On This Day in Sport for May 22
Events in Sport
- 1877 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38
- 1883 Cubs' Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out
- 1884 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
- 1885 13th Preakness: Jim McLaughlin aboard Tecumseh wins in 2:49
- 1902 36th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6
- 1906 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45
- 1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row
- 1927 Dodgers beat Phillies, 20-4
- More Events in Sport
Tommy John
Novak Đoković
Ashley CooperWeddings in Sport
- 2011 American R&B singer Keyshia Cole (28) weds NBA Cleveland Cavaliers Daniel Gibson (25) in Cleveland, Ohio; divorce in 2017
More Weddings & Divorces in Sport
May in Sport History
The 100-year Football Curse that Appears to be Working
S.L. Benfica has failed to win a European Championship since 1962, when former coach Béla Guttmann placed a 100 year curse on the club. Is the curse working?
May 2, 1962All-Female Crew Triumphs in Whitbread
After New Zealand’s Peter Blake crushed all opposition in the 1989-90 Whitbread round the world race an all-female crew came home on this day, stealing the show
May 28, 1990
