Today in Sports – Week Ahead, October 17 – 23

Oct Tom Powers of Duke scores six touchdowns three rushing three receiving in a - supremacy over Richmond Billy Howton of the Green Bay Packers catches seven passes for yards and two touchdowns in a - mastery over the Los Angeles Rams Eddie Arcaro wins the Jockey Club Gold Cup for a record th time His mount Kelso wins his second straight Gold Cup The expansion Seattle SuperSonics win their first NBA contest a - overtime success over San Diego Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first NFL participant to record two safeties in a - triumph over the Green Bay Packers Carlton Fisk breaks up a thrilling contest with a homer in the th inning to give the Boston Red Sox a - mastery over the Cincinnati Reds and force a seventh encounter in the World Series Chicago Bulls guard Sam Smith scores the first -point play in NBA history during a - loss to the Bucks at Milwaukee The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series for the first time in their -year history defeating the Kansas City Royals - in six games The New York Yankees win - at San Diego sweeping the Padres for their record th World Series championship Two rookie pitchers start the World Series for the first time Anthony Reyes pitches into the ninth inning to help St Louis cruise past Detroit and Justin Verlander - in Challenge Michigan State rallies from a -point third-quarter deficit to beat Northwestern - in the biggest comeback in NCAA Division I-A history Brett Swenson kicks the winning -yard field goal with seconds left following an interception by Travis Key Rob Bironas kicks an NFL-record eight field goals the last a -yarder with no time left to give Tennessee a - win over Houston Bironas adds two extra points to set the NFL record for the bulk points by a kicker with The Texans trailing - survive backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter Rosenfels fourth touchdown pass a -yarder to Andre Davis to put Houston up - with seconds to play ties an NFL record New England s Tom Brady passes for yards and a team-record six touchdowns in a - achievement over Miami Tamika Catchings scores points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA title with an - mastery over the Minnesota Lynx Daniel Murphy and the New York Mets finish a playoff sweep of the Chicago Cubs with an - domination to reach the World Series Murphy homers for a record sixth consecutive postseason competition Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov extend their season-opening points streaks to nine games sending the Tampa Bay Lightning past the Pittsburgh Penguins - Oct Primo Carnera retains the world heavyweight title with a -round decision over Paolino Uzcudun in Rome The Los Angeles Rams beat the Baltimore Colts - Erich Barnes of the New York Giants ties an NFL record by returning an interception yards for a touchdown in a - loss to the Dallas Cowboys Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins scores his first goal The -team World Football League citing lack of television and season ticket endorsement disbands before the th week of a -week season The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox - at Fenway Park Four games to three to win the World Series Twin brothers Tom and Dick Van Arsdale play together in a competition for the Phoenix Suns becoming the first and only pair of brothers to play for the same NBA club Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints Alcorn State s Steve McNair becomes the NCAA s career yardage leader with surpassing the old mark set by Brigham Young s Ty Detmer who had McNair s yards also breaks his own Division I-AA single-game record as he leads the Braves to a - win over Southern Bengals running back Corey Dillon rushes for an NFL single-game record yards in a - accomplishment over the Denver Broncos Dillon betters Walter Payton s -year-old mark by three yards New York routs Seattle - in Match to win the AL pennant for the th time The Yankees become the first organization since their predecessors in - to win four straight pennants Mount Union drops a regular-season encounter for the first time since losing - to Ohio Northern in a Division III matchup The Purple Raiders winners of straight regular-season games had not lost a regular-season match since they were beaten - by Baldwin-Wallace on Oct Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling s governing body following a record from the U S Anti-Doping Agency that accuses him of leading a massive doping venture on his teams Serena Williams is routed - - by Simona Halep in the WTA Finals round-robin one of the the bulk one-sided losses in the -time Grand Slam champion s career The last time Williams managed to win just two games in a WTA Tour or Grand Slam match was in when she was Kyle Hendricks outpitches Clayton Kershaw Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras homers early and the Chicago Cubs won their first pennant since beating the Los Angeles Dodgers - in Challenge of the NL Championship Series Baker Mayfield has seven touchdown passes and yards to help No Oklahoma beat Texas Tech - in the battle that breaks the NCAA record for combined offensive yards with yards Leonard Fournette breaks LSU s single-game rushing record on just his first eight carries as the No Tigers beat No Mississippi - Fournette finishes with yards rushing in his first action since aggravating a left ankle injury on Sept He averages yards on carries and his touchdowns go for and yards The Phoenix Suns fire coach Earl Watson just three games in to the NBA season The National Hockey League stated the annual NHL All Star Competition and Skills Competition would be postponed due to the COVID- pandemic LeBron and Bronny James become the first father-son duo in NBA history to appear in a contest together as L A Lakers beat Minnesota Timberwolves - Oct Green Bay Packers play st APFA forerunner to NFL encounter beat Minneapolis Marines - at Hagemeister Park Green Bay Wis Jackie Robinson signs a contract with the Montreal Royals minor league farm band of the Brooklyn Dodgers Don Doll of the Detroit Lions intercepts four passes in a - preeminence over the Chicago Cardinals Jim Martin of Detroit becomes the first kicker to kick two field goals over yards in a challenge as the Lions beat the Baltimore Colts - Joe Frazier dominates German Hans Huber for an easy points win to capture the boxing heavyweight gold medal in Tokyo Greg Pruitt rushes for yards on carries to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to an NCAA record yards rushing and a - pounding of Kansas State Pittsburgh s Tony Dorsett rushes for yards in a - rout over Navy to become the top career rusher in NCAA history with yards Dan Marino passes for yards three touchdowns and five interceptions as the Miami Dolphins lose to the New York Jets - Marino completes of passes as he produces the second-best single-game total yardage in NFL history The Toronto Maple Leafs break the NHL record for majority of victories at the start of the season winning their ninth straight tournament by beating the second-year Tampa Bay Lightning - Florida State s Bobby Bowden gets his th win with a - win over his son Clemson coach Tommy Bowden With the triumph Bowden joins Bear Bryant Pop Warner Joe Paterno and Amos Alonzo Stagg as the only major college coaches to reach victories The New York Jets trailing - at the end of the third quarter come back to beat the Miami Dolphins - in overtime on Monday night The Jets outcome four touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter to force overtime San Diego s LaDainian Tomlinson is held to a career-low yards rushing on carries and fails to points in the Chargers - loss at Philadelphia ending his NFL record-tying streak of games with a touchdown at Carolina s Brandon Sutter gives one of hockey s most of famous families another milestone scoring his first NHL goal in a - loss at Pittsburgh The -year-old Sutter son of New Jersey Devils coach Brent Sutter is the ninth member of the Sutter family to play in the NHL Tim Tebow rallies the Broncos for two touchdowns in the final of the fourth quarter to force overtime and Matt Prater s -yard field goal gives Denver an improbable - accomplishment over the stunned Miami Dolphins The Broncos appeared beaten when they trailed - with left and took over at their Jay Ajayi ties an NFL record by surpassing yards rushing for the second competition in a row helping the Miami Dolphins rally past the Buffalo Bills - Ajayi rushes for yards in carries after totaling yards a week earlier in a win over Pittsburgh All Star point guard Kyrie Irving pours in points setting a new NBA record for points on debut with a new crew as his Brooklyn Nets go down - at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves Source