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Gooden and the New York Mets beat the San Diego Padres 9-3 at Shea Stadium making Dwight Gooden the youngest pitcher to win 20 games in the MLB.

The Olympic closing ceremony included the handover of the Games from Beijing to London, the Mayor of Beijing handed over the Olympic flag to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

Greg Norman overcame third-round leader John Cook and defending champion Phil Mickelson to win the 1997 World Series of Golf at the Firestone Country Club.

BJ O’Hara became the first MLL coach to win three Major League Lacrosse championships.

The Belgian Grand Prix, the Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium was won by British racing driver Lewis Hamilton.

Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the first pitcher in Major League history to strike out three-hundred batters in four consecutive seasons.

Roberto Clemente had back to back games with five hits in each to set a Pirate record.

Pete Rademacher, a Washington University football star took on Floyd Patterson for the championship, Radermacher got knocked down six times during the fight, it ended in the 6th round.

The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 to become the first American League team in history to score at least thirty runs in a game.

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher in MLB history to strike out 5,000 batters in his career.