September 22
Don Shula’s 300 win
Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula recorded his 300 win in 1991, defeating the Green Bay Packers by a score of 16-13. Widely regarded as one of the best coaches of all time, Shula was the second coach to reach 300 wins behind only George Halas. Today, Shula is the highest winning head coach in NFL history with 328 wins and has a career win percentage of 67.7%.
September 23
Drew Brees breaks NFL completion record
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees was able to break the NFL completion record on a 17-yard pass to his wide receiver, Michael Thomas, in 2018. The previous record was held by Brett Favre with a total of 6,300 completions. Drew Brees has been adding onto his own record and now has a total of 6,885 passes completed.
September 24: Luka Modric wins Ballon D’Or
Real Madrid and Croatian National Team midfielder Luka Modric was awarded the Ballon D’or in 2018. The Ballon D’or is generally known to be the greatest individual award in soccer and is given out to the player who had the best year based on votes from journalists. Other awards he won in 2018 include UEFA Men’s Player of the Year, FIFA Best Men’s Player Award and the World Cup Golden Ball, the award for best player in the World Cup.
September 25: Carl Lewis wins second Olympic gold
American track and field legend Carl Lewis was able to win his second gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This medal was for the long jump of 8.72 meters. This was Lewis’ sixth gold medal and his second gold from the 1988 Olympic Games.
September 26: Serena Williams was born
On Sept. 26, 1981, tennis champion Serena Williams was born. Williams has 73 career titles and a dominant 85%-win percentage in Singles. In Doubles, she has posted 23 career titles and an 84.8%-win percentage. She also has four gold medals in the Olympic Games. At 38 years old, she is ranked ninth in the world in women’s tennis.
September 27
Lou Gehrig hits first HR
MLB legend Lou Gehrig hit his first home run in 1923. Gehrig would go on to hit an additional 492 home runs before his career was tragically ended early by Lou Gehrig’s Disease or ALS. Gehrig was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939 and he was a 7-time All-Star, 6-time World Series champion and 2-time AL MVP.
September 28
Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton III
The final fight in a heated rivalry, Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton met again for the third time at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY in 1976. Norton had won the first meeting and Ali had won the second. The third meeting finished with Ali winning by unanimous decision. Ali later admitted that he didn’t believe he deserved the win and that he was happy he didn’t have to fight Norton again. Norton, after the fight, mentioned that he was robbed of the win and that he won 9 or 10 rounds.
