Year 1993 in Sports History (Part 2)

Events in Sport

Events 101 - 200 of 233

• Jun 5 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8

• Jun 6 French Open Men's Tennis: Spaniard Sergi Bruguera prevents Jim Courier French three-peat; beats American 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

• Jun 9 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship

• Jun 19 David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's

• Jun 22 NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
• Jun 25 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame

• Jun 26 NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators

• Jun 27 NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game

• Jun 28 Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
• Jun 28 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most HRs by a catcher
• Jun 30 NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State)
• Jul 2 Royals Stadium is renamed Kauffman Stadium shortly before the death of Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman
• Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4

• Jul 6 England cricket batsman Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test debut, in drawn 3rd Test v Australia at Trent Bridge
• Jul 7 Lenny Dykstra hits bases loaded 2-run double to end Phillies 7, LA Dodgers 6 in 20 innings in Philadelphia

• Jul 11 Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
• Jul 13 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore

• Jul 16 SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consecutive errorless games
• Jul 17 Graeme Obree breaks the world hour cycling record, riding 51.596km on Old Faithful at the Hamar velodrome in Norway [1]

• Jul 21 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)

• Jul 23 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
• Jul 23 Chris Boardman cycles a world record 1 hour distance of 52.27 km
• Jul 23 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
• Jul 24 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
• Jul 24 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
• Jul 25 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
• Jul 25 US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson
• Jul 25 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner

• Jul 27 Detroit Tiger Fryman hits for cycle but loses 12-7 to Yankees
• Jul 27 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
• Jul 27 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games
• Jul 28 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
• Jul 29 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession
• Jul 31 Toronto Blue Jays obtain future Baseball Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson from Oakland in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera

• Aug 1 England wins the women's cricket World Cup for the first time since the inaugural event in 1973 with a 67 run victory over New Zealand at Lord's
• Aug 2 Maryland investors led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos buy the Baltimore Orioles at auction in New York for $173m, nearly $50m more than ever paid for a baseball team
• Aug 4 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits in 11-10 win v Giants, 4th time this season the Padre has 5 or more hits; ties MLB record
• Aug 11 NY Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke

• Aug 13 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
• Aug 13 4th Athletics World Championships open at Stuttgart, Germany
• Aug 14 Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire 13th # (#44)
• Aug 15 75th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Inverness GC: Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia

• Aug 19 34th Walker Cup: US, 19-5
• Aug 19 Sally Gunnell runs women's world record 400m hurdles (52.74")
• Aug 20 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91)

• Aug 24 Padres scores 14 in 1st vs Cardinals

• Aug 29 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris
• Aug 31 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
• Sep 1 Goran Ivanišević and Daniel Nestor play a 20–18 tiebreaker in their US Open first round match, eventually won by Ivanišević 6–4, 7–6, 7–6(20–18); longest tiebreak in US Open history
• Sep 4 Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca throws 4 touchdown passes to Bobby Engram
• Sep 4 New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

• Sep 7 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Mark Whiten hits 4 HRs & 12 RBIs in 15-2 win at Cincinnati Reds
• Sep 8 Baseball's proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL
• Sep 8 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in Astros' 7-1 win over NY Mets
• Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins 15th Grand Slam singles title, 3rd US title; beats Helena Suková 6-3, 6-3
• Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his second US title; beats Frenchman Cédric Pioline 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Sep 16 Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield is 19th to get 3,000 hits
• Sep 18 LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
• Sep 18 Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3
• Sep 19 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years
• Sep 19 San Diego Chargers' kicker John Carney boots 6 field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston to set a new NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made
• Sep 22 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
• Sep 26 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: US beats Europe, 15-13; Davis Love III secures victory for the US beating Costantino Rocca at the 18th, 1 up
• Sep 26 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning
• Sep 26 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4

• Sep 28 Dennis Martínez is 7th to win 100 games in AL & NL

• Oct 3 Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago
• Oct 6 After 9 seasons & 3 Championships with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the NBA; returns on March 18, 1995 and leads Bulls to another 3 NBA titles
• Oct 12 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2
• Oct 13 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
• Oct 13 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2
• Oct 20 Highest scoring, longest lasting World Series game - Toronto Blue Jays score 6 runs in 8th inning to defeat Philadelphia Phillies 15-14, in 4 hr-14 min slugfest at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

• Oct 23 World Series Baseball: Defending champion Toronto Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6 in Game 6 at the SkyDome, Toronto; MVP: Blue Jays infielder Paul Molitor

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