Aug. 14: Nick Price won the PGA Championship in record fashion. Price finished at 11-under 269 for 72 holes, six strokes ahead of Corey Pavin. It was the lowest stroke total ever in an American major championship.
Aug. 14: The United States made 16 of its first 17 shots on the way to a 137-91 victory over Russia that gave Dream Team II the world championship at Toronto.
Aug. 20: Ernie Irvan, one of NASCAR’s Winston Cup stars, suffered a fractured skull and collapsed lungs in a crash at Michigan International Speedway.
Aug. 24: Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona was banned from playing nationally or internationally for 15 months because he took a banned stimulant during the World Cup tournament. Maradona had flunked a routine drug test after Argentina’s match June 25 against Nigeria.
Aug. 27: Venezuela ended the United States’ two-year run as Little League champions and became the first Latin American team to win the title since 1958, defeating Northridge, Calif., 4-3.
Aug. 28: Tiger Woods, 18, became the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, capturing the last three holes of his 36-hole title match against Trip Kuehne.
Aug. 28: Martha Nause birdied four of the last seven holes to win the du Maurier Classic for her first major LPGA title.
September
Sept. 3: Terry Dean of Florida threw an NCAA-record-tying seven TD passes in the first half of the Gators’ 70-21 victory over New Mexico State.
Sept. 4: Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins became the second quarterback with 300 touchdown passes by throwing for five scores in a 39-35 victory over New England.
Sept. 5: San Francisco’s Jerry Rice caught a pair of scoring passes and ran in a 23-yard reverse to become the NFL’s career touchdown leader with 127.
Sept. 10: Alcorn State’s Steve McNair set an NCAA Division I-AA record with 647 yards of total offense in the Braves’ 54-28 win over Tennessee-Chattanooga.
Sept. 10: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario won the U.S. Open women’s title, beating No. 1 Steffi Graf 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
Sept. 11: Andre Agassi won the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 victory over Michael Stich. Agassi became the first unseeded player to beat five seeded players and the first unseeded champion since Fred Stolle in 1966.
Sept. 13: The NHL announced a new TV contract with Fox, as well as an expanded deal with ESPN. Fox paid $155 million for its five-year pact.
Sept. 14: The baseball season, already shut down by a monthlong strike, was canceled along with the World Series.
Sept. 24: Washington ended Miami’s NCAA-record home winning streak at 58 with a 38-20 victory against the Hurricanes at the Orange Bowl.
Sept. 24: Michael Westbrook made a diving catch of a tipped 64-yard Hail Mary pass from Kordell Stewart on the final play, giving Colorado a 27-26 victory at Michigan.
Sept. 25: Oliver McCall scored a major upset by stopping Lennox Lewis 31 seconds into the second round to capture the WBC heavyweight title in London.
Sept. 26: DePaul’s basketball team was placed on probation for one year by the NCAA for violations involving a booster who provided free apartments and meals to players.
Sept. 30: The NHL delayed the start of its season to Oct. 15, invited players back to the bargaining table and said games probably would be lost if progress toward a contract was not made in the next two weeks.
Sept. 30: Former Dallas Mavericks forward Roy Tarpley was reinstated nearly three years after he was kicked out of the NBA for substance abuse violations. He signed a six-year deal with the Mavericks on Oct. 6.
October
Oct. 2: Don Shula’s Miami Dolphins beat son Dave Shula’s Cincinnati Bengals 23-7 in the first meeting between father-and-son coaches in pro sports.
Oct. 5: The NBA announced new rules for the upcoming season. The three-point distance was shortened to a uniform 22 feet, hand checking was eliminated, and three free throws were awarded to players fouled while shooting a three-pointer.
Oct. 14: Rollie Massimino agreed to a $1.8 million buyout of his contract with UNLV.
Oct. 19: Duke beat North Carolina 3-2 in women’s soccer to end the Tar Heels’ unbeaten streak of 101 games.
Oct. 22: Alcorn State’s Steve McNair became the NCAA’s career yardage leader with 15,049 yards to surpass the old mark set by Brigham Young’s Ty Detmer, who had 14,665. McNair’s 649 yards also broke his own Division I-AA single-game record as he led the Braves to a 41-37 win over Southern University.
Oct. 23: Tyrone Hughes returned kickoffs of 92 and 98 yards for touchdowns in the New Orleans Saints’ 37-34 victory over the Los Angles Rams. Hughes had combined punt and kickoff runbacks for 347 yards, breaking the mark of 294 yards held by two others.
Oct. 23: The United States won eight of 10 singles matches, including surprising victories from Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green, to reclaim the Solheim Cup from Europe.
Oct. 23: Dale Earnhardt wrapped up his record-tying seventh Winston Cup title by winning the AC Delco 500. Earnhardt tied Richard Petty’s NASCAR record.
Oct. 24: Atlanta’s Greg Maddux became the first pitcher to win three straight Cy Young awards, unanimously sweeping the NL honor. Maddux was 16-6 with a 1.56 ERA, the third-lowest in 75 years.
Oct. 25: David Cone, 16-5 with a 2.94 ERA for Kansas City, edged former Toronto teammate Jimmy Key for the AL Cy Young Award.
Oct. 26: White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas became the first player to win the AL Most Valuable Player award in consecutive seasons since Roger Maris.
Oct. 27: Houston first baseman Jeff Bagwell joined Orlando Cepeda and Mike Schmidt as the NL’s only unanimous MVP selections.
