On This Day

True or false: 40 cars race in the Indianapolis 500

True or false: Gabrielle Reece was the first female athlete to design a shoe for Nike

True or false: The Houston Oilers became the first football team to play on artificial turf

The 35-year-old right-hander Roger Clemens received 25 first-place Cy Young Award votes and 134 points, Randy Johnson of Seattle finished second.

The Minnesota Timberwolves played their first season game in the NBA against the Seattle SuperSonics.

Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors scored 72 points against the Lakers in a 127-115 loss in Los Angeles.

Norwegian marathon runner Grete Waitz won her fifth consecutive New York City Marathon, she won nine of them in total.

Head coach Pat Riley became the second coach in NBA history to amass 1,000 regular season victories when the Miami Heat opened the season with a victory over the Orlando Magic.

Point guard Bob Cousy made his NBA debut for the Boston Celtics at Ft. Wayne.

In a famous race between two legendary horses, Seabiscuit beat reigning Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.