On This Day

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.

University of Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon made his NBA debut for the Houston Rockets in a game at the Dallas Mavericks.

Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux scores a goal on his first shot in his NHL debut in a game against the Boston Bruins.

Running back Walter Payton past Jim Brown as the all-time rushing leader he did it on a run in third quarter of the Bears' victory over New Orleans.

New York Met pitcher Dwight Gooden set a rookie strike out record at 251 strike outs in a season.

The Cincinnati Reds retire Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench's #5 uniform.

Lewis got halfway there on Aug. 6, 1984, by winning gold in the men’s long jump event.

East German sportsman of the year Uwe Hohn sets the all-time record when he throws a javelin 104.8 m.

In the highest scoring game in Monday night football history, Green Bay beat Washington 48-47 in Lambeau Field.

MLB pitcher Steve Carlton of the Phillies earned his 300th career victory with a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.