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1902 鈥� The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup.
1903 鈥� Britain wins the Davis Cup by beating the United States 4-1.
1936 鈥� At the Berlin Olympics, the United States finishes 1-2-3 in the men鈥檚 decathlon. Glenn Morris sets a world record with 7,900 points, followed by Robert Clark and Jack Parker.
1981 鈥� Shiaway St. Pat, driven by Ray Remmen, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes run at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J. in four heats.
1982 鈥� Ray Floyd, who shot a record 63 in the opening round, wins the PGA championship by three shots over Lanny Wadkins.
1984 鈥� Carl Lewis sets the Olympic record in the 200 meters with a 19.80 clocking.
1987 鈥� Mack Lobell, driven by John Campbell, wins the Hambletonian in straight heats with a record-smashing performance. Mack Lobell wins the second heat, and the race, by 6录 lengths over Napoletano in 1:53 3-5, a fifth of a second off the world all-age trotting record set by Prakas in 1985.
1992 鈥� The Dream Team picks up its gold medal and Carl Lewis anchors a world-record 400-meter relay, winning his eighth gold medal in three Olympics. The U.S. basketball team beats Croatia 117-85, with the 32-point margin of victory the smallest of the Games. In the 400, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell and Lewis set a world record of 37.40 seconds. Steve Lewis anchors another world-record as the Americans won the 1,600 relay by nearly half the length of a football field. The team of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson and Lewis ran the 1,600 in 2:55.74.
2006 鈥� Roger Goodell is chosen as the NFL鈥檚 next commissioner. Favored for months to get the job, he is unanimously elected by the league鈥檚 32 owners on the fifth ballot.
2010 鈥� Los Angeles Sparks forward Tina Thompson scores 23 points to become the WNBA鈥檚 all-time scoring leader in a 92-83 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. She surpasses Lisa Leslie鈥檚 career total of 6,263 points. Thompson is the last of the original WNBA players.
2012 鈥� Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States become the first three-time gold medalists in Olympic beach volleyball history. The duo beat Jennifer Kessy and April Ross 21-16, 21-16 in the all-American final, extending their Olympic winning streak to 21 matches.
2012 鈥� Brittney Reese wins the long jump, becoming the first U.S. woman to win the Olympic long jump since Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1988. Caster Semenya makes her Olympic debut three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, finishing second in her 800 heat.
2015 鈥� Katie Ledecky ends her world swimming championships in spectacular style, lowering her own world record by 3.61 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle for her fifth gold medal. The 18-year-old American completes a sweep of the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 freestyles in Kazan, Russia. She was the anchor leg on the victorious 4×200 free relay, too.
2018 鈥� The NCAA Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors adopt a 鈥渟eries of significant policy and legislative changes鈥� as part of an effort to 鈥渇undamentally鈥� change the NCAA鈥檚 structure. The NCAA changes eligibility rules, allowing top prospects to hire agents in high school and giving college players more leeway to return after declaring for NBA draft.
2021 鈥� USA women鈥檚 basketball team wins it鈥檚 record extending 7th consecutive Olympic gold medal with 90-75 win over Japan in Tokyo; guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their 5th straight gold.
2021 鈥� USA Women鈥檚 volleyball defeats Brazil in straight sets to win the gold medal. It鈥檚 the first olympic gold medal in USA Women鈥檚 volleyball history. The win would give the United States 39 gold medals breaking a tie with China on the final day of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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