1976 – The White Sox debut uniforms which feature the players wearing shorts. They don’t last long. 1984 – Carl Lewis wins his third gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, winning the 200-meter dash. 1985 – Major League Baseball announces that two new franchises will join the National League in 1993. Those teams would become the Rockies and Marlins. 1988 – Night baseball…

MLB Schedule - 8/7 Mets at Pirates - 5:40Blue Jays at Phillies - 5:40Reds at Nationals - 5:45Braves at Yankees - 6:05Angels at Marlins - 6:10Athletics at Red Sox - 6:10Twins at Brewers - 6:40Guardians at White Sox - 6:40Cubs at Royals - 7:10Orioles at Rangers - 7:15Rockies at Cardinals - 7:15Astros at Padres - 8:40Dodgers at Diamondbacks - 8:40Rays at Mariners - 8:45Tigers…

1907 – Walter Johnson gets his first of what would be 416 career pitching wins. 1960 – Arnold Palmer gets his 20th PGA Tour victory at the Insurance City Open. 1972 – Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Early Wynn, Josh Gibson, and others are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.  1992 – LSU Center Shaquille O’Neal is selected first overall by the Orlando Magic. …

1890 – Legendary pitcher Cy Young makes his MLB debut, holding the Cubs to three hits in an 8-1 victory for the Cleveland Spiders. 1937 – MLB overturns a Yankees’ 7-6 win because of an umpire’s mistake.  1949 – Future Hall of Famer Luke Appling appears in an MLB record 2,154th game at shortstop for the White Sox. 1953 – Ted Williams returns to…

1921 – A baseball game was broadcast on the radio for the first time as KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh calls a game between the Pirates and Philadelphia. 1936 – Jesse Owens continues to dominate the Berlin Olympics, winning his third gold medal, this time in the 200-meter dash. 1972 – Detroit Tigers shortstop Ed Brinkman commits an error after a record-long errorless streak of…

1934 – New York Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes the first player in MLB history to score six runs in one game. 1936 – Jesse Owens wins his second gold medal at the Berlin Olympics, winning the long jump. 1982 – Outfielder Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in MLB history to get a hit for two different teams in two different cities on…

1852 – The first American intercollegiate athletic competition takes place as Harvard defeats Yale in a crew event on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. 1921 – Despite being acquitted by a jury, eight Chicago White Sox players are handed lifetime bans from baseball by MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis due to the Black Sox scandal. 1923 – All games across Major League Baseball are…

1907 – “The Big Train” Walter Johnson makes his MLB debut on the mound, losing to Detroit. Johnson would go on to pitch for 21 years in the majors. 1921 – After three hours of deliberation, a Chicago jury acquits eight White Sox players in the Black Sox scandal. 1959 – Future Hall of Famer Willie McCovey hits his first career home run. He’d…

1933 – New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell sets an MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings at 45 1/3. 1941 – Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez sets an MLB record for most walks issued in a shutout as he walks 11 hitters in a 9-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. 1945 – New York Giants outfielder Mel Ott becomes the fourth player in MLB…

1928 – American sprinter Elizabeth Robinson ties her own world record of 12.2 seconds in the 100 meters to win the gold medal in the first-ever women’s Olympic track event. 1954 – Milwaukee first baseman Joe Adcock becomes the third player in MLB history to have a four-home run game. 1961 – The MLB All-Star Game is ruled a tie when rain in Boston…