On This Day

Brazil added another gold medal to their collection at the 2004 Olympic Games men’s Volleyball competition with a 3-1 victory over Italy.

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games (officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad) closing ceremony included performances of various Greek singers, and featured traditional Greek dance performances.

Willie Mays set a MLB record for most home runs in a month when he hit his 17th home run in August 1965.

At the seventy-second running of the Belgian Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg finished first ahead of Max Verstappen

The 2011 Major League Lacrosse season was the 11th season of the league and the Boston Cannons won the Steinfeld Cup Final, 10-9.

With over 98,000 in attendance at Soldier Field the Chicago Bears beat the College All-Stars 37-13

The five errors against the Yankees set a Seattle Mariners record for a single inning and the most by any club in a single inning in 40 years.

Barry Bonds hit his 550th career home run making him the first player to hit his 500th (April 17, 2001) and 550th home run during the same season.

Mayweather extended his pro boxing undefeated streak to 50 victories , surpassing Rocky Marciano, after defeating McGregor by a 10th round TKO.

MLB.com streams (300k broadband video) the very first Major League game ,Texas Rangers at New York Yankees via their Gameday Video service.