July 22

1921 — Jim Barnes wins the U.S. Men’s Open golf championship by edging Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Jock Hutchinson and Fred McLeod.

1962 — Gary Player of South Africa turns into the primary non-resident of the United States to win the PGA championship.

As the WNBA ideas off the second half of its season, add enlargement to the listing of matters on the minds of gamers and the league.

The Las Vegas Aces are on a historic tempo heading into the second half of the season. With 19 wins of their first 21 video games, the Aces sit atop the WNBA standings and have the highest offense and protection within the league.

Brittney Griner scored 18 factors, together with two dunks, in her return to the All-Star Game to guide Team Stewart to a 143-127 win over Team Wilson.

The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game is headed to Phoenix, organising as a house recreation for Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi and a sendoff to the U.S.

1963 — Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in 2 minutes, 10 seconds of the primary spherical to retain the world heavyweight title. Liston took the title from Patterson with a first-round knockout in Chicago on Sept. 25, 1962.

1973 — Sue Berning wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship for the third time with a five-stroke victory over Gloria Ahret.

1984 — Kathy Whitworth turns into the all-time winner in skilled golf tournaments by profitable the Rochester Open. Whitworth, with 85 profession wins, passes Sam Snead’s complete of 84 PGA event victories.

1984 — Seve Ballesteros wins the British Open with a four-round 276, breaking the course report set by Ken Nagle in 1960 by two strokes. Tom Watson and Bernhard Langer end two strokes behind.

1990 — Nick Faldo wins his second British Open crown in 4 years, defeating Payne Stewart and Mark McNulty by 5 strokes.

1996 — Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey turns into first weightlifter in Olympic historical past to win three gold medals. Suleymanoglu wins the 141-pound division by hoisting 413¼ kilos.

1994 — Former NFL operating again, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson pleads “Absolutely 100% Not Guilty” of homicide.

1998 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her sensible heptathlon profession with a victory on the Goodwill Games. It’s her fourth consecutive Goodwill title. Earlier, the 4×400-meter relay world report of two:54.29, set by the 1993 U.S. World Championship group, comes crashing down. Michael Johnson, the anchor on that 1993 group, anchors this United States 4×400 group, which finishes in a 2 minutes, 54.20 seconds.

2001 — David Duval shoots a 4-under 67 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the British Open title, his first main championship. He finishes at 10-under 274 for a three-stroke victory over Sweden’s Niclas Fasth.

2005 — Yelena Isinbayeva clears the 5-meter mark on the Crystal Palace Grand Prix in London for her newest world report. The Olympic champion simply clears 16 ft, 4¾ inches on her first try, barely nudging the bar.

2007 — Padraig Harrington survives a calamitous end in regulation and a tense putt for bogey on the ultimate gap of a playoff to win the British Open over Sergio Garcia.

2008 — Candace Parker scores 21 factors and DeLisha Milton-Jones provides 19 earlier than each are ejected after a scuffle within the last minute because the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Detroit Shock 84-81 at Auburn Hills, Mich. The WNBA recreation turns ugly within the last seconds as a collision between Parker and Detroit’s Plenette Pierson turns right into a shoving match that has gamers and coaches from each groups leaving the bench.

2012 — Bradley Wiggins turns into the primary British bike owner to win the Tour de France by defending the yellow jersey through the last processional trip into Paris. Fellow Briton and Sky teammate Christopher Froome finishes second, 3 minutes, 21 seconds behind.

2012 — Ernie Els wins his fourth main championship in an astonishing end, rallying to beat Adam Scott within the British Open when the Aussie bogeys the final 4 holes. Els, who begins the ultimate spherical six photographs behind, finishes off a flawless again 9 with a 15-foot birdie putt for a 2-under 68. Scott was 4 photographs forward with 4 holes to play.

2018 — Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird performs in a report five hundredth WNBA recreation.

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