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1960 Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia scores 44 points and sets an NBA record by missing all 10 of his free throws as the Warriors beat the Detroit Pistons 136-121.

1962 Sonny Randle of the St. Louis Cardinals catches 16 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown in a 31-28 loss to the New York Giants.
1976 Baseball holds its first free agent draft with 24 players from 13 major league clubs participating. Reggie Jackson eventually signs the most lucrative contract of the group, $2.9 million over five years with the New York Yankees.
1984 Miami's Dan Marino passes for 422 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 31-17 victory over the New York Jets.
1984 Seattle's Dave Brown returns two interceptions for touchdowns in a 31-17 triumph over the Kansas City Chiefs.
1994 The San Antonio Spurs' season opener is delayed for 50 minutes when a fireworks display triggers the Alamodome sprinkler system, drenching fans, players and coaches.
2000 R.J. Bowers rushes for 128 yards to become the first player in NCAA history to gain 7,000 yards in his career as Grove City beats Carnegie Mellon 14-10. Bowers, with 7,127 yards, also increases his all-division record for career touchdowns to 90.
2000 In the highest scoring Division I-AA game in NCAA history, Ricky Ray passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns and scores three more to lead Sacramento State over Cal State Northridge 64-61.
2001 Luis Gonzalez's RBI single caps a two-run rally off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth, and the Arizona Diamondbacks win their first championship by beating the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 7.
2006 Invasor beats heavily favored Bernardini by one length in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.
2006 Rod Brind'Amour of Carolina scores his 1,000th career point, assisting on a goal in the Hurricanes' 3-2 win over Ottawa.
2007 Adrian Peterson runs for an NFL-record 296 yards and three touchdowns in Minnesota's 35-17 win over San Diego. It's the second time he tops 200 yards rushing this season, the only rookie to accomplish the feat. San Diego's Antonio Cromartie returns a missed field goal an NFL-record 109 yards for a touchdown in the game.
2007 Paula Radcliffe outlasts Gete Wami to win her second New York City Marathon. Radcliffe, the world-record holder, finished in 2:23:09. Martin Lel of Kenya wins his second men's title, edging Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco in 2:09:04.


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