1962 _ Sonny Randle of the St. Louis Cardinals catches 16 passes for 256 yards and a touchdown in a 31-28 loss to the New York Giants.

1976 _ Baseball holds its first free agent draft with 24 players from 13 major league clubs participating. Reggie Jackson eventually signs the most lucrative contract of the group, $2.9 million over five years with the New York Yankees.

1984 _ Miami's Dan Marino passes for 422 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 31-17 victory over the New York Jets.

1984 _ Seattle's Dave Brown returns two interceptions for touchdowns in a 31-17 triumph over the Kansas City Chiefs.

1994 _ The San Antonio Spurs' season opener is delayed for 50 minutes when a fireworks display triggers the Alamodome sprinkler system, drenching fans, players and coaches.

2000 _ R.J. Bowers rushes for 128 yards to become the first player in NCAA history to gain 7,000 yards in his career as Grove City beats Carnegie Mellon 14-10. Bowers, with 7,127 yards, also increases his all-division record for career touchdowns to 90.

2000 _ In the highest scoring Division I-AA game in NCAA history, Ricky Ray passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns and scores three more to lead Sacramento State over Cal State Northridge 64-61.

2001 _ Luis Gonzalez's RBI single caps a two-run rally off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth, and the Arizona Diamondbacks win their first championship by beating the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 7.

2006 _ Invasor beats heavily favored Bernardini by one length in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.

2006 _ Rod Brind'Amour of Carolina scores his 1,000th career point, assisting on a goal in the Hurricanes' 3-2 win over Ottawa.

2007 _ Adrian Peterson runs for an NFL-record 296 yards and three touchdowns in Minnesota's 35-17 win over San Diego. It's the second time he tops 200 yards rushing this season, the only rookie to accomplish the feat. San Diego's Antonio Cromartie returns a missed field goal an NFL-record 109 yards for a touchdown in the game.

2007 _ Paula Radcliffe outlasts Gete Wami to win her second New York City Marathon. Radcliffe, the world-record holder, finished in 2:23:09. Martin Lel of Kenya wins his second men's title, edging Abderrahim Goumri of Morocco in 2:09:04.