Today in sports history, September 26

Sept. 26

Today in sports history

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1867: Tom Morris Sr. won the British Open at Prestwick Golf Club, capturing his fourth Open Championship.

1908: Chicago Cubs pitcher Ed Reulbach threw two complete-game shutouts in a doubleheader against Brooklyn, becoming the only major league pitcher to throw two shutouts on the same day.

1920: The Rock Island Independents defeated the St. Paul Ideals 48-0 in the first game involving a team from the newly formed American Professional Football Association, which later became the NFL.

1961: New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris hit his 60th home run of the season, tying Babe Ruth’s single-season major league record.

1981: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan threw his record fifth career no-hitter, striking out 11 in a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers to break Sandy Koufax’s major league record.

1983: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Forsch threw the second no-hitter of his career, blanking the Montreal Expos 3-0.

1983: Australia II defeated Liberty to win the America’s Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club’s 132-year hold on the trophy, one of the most significant upsets in sports history.

1988: The Los Angeles Raiders erased a 24-point deficit and defeated Denver 30-27 in overtime, while Broncos running back Tony Dorsett rushed for 119 yards and passed Jim Brown’s career rushing total.

1993: Alain Prost finished second in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril and clinched his fourth and final Formula One world championship.

1999: The United States rallied from a 10-6 final-day deficit to defeat Europe 14½-13½ in the Ryder Cup.

2010: Kenya’s Leonard Patrick Komon ran 10 kilometers in 26 minutes, 44 seconds in Utrecht, Netherlands, setting a men’s world road record.

2012: The NFL and its regular officials reached a labor agreement, ending the league’s use of replacement officials and concluding one of the most controversial officiating episodes in league history.

2021: Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 15,000 career passing yards, accomplishing the feat in his 49th game.

2021: Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi to become the first Formula One driver to record 100 Grand Prix victories.

2021: Alex Palou finished fourth in the IndyCar season finale at Long Beach to clinch his first series championship, becoming the first Spanish driver to win the IndyCar title.

2023: New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart was named WNBA Most Valuable Player for the second time in her career after the closest three-way MVP race in league history.

2024: Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani reached 400 total bases for the season, becoming the first major league player to reach the mark since 2001.

— USA TODAY Network

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