Oct. 29: Steve McNair threw for 563 yards to break the Division I-AA career passing yardage record with 13,487, rallying Alcorn State to a 45-45 tie with Samford. McNair broke the record of 13,220 yards by Portland State’s Neil Lomax.
November
Nov. 4: Pitcher Dwight Gooden was banned for the entire 1995 season by the ruling executive council after failing two drug tests while serving a drug suspension.
Nov. 5: George Foreman regained part of the heavyweight title he lost to Muhammad Ali in 1974, stopping Michael Moorer with a two-punch combination at 2:03 of the 10th round. Foreman, 45, who captured the IBF and WBA championships, is the oldest champion in any weight class.
Nov. 5: Concern beat Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Tabasco Cat by a neck in the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. Flanders won the Juvenile Fillies; Timber Country took the Juvenile; Tikkanen won the Turf; Irish-bred Barathea won the Mile, One Dreamer took the Distaff and Cherokee Run won the Sprint.
Nov. 5: The Milwaukee Bucks signed No. 1 draft pick Glenn Robinson to a 10-year, $68.15 million contract. Robinson had eight points in 13 minutes in his NBA debut as the Bucks posted a 97-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Nov. 6: German Silva of Mexico overcame a wrong turn in the final mile to beat countryman Benjamin Paredes by two seconds in the closest finish in the New York City Marathon’s 25-year history. Silva finished in 2:11:21. Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe won the women’s race in 2:27:37.
Nov. 13: Drew Bledsoe set NFL records for completions and attempts in leading New England to a 26-20 overtime win over Minnesota. Bledsoe’s 14-yard scoring pass to Kevin Turner 4:10 into OT brought New England back from a 20-point deficit as he set league marks of 45 completions and 70 attempts in throwing for 426 yards and three touchdowns.
Nov. 14: Felony charges were filed against Los Angeles Kings President Bruce McNall after an investigation of alleged fraud involving nearly $236 million in bank loans.
Nov. 19: Rashaan Salaam became the fourth 2,000-yard rusher in major-college history, running for 259 yards and two touchdowns in Colorado’s 41-20 victory over Iowa State.
Nov. 20: Gabriela Sabatini beat Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to win the Virginia Slims Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Nov. 20: Tisha Venturini scored twice and Angela Kelly, Sarah Dacey and Robin Confer added goals as North Carolina beat Notre Dame 5-0 for its ninth consecutive NCAA women’s soccer championship.
Nov. 26: The Dallas Mavericks, led by Jimmy Jackson’s 50 points, beat the Denver Nuggets 124-123 in overtime after trailing by 25 points in the first half. Denver’s biggest lead, 62-37, came with 1:25 left in the half.
Nov. 27: Joe Montana of the Kansas City Chiefs became the fifth quarterback to surpass 40,000 career passing yards in a 10-9 loss at Seattle.
Nov. 27: Lui Passaglia’s 38-yard field goal gave the B.C. Lions a 26-23 victory over Baltimore for their first Canadian Football League championship in nine years.
Nov. 29: Washington Redskins fullback Frank Wycheck was suspended by the NFL for using anabolic steroids. The second-year player was suspended without pay for the remaining four games of the season.
December
Dec. 1: Seattle defensive tackle Mike Frier was paralyzed in a car crash. Teammate Lamar Smith was driving the car that ran into a utility pole, and running back Chris Warren was also a passenger.
Dec. 3: Sweden swept three straight matches with Russia in Moscow to win its fifth Davis Cup title. Sweden, in the finals for the ninth time, clinched the Cup for the first time since 1987.
Dec. 3: Eleven Chinese athletes were stripped of medals they won in the Hiroshima Asian Games by the Olympic Council of Asia. They were found to have taken performance-enhancing drugs.
Dec. 5: Richard Ravitch, his role diminished since baseball owners began dealing directly with the players, resigned as management’s chief labor negotiator.
Dec. 6: CBS Sports and the NCAA jointly announced an eight-year, $1.725 billion renegotiation ensuring the Final Four will appear on the network through the year 2002.
Dec. 7: The NCAA sold TV rights to what was left of its major championships to ESPN for eight years through 2002 for $19 million. ESPN will televise events in 19 NCAA championships, including extensive coverage of the women’s basketball tournament.
Dec. 8: The NHL canceled the All-Star Game, scheduled for Jan. 21 in San Jose. The league then awarded the city the 1997 game.
Dec. 10: Art Monk set an NFL record for consecutive games with a reception on New York’s first play in the Jets’ 18-7 loss to the Detroit Lions. Monk’s 5-yard catch gave him 178 consecutive games with a reception, breaking Steve Largent’s NFL mark.
Dec. 10: Rashaan Salaam of Colorado won the Heisman Trophy. Salaam, who led the nation in rushing, scoring and all-purpose yards, captured college football’s top award over runner-up Ki-Jana Carter of Penn State.
Dec. 11: Virginia, on A.J. Wood’s goal, won an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA men’s soccer championship by beating Indiana 1-0.
Dec. 12: Five Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned substances at the Asian Games were suspended for two years by the international swimming federation. World champions Lu Bin and Yang Aihua already had received two-year bans for failing out-of-competition tests conducted before the games.
Dec. 17: Minnesota wide receiver Cris Carter, who had eight catches for 80 yards, broke the NFL record of 112 catches in the Vikings 41-19 loss to the Detroit Lions. Carter’s 119 catches broke the mark set by Green Bay’s Sterling Sharpe in 1993.
