lead France to 4-1 win over the Netherlands; France's first title

• Oct 9 North Carolina's record winning college basketball coach Dean Smith retires
• Oct 9 NY Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties

• Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• Oct 15 MLB American League Championship: Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 2

• Oct 19 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
• Oct 20 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
• Oct 21 Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissom records a hit in his 15th straight World Series game; second longest 9 inning WS game (4:12) as Florida Marlins beat Indians, 14-11
• Oct 22 Cleveland outfielder Marquis Grissom's World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games as Indians rout Florida 10-3 in coldest ever WS game (38°F)

• Oct 23 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
• Oct 24 Marv Albert sentenced in assault case
• Oct 25 9th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 52-20 in South Bend
• Oct 26 Baseball World Series: Florida beats Cleveland Indians, 3-2 in Game 7 at Pro Player Stadium, Miami for Marlins first-ever title; MVP: Florida pitcher Liván Hernández

• Oct 28 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner & Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league

• Nov 1 Louisiana State University running back Kevin Faulk rushes for 212 yards and a school record 5 touchdowns in a 63-28 win at Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington
• Nov 1 Nebraska head football coach Tom Osborne records his 250th NCAA career victory with a 67-7 drubbing of Oklahoma; Osborne, in his 25th season, reaches milestone faster than anyone (301 games)
• Nov 1 North Carolina State University wide receiver Torry Holt catches 5 touchdown passes in a 48-35 loss to Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee
• Nov 2 New York City Marathon: John Kagwe of Kenya wins men's race in 2:08:12; Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland women's champion in 2:28:43
• Nov 2 NFL San Diego Chargers Eric Metcalf returns punts for touchdowns of 85 & 67 yards in 38-31 loss at Cincinnati; joins Hall of Famer Jack Christiansen as only players in NFL history to return punts for TDs twice in a game

• Nov 3 Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra becomes 6th player to be unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year; leads AL in hits (209), triples (11), multi-hit games (68); also sets AL rookie-record with 30-game hitting streak
• Nov 6 SF Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year
• Nov 8 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
• Nov 8 Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild

• Nov 11 NHL’s new Columbus franchise (scheduled to begin play in 2000) announce team’s name would be “Blue Jackets” after soldiers in the Union army during the American Civil War
• Nov 11 WNBA announces franchises in Detroit (Shock) and Washington D.C. (Mystics) would join the League as expansion teams for the 1998 season

• Nov 16 CFL Grey Cup, Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton: heavily favoured defending champion Toronto Argonauts beat Saskatchewan Roughriders, 47-23

• Nov 18 Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
• Nov 18 Mavericks' A. C. Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games
• Nov 20 Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to KC Royals
• Nov 20 Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played
• Nov 20 NY Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak

• Nov 22 62nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 18-17 in Auburn

• Nov 26 Wash Capitals final game at USAir Arena, retire Rod Langway's #5
• Nov 27 Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher
• Nov 29 USAir Arena closes, hosting Wash Wizards
• Nov 30 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps US in Gothenburg (5-0)
• Dec 1 Golden State Warriors NBA guard Latrell Sprewell assaults head coach P.J. Carlesimo; suspended for 10 games
• Dec 1 In their 81st season, Montreal Canadiens become first team in history to play 5,000 NHL games; host the Penguins but lose, 1-0; franchise record 2,625-1,603-772 with .620 winning percentage
• Dec 2 MCI Center opens in Washington, D.C., Wizards vs SuperSonics
• Dec 3 Golden State Warriors terminates guard Latrell Sprewell's four-year, $32 million NBA contract for attacking coach P.J. Carlesimo
• Dec 4 NBA suspends former Golden State Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking coach P.J. Carlesimo
• Dec 5 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
• Dec 6 6th SEC Championship Game: #3 Tennessee beats #11 Auburn, 30-29

• Dec 13 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB)

• Dec 21 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
• Dec 21 Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game

• Dec 29 Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30
• Dec 29 Cricket Women's World Cup: Australia defeats New Zealand by 5 wickets
• Dec 31 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18
• Dec 31 72 year-old Marv Levy retires as coach of the NFL Buffalo Bills after 12 seasons, including 4 consecutive losing Super Bowl appearances
• Dec 31 Buffalo's Czech NHL goalie Dominik Hasek stops 36 shots for his 27th career shutout in Sabres' 3-0 win over Ottawa Senators; his 6th shutout in month of December; first since George Hainsworth in 1928-29 to achieve the feat

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