2020: Los Angeles Lakers tied Boston’s NBA record with their 17th Championship in franchise history as LeBron James became the 1st player to win Finals MVP with 3 different teams in pro sports history with the oldest triple-double in NBA Finals history
2012: Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger passed Terry Bradshaw for the most career PASS YDS (27,989) in franchise history. Big Ben played all of his 18 seasons with the Steelers and finished with 64,088 PASS YDS which still stands as the franchise record
2002: Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves played in the very 1st NBA game held in the Dominican Republic, a preseason victory for Minnesota
1999: Boston Red Sox SP Pedro Martinez delivered 6 no-hit innings in relief during ALDS Game 5 to beat Cleveland and advance to the ALCS after Boston’s previous 2 pitchers combined to allow a whopping 8 runs through the 1st 3 innings
1992: CB/OF Deion Sanders played in the Atlanta Falcons’ loss in Miami to the Dolphins then flew to Pittsburgh for the Atlanta Braves’ NLCS matchup in the same day — a loss to the Pirates
1992: Despite leading the league with 51 saves, Oakland Athletics RP Dennis Eckersley gave up a game-tying 2-run HR to Toronto Blue Jays 2B Roberto Alomar, sending the game into extra innings where Toronto would pull off the 7-6 victory in 11 innings and take a 3-1 lead
1980: Dallas Mavericks won their NBA debut against their interstate rival, the San Antonio Spurs
1971: Baltimore Orioles 3B Brooks Robinson tied a World Series record by reaching base in 5 consecutive ABs (3 hits, 2 walks) in an 11-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates
1967: Boston Red Sox set a World Series record as OF Carl Yastrzemski, OF Reggie Smith, and SS Rico Petrocelli hit 3 consecutive HRs in a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals
1964: In their 1st meeting after being traded for each other, Washington QB Sonny Jurgensen threw 4 touchdown passes to defeat QB Norm Snead and the Philadelphia Eagles 35-20
1925: New York Giants played their very 1st NFL game, a 14-0 loss to the Providence Steam Rollers