By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Aug 10, 2021



August 10th, 2021 was highlighted by the No.1 pick Cade Cunningham and the No.2 pick Jalen Green squaring off in the NBA Summer League where both had big games. Sharife Cooper drained a buzzer-beating GW for Atlanta while Romeo Langford threw down a thunderous slam on the same day Boston landed Dennis Schroder. Salvador Perez broke his own Royals Catcher single-season HR record plus Adolis Garcia is cementing himself as the most clutch MLB rookie ever. 

See what happened in sports on August 10th last year, headlined by Kyle Kuzma‘s GW buzzer-beater over the Nuggets, and the Angels ended the A’s nine-game winning streak. This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history. 

Sharife bangs one at the buzzer

Wade Jr. went all out in the Bay

Langford pulverized the rim

Altuve w/ a sharp rocket from OF

Jose Iglesias wants a Gold Glove

Sensational MiLB HR robbery

The new Giant walks it off for SF

Top2 picks battle; put on a show

Happy bday to Dalvin Cook

Mega 4-team NBA trade OTD

Happy bday to Ja Morant

Happy bday Andre Drummond

LA’s “Ball Night” took place OTD

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NBA: PG Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies (turns 22)

NFL: OL Max Scharping, Houston Texans (25)

NFL: RB Dalvin Cook, Minnesota Vikings (26)

NBA: C Andre Drummond, Philadelphia 76ers (28)

MLB: RP Archie Bradley, Philadelphia Phillies (29)

MLB: C Wilson Ramos, Cleveland Indians (34)

NFL: K Matt Prater, Arizona Cardinals (37)

2019: Houston Astros rookie DH Yordan Alvarez became the fastest player to ever record 50 career RBIs (45 games)

2012: Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, and Orlando Magic completed a 4-team, 12-player trade involving multiple draft picks that sent C Dwight Howard to the Lakers, C Andrew Bynum to the 76ers, SF Andre Iguodala to the Nuggets, and C Nikola Vucevic to the Magic 

2003: Atlanta Braves SS Rafael Furcal recorded 1 of the 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history

1995: “Ball Night” at Dodger Stadium unexpectedly turned into a forfeit by Los Angeles in the bottom of the 9th due to fans throwing the souvenir baseballs onto the field on 3 occasions

1981: On the 1st day of MLB’s return after a 2-month work stoppage, Philadelphia Phillies 1B Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL hits record by recording his 3,061st career base hit

1971: Minnesota Twins 1B Harmon Killebrew became just the 10th player to hit 500 career home runs in MLB history 

1971: 16 baseball researchers in Cooperstown, NY officially formed the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

1934: New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth officially announced his retirement as a full-time player; he would still coach and pinch-hit the rest of the season for the Yankees and in 1935 for the Boston Braves

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