By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Sep 27, 2021



September 27th, 2021 was highlighted by Michael Porter Jr. signing a max five-year contract extension with the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Cowboys dominating the Eagles on MNF in Dak’s first game back in Jerry World since his devastating ankle injury. Jacksonville got rid of ANOTHER former first round pick, trading C.J. Henderson to Carolina for Dan Arnold, Josh Gordon signed with the Chiefs, and torn ACL’s ended Blake Martinez as well as K.J. Hamler’s 2021 seasons. Bradley Zimmer also hit a historic HR off his own brother Kyle. 

See what happened in sports on September 27th last year, headlined by the Miami Heat winning the Eastern Conference Finals, the Packers beating the Saints in an exciting Sunday Night shootout, and the final day of the historic 60-game MLB season, as well as what happened in sports on September 27th, 2019 ft. Pete Alonso tying Judge‘s rookie HR record with his 52nd bomb of the year. 

WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post 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, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history. 



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Quez went up to get it

CeeDee reels in deep pass

Defensive TD’s in Dallas

MPJ got the max in Denver

Chiefs are adding a beast

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NBA: PF Christian Wood, Houston Rockets (turns 26)

MLB: 2B/IF Luis Guillorme, New York Mets (27)

NFL: RB Dion Lewis, Retired after 2020 (31)

MLB: SP Matt Shoemaker, Minnesota Twins (35)

NBA: HC Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors (56)

MLB: 3B Mike Schmidt, Hall of Fame (72)

2020: Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson recorded the most PASS TD (14) through the 1st 3 GP of a season in NFL history while also becoming the 1st QB ever with 4+ PASS TD in each of the 1st 3 GP 

2009: Minnesota Vikings QB Brett Favre completed the most memorable pass of his Vikings career with a 32-yd GW-TD to Greg Lewis with 2 seconds left to lead Minnesota over San Francisco 27-24

2008: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Greg Maddux defeated the San Francisco Giants in his final career start, bringing his career win total to 355, the 8th most of all-time

2005: Atlanta Braves clinched the NL East title for the 14th consecutive season, extending their incredible consecutive division-winning record that spans across all North American professional sports

1998: On the season’s final day, St. Louis Cardinals 1B Mark McGwire hit his 69th and 70th home runs against the Montreal Expos that stood as the MLB single-season record for only 3 years when Barry Bonds hit a now-record 73 HR in 2001

1998: During a Sunday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens, ESPN debuted the superimposed yellow 1st-down line, which only the TV viewers could see

1973: California Angels SP Nolan Ryan set a new MLB record with his 383rd strikeout of the season, passing Sandy Koufax‘s mark of 382. Ryan’s 383 Ks still stands as the MLB single-season record with only Randy Johnson surpassing 326 since then

1938: New York Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig hit the 493rd and final HR of his HOF career in Yankee Stadium against the Washington Senators

1923: New York Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig hit the very 1st of his 493 career HRs against the Boston Red Sox

1914: Cleveland Naps 2B Nap Lajoie, the team’s namesake, recorded his 3,000th career hit against the Yankees

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