Trivia

Played at the Valhalla Golf Club, the 2014 PGA Championship was won by Rory McIlroy with -16 par.

At the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy Sebastian Vettel won the 83rd running of the Italian Grand Prix.

In the 13th season for the Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse they beat the Charlotte Hounds 10-9 to be crowned champions.

Major League Baseball suspended New York Yankees All-Star infielder Alex Rodriguez for 211 games on Aug. 5, 2013, citing his “use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances” over many years as the reason.

Pablo Sandoval became the first Venezuelan-born World Series Most Valuable Player Award winner in Major League history.

The Volleyball Hall of Fame enshrined Peter Blangé, Mike Dodd, Lyudmila Buldokova, Georgy Mondzolevskiy, Mauricio Lima and Jeff Stork as part of its 27th induction class.

Prince Fielder hit his 30th home run of the season making him and his father Cecil Fielder, the first father-son duo to hit 30 home runs for the same American League team.

With Alex Rodriguez hitting his 300th home run as a Yankee, the New York Yankees became the first in Major League history to have six players each hit 300 or more home runs for the team.

The 2012 NFL regular season began with the defending Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants hosting the Dallas Cowboys, and the Cowboys beat the Giants 24–17.

The Mariners' ace Felix Hernandez, born in Venezuela, became the first American League pitcher born outside the USA to throw a perfect game history