By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Aug 22, 2020

‘Today in Sports’ on August 22nd, 2020 was highlighted by LeBron & AD rolling past the Blazers, Bellinger walking it off for the Dodgers, the White Sox setting HR records, Grand Slams, NBA postseason records, and more. Check out everything that happened in sports on August 22nd last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago.

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, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history. 

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King came to play

Belli bomb for the win

OKC in the clutch

Greek Freak at his peak

Only needed 1 pitch

Braves clutch comeback

Abreu also hits 3 HRs

Trent Grisham trifecta

Complete game from Anderson

Miami’s 3 came to play

Brogdon’s been ballin’

AD denies Dame’s dunk attempt

AD went off in the 2nd half

Os comeback for walk off

Trout’s a 5-tool player

Solak goes full extension

A debut to remember

Yaz grabs it at the wall

Slam Diego is a thing

Mullins makes good impression

Kemp doubles him up

Ryan Express Record OTD

Rangers set modern record OTD

Thielen was Special Teams beast

Nolan Ryan 5K strikeouts OTD

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NBA

[Highlights] PG LeBron James, LAL (@POR): 38 PTS (11-18 FG), 8 AST, 12 REB, 2 STL, 8 TO [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] F Giannis Antetokounmpo, MIL (@ORL): 35 PTS (12-14 FG), 7 AST, 11 REB, 2 TO

[Highlights] G Malcolm Brogdon, IND (v.MIA): 34 PTS (11-17 FG), 14 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL, 5 TO

[Highlights] C Anthony Davis, LAL (@POR): 29 PTS (11-18 FG), 8 AST, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 STL, 2 TO

[Highlights] SG James Harden, HOU (@OKC): 38 PTS (12-27 FG), 8 AST, 7 REB, 1 STL, 1 TO

MLB

[Highlights] OF Trent Grisham, SDP (v.HOU): 4-5, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, 0 BB 

[Highlights] 1B Jose Abreu, CHW (@CHC): 4-4, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R, 0 BB

[Highlights] SP Tyler Anderson, SFG (v.ARI): 9.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 K, 0 BB, W

[Highlights] SP Triston McKenzie, CLE (v.DET): 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 10 K, 1 BB, W

[Highlights] RP Aaron Slegers, TB (v.TOR): 4.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 5 K, 0 BB, ND

NFL: EDGE Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas Raiders (turns 23)

NFL: TE Jonnu Smith, Tennessee Titans (25)

NFL: LB Patrick Onwausor, New York Jets (28)

MLB: 3B Hunter Dozier, Kansas City Royals (29)

NFL: WR Adam Thielen, Minnesota Vikings (30)

NFL: WR Randall Cobb, Houston Texans (30)

NFL: WR Mohamed Sanu, New England Patriots (31)

MLB: 3B Paul Molitor, Hall of Fame (64)

MLB: OF Carl Yastrzemski, Hall of Fame (81)

2019: Baltimore Orioles officially surpassed the 2016 Cincinnati Reds for allowing the most home runs by any MLB team in history (259) with 33 games remaining

2007: The Texas Rangers scored 30 runs against the Baltimore Orioles, a modern-day MLB record

1989: Rangers SP Nolan Ryan recorded his 5,000th career strikeout against fellow HOFer Athletics OF Rickey Henderson, the 1st and only player to reach that mark

1965: After complaining about his return throws to SP Sandy Koufax, Giants SP Juan Marchial struck Dodgers C Johnny Roseboro with his bat, instigating a 14-minute brawl between the teams

1961: Yankees OF Roger Maris became the 1st player in MLB history to reach 50 HRs on the season before August in a loss to the Angels

1958: Chicago White Sox 2B Nellie Fox completed his 98th consecutive game without striking out, setting a new MLB record

1947: For the 1st time in the game’s history (since 1934), the College All-Stars defeated the NFL’s Chicago Bears 14-0 in a preseason exhibition

1934: After trailing 2-1 in the 8th inning, Red Sox SP Wes Ferrell hit the tying HR in the 8th inning then a walk-off HR in the 12th to defeat the White Sox 3-2

1917: In the Pirates’ 4th consecutive extra inning game, OF Carson Bigbee set an MLB record with 11 at-bats in a 22-inning loss to the Dodgers; RP Elmer Jacobs pitched 16.2 innings in relief

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