Though McMaster is the first team in OUA history to have a road playoff game despite a 6–2 regular season record (due to a four-way tie for second at 6–2), the Marauders earn a trip to
Queen's University to play the Gaels next week.
The
Viking Classic in
Madison, Mississippi is canceled because of unplayable course conditions, making it the first PGA Tour event to be called off due to weather since 1996. Nearly 2 inches (5 cm) of overnight rain compounded the problems on a course that had already received nearly 20 inches (50 cm) of rain in the previous six weeks.
Two home runs from
Chase Utley stake the Phils to a lead, and
Cliff Lee throws a 10-strikeout, no-walk complete game without giving up an earned run, a feat never before accomplished in the World Series.
Safina withdraws from the tournament due to a serious back injury, and will be replaced by
Vera Zvonareva. Safina's withdrawal means that Serena Williams will finish the 2009 season as the WTA's #1-ranked player.
Matteson beats fellow Americans
Rickie Fowler and
Jamie Lovemark on the second playoff hole to win his second PGA Tour title, after the 2006 Frys.com Open, an event now known as the
Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Earlier in the tournament he sets a 36-hole PGA Tour record of 122 with consecutive rounds of 61.
The Angels blow a 4–0 lead in the top of the seventh inning, giving up 6 runs, but come back with 3 in the bottom of the inning and stay alive in the series.
The Patriots tie for the largest margin of victory in any game since the
AFL–NFL merger in 1970, and set franchise records for points and total yards (619). Quarterback
Tom Brady throws six TD passes, five of them in the second quarter to set a new NFL record for TD passes in a quarter. The winless Titans suffer their largest defeat in franchise history.
Laird wins his first PGA Tour title in a three-way playoff, eliminating
Chad Campbell(
USA) on the second playoff hole and
George McNeill(
USA) on the third.
Westwood collects his first professional win in over two years, a period in which he had 26 top-10 finishes. He also takes the lead in the Race to Dubai and will rise to the top 5 in the
Official World Golf Rankings.
Davydenko wins his fourth title of the year and the 18th of his career. He also wins his third
Masters title and improves his perfect record in Masters finals to 3–0.
Drivers' standings (with 5 races remaining): (1) Johnson 5923 points (2)
Mark Martin (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5833 (3)
Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports) 5788
Jonathan Bornstein's goal in injury time for USA sends Honduras to the World Cup for the first time since 1982 and Costa Rica to a playoff series against Uruguay.
Final standings: United States 20 points, Mexico 19, Honduras 16 (goal difference +6), Costa Rica 16 (GD 0), El Salvador 8, Trinidad & Tobago 6.
With the Phillies 4–2 down and two out in the top of the 9th inning,
Ryan Howard hits a 2-run double to even the score, and
Jayson Werth singles to bring Howard home for the winning run.
Peyton Manning becomes only the third quarterback, after
Steve Young and
Kurt Warner, to throw for 300 or more yards in each of the season's first five games.
The Angels, trailing 6–4 with two out in the top of the 9th inning, explode for three runs, capped off by
Vladimir Guerrero's two-run single, and close out the Bosox for the series sweep.
Franchitti, who needed to win the race to claim the season title, takes advantage of the first caution-free race in the history of the series, and passes Briscoe with seven laps to go after he had to pit for fuel and holds on for the victory.
Ateneo win their second consecutive, fifteenth UAAP and 24th juniors' championship, preventing La Salle from their "alternating" championship reigns with Ateneo.
Alexi Casilla hits a single in the 12th and drives in
Carlos Gómez with the winning run, in the last regular season game at the
Metrodome. The Twins become the first team in MLB history to rally from 3 games down with 4 left, and will next play the
New York Yankees in the
Division Series, starting on Wednesday at
Yankee Stadium.
In his first game against his longtime team,
Brett Favre throws for three touchdowns, while the Vikings
sack his counterpart
Aaron Rodgers eight times.
Japan win the title for the seventh time. Iran qualify for the
World Grand Champions Cup as Asia representative because Japan has already qualified as host.
The Tigers and Twins finish in a tie for the
Central Division title. They will play a
one-game playoff on October 6 at the
Metrodome, which will be the last regular-season game there. The Twins become the first team in MLB history to play a one-game playoff two straight years.
Alex Rodriguez sets an AL record for
RBI in an inning with 7, hitting two homers, one of them a
grand slam, in the sixth inning of the
New York Yankees' 10–2 win over the
Tampa Bay Rays. With his second homer, Rodriguez becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 30 HRs and 100 RBIs in 13 seasons.
Play was called off on Saturday due to gale-force winds at all three courses hosting the event. The third round was played today, and the final round will be played at
St Andrews on Monday.
The National League's postseason matchups are decided. The Dodgers secure the
West Division title and the NL's best record with their win, and have home advantage in the
NLCS if they get there. The Cards' loss gives the Phillies the #2 seed in the NL playoffs. The
Division Series will pit the Dodgers against the Cardinals and the Phils against the Rockies.
Rio de Janeiro is elected as the host city of
2016 Summer Olympics by the
IOC session in
Copenhagen, and becomes the first ever city in South America to stage the Olympic Games. Rio de Janeiro beat
Madrid by 66 votes to 32 in the third round of voting, after
Chicago and Tokyo were eliminated in earlier rounds.
Starting pitcher
Chris Carpenter hits a grand slam and drives in six runs in addition to picking up the win. The Cards are now 2 games behind the Dodgers and 1 game behind the Phillies in the race for the League's best record.