Today in Sports History -- Aug. 15 1914 — The United States beats Australia 3-2 in matches to take the Davis Cup. 1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Womens Open golf title over Betty Hicks. 1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title. 1965 — Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship. 1966 — Jose Torres retains his world light-heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Eddie Cotton in Las Vegas. 1993 — Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championships second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses. Norman, despite winning his second British Open title a month earlier, has lost playoffs in three other majors — the 1984 U.S. Open, the 1987 Masters and the 1989 British Open. 1993 — Damon Hill, son of the late Graham Hill, becomes the first father-son Formula 1 winners when he won the Hungarian Grand Prix. 1995 — Monica Seles returns to the WTA Tour after a 28-month absence following her 1993 stabbing with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Kimberly Po at the Canadian Open in Toronto. 1999 — Tiger Woods makes a crucial par save on the 17th hole and holds on to win the PGA Championship by one stroke over 19-year-old Sergio Garcia. The 23-year-old Woods becomes the youngest player to win two majors since Seve Ballesteros in 1980. 2004 — In Athens, Greece, the U.S. mens basketball team loses 92-73 to Puerto Rico, the third Olympic defeat for the Americans and first since adding pros. American teams had been 24-0 since the professional Olympic era began with the 1992 Dream Team. The U.S Olympic teams record was 109-2, entering the game. 2004 - Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship in Haven, Wis. 2005 — Phil Mickelson delivers another dramatic finish in a major, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship. 2007 — Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to felony charges for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated in a scandal that rocked the league and raised questions about the integrity of the sport. 2009 - Y.E. Yang of South Korea became the first Asian-born player to win one of golfs majors with a three-stroke win over Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship in Chaska, Minn. 2009 - Usain Bolt ran to another world record, winning the 100-meter race in 9.58 seconds at the world championships in Berlin. 2010 — Martin Kaymer wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff against Bubba Watson. Dustin Johnson, with a one-shot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits, is penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole. The two-shot penalty sends him into a tie for fifth. 2011 — Jim Thome hits his 600th home run an inning after he hit No. 599 to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6. 2012 — Felix Hernandez pitches the Seattle Mariners first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory. Its the third perfect game in baseball this season — a first — joining gems by Chicagos Philip Humber against the Mariners in April and San Franciscos Matt Cain against Houston in June, and the sixth no-hitter. 2012 — San Francisco outfielder Melky Cabrera is suspended 50 games following a positive test for testosterone, putting an abrupt end to what had been an MVP-caliber regular season. Cabrera leads the National League in hitting. 2012 — The United States defies expectations — and a rowdy crowd elated by Mexicos Olympic gold — to break a 75-year winless streak at the intimidating Azteca Stadium with an 80th minute goal and a series of saves that deliver a 1-0 victory. Michael Orozco Fiscals goal and Tim Howards late sprawling saves leaves tens of thousands of opposing fans in stunned silence.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:17:04 +0000
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