The
New York Giants defeat the
Minnesota Vikings, 34–13. Vikings' wide receiver
Randy Moss left the game early with continued tightness in his right
hamstring. The Vikings were nearly shutout at home for the first time in over 40 years before scoring two touchdowns late in the fourth quarter.
(ESPN)
NASCAR: Just a week after a plane crash killed ten people including members of Hendrick Motorsports and team owner
Rick Hendrick's family, team driver
Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh race of the season (and third straight) at the
Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500.
(ESPN)
October 30, 2004 (Saturday)
Rugby leagueTri-Nations: Australia defeat Great Britain 12–8 at the
City of Manchester Stadium and qualify for the Tri-Nations Final, where they will play either New Zealand or Great Britain, depending on results over the next three weeks.
The
New England Patriots set another NFL record with their 18th consecutive regular-season victory, 13–7 over the
New York Jets. The loss is the first of the year for the Jets, while the Patriots remain undefeated. Jets running back
Curtis Martin moves into seventh place on the all-time career rushing yards list.
(Yahoo!)
Ice skating: During an
ABCtelevised competition, skater
Tatiana Totmianina suffers a fall after her partner slipped off his right foot. She remains unconscious for some minutes, and is hospitalized with damage to her head, neck and eyes.
October 23, 2004 (Saturday)
Baseball:
2004 World Series, Game 1: Hosting the
St. Louis Cardinals on a cold night at Fenway Park, the
Boston Red Sox won the highest scoring Game One of Series history, 11–9. The Red Sox took a 7–2 lead in the third inning, but the Cardinals tied it by the 7th.
Mark Bellhorn's two-run home run in the bottom of the 8th provided the winning margin.
(ESPN)
Motorcycle racing:
Valentino Rossi wins the World
MotoGP title for the third successive year, the first year for
Yamaha since 1992, when he wins the Australian MotoGP, one race before the end of the series. He is only the second rider to win successive titles for different teams.
(BBC),
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Snooker: During the second round of qualifying for the UK Championship,
Jamie Burnett achieves a
break of 148 against
Leo Fernandez, the first time a player has made a break higher than the nominal maximum of 147 in a professional match.
(BBC)
Baseball: Game 3 of the
American League Championship Series between the
New York Yankees and
Boston Red Sox is postponed due to rain at
Fenway Park. Games on Saturday, October 16 and Sunday, October 17 will be played as scheduled, and a make-up game will be played if necessary on Monday, October 18. The Yankees lead the series 2 games to 0.
The
Atlanta Braves even their series with the
Houston Astros at two games apiece, ending the Astros' 19-game home winning streak with a 6–5 win.
Rafael Furcal scores the winning run in the ninth on a single from
J. D. Drew.
(ESPN)
The
Seattle Seahawks take their first loss of the season, against the
St. Louis Rams. St. Louis scores 17 points in the final six minutes of regulation to tie the Seahawks, and go on to beat the Seahawks 33–27 in overtime.
Marathon:
Eurasia Marathon:
David Kiptanui, (26) from
Kenya wins in 2:18:19 before Konstantin Permitin (Константин Пермитин), (36) of Russia (2:18:25) and Yuriy Hychun, (27) from
Ukraine (2:18:35). In the women's category, Russian
Svetlana Demidenko (Светлана Демиденко), (28) wins in 2:36:44 before her compatriots Zhanna Malkova (Жанна Малкова), (36) in 2:39:36 and Olga Glok (Ольга Глок), (21) in 2:42:45.
(Istanbul Marathon)
WNBA: The
Seattle Storm even their best-of-three championship series with the
Connecticut Sun at one game apiece, winning 67–65. The Sun's
Nykesha Sales sets a WNBA Finals record with 32 points, but misses a three-pointer at the buzzer that would have won the game.
Betty Lennox leads the Storm with 27 points;
Lauren Jackson racks up a
double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
(ESPN)
The
New York Yankees win their series against the
Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 1, with a 6–5 win in 10 innings. The Yankees come back from a 5–1 deficit with four runs in the eighth inning, capped by a three-run
home run from
Rubén Sierra. In the top of the 10th inning,
Alex Rodriguez scores the winning run on a wild pitch.
(ESPN)
The
Houston Astros win their 19th consecutive home game to take a 2 games to 1 series lead over the
Atlanta Braves, winning 8–5. The Astros' offense is sparked by
Carlos Beltrán, who goes 2-for-5 with a two-run homer.
(ESPN)
The
New York Yankees take a 2–1 lead in their series against the
Minnesota Twins with an 8–4 win. The Yankees erase an early 1–0 Twins lead with three runs on four consecutive two-out singles in the second inning, and later add home runs from
Bernie Williams and
Hideki Matsui.
Kevin Brown pitches six innings for the win.
(ESPN)
NFL: The league announces that
Jamal Lewis, who pleaded guilty yesterday to trying to set up a
cocaine deal in 2000, will be suspended for two games without pay, and in addition will be fined two weeks' salary. This action will cost Lewis approximately US$760,000.
(ESPN)
NFL:
Baltimore Ravens star running back
Jamal Lewis, who was scheduled to go on trial on federal charges of conspiracy to deal
cocaine, pleads guilty to a lesser charge of using a
cellular phone to set up a drug deal. Under the plea agreement, Lewis will serve four months in a federal prison and two months in a halfway house after the end of the 2004 NFL season.
(ESPN)
NASCAR:
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is fined US$10,000 and penalized 25 championship points for cursing during a television interview after his Sunday win at
Talladega Superspeedway. The points penalty knocks him out of the lead in the race for the series championship.
(ESPN)
Basketball:
DeMya Walker of the
Sacramento Monarchs sinks a shot as time run out in overtime, to lift the Monarchs to a 74–72 win and a 1–0 lead over the
Seattle Storm, in their
WNBA western conference finals series. Walker's shot seemed to have gotten stuck on the back of the rim, then the ball moved slightly and went into the basket as time had expired.
(WNBA)