Sports in May include playoffs for the NBA and NHL seasons, MLB is in full swing, the Preakness Stakes, the PGA Championship, the FA Cup Final, the French Open for tennis, and some Grand Prix events. Over the years, May 7 has witnessed many notable moments and stories involving sporting legends. Here are some of them.<\/p>\n
Unforgettable Games and Remarkable Records<\/p>\n
Great moments in sports history from May 7 included:\u00a0<\/p>\n
1917:\u00a0Babe Ruth outpitched Walter Johnson, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Senators 1-0.1922:\u00a0New York Giants pitcher Jesse Barnes pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies.1922:\u00a0The Belgian soccer team defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in an international friendly match.1925:\u00a0Pittsburgh Pirates’ Glenn Wright completed an unassisted triple play against the St. Louis Cardinals.1938:\u00a0Eddie Arcaro won the Kentucky Derby riding Lawrin, securing the first of his five Derby victories.1955:\u00a0Bill Shoemaker won the Kentucky Derby aboard Swaps in 2:01.8.1959:\u00a0Roy Campanella Night drew the largest crowd in LA Coliseum history, with 93,103 in attendance. Fans watched the New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in an exhibition game.1960:\u00a0Michael Tal beat Mikhail Botvinnik to secure the World Chess Championship.1966:\u00a0Kauai King won the 92nd Kentucky Derby with Donald Brumfield.1969:\u00a0The Oakland Oaks beat the Indiana Pacers 4-1 and won the ABA Championship.1972:\u00a0The Los Angeles Lakers secured the NBA Championship with a 4-1 victory over the New York Knicks.1977:\u00a0Jean Cruguet won the Kentucky Derby riding Seattle Slew with a time of 2:02.21983:\u00a0The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 to win the Prince of Wales Conference Final.1986:\u00a0Steaua Bucure\u0219ti from Romania beat Barcelona on penalty kicks and won the European Cup.1989:\u00a0Michael Jordan hit “The Shot” over Craig Ehlo, and gave the Bulls a 101-100 win over the Cavaliers in Game 5 of the playoffs.1992:\u00a0Angel Cordero Jr. retired after winning 7,057 horse races.1994:\u00a0The eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets defeated the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics in the playoffs. It was the first time in NBA history that an eighth seed upset a first seed.2005:\u00a0Mike Smith won the Kentucky Derby aboard the 50-1 longshot Giacomo. The winning exacta payout was $9,814.80.2006:\u00a0Thierry Henry scored a hat-trick on the final day of the Premier League season.2010:\u00a0Cubs rookie Starlin Castro hit a 3-run home run in his first at-bat and recorded 6 RBI’s in his debut.2012:\u00a0Jordany Valdespin hit a pinch-hit 3-run homer in the 9th for the Mets off of Jonathan Papelbon.2016:\u00a0Mario Gutierrez won the Kentucky Derby riding Nyquist in front of 167,227 spectators, the second-largest attendance in the event’s history.2021:\u00a0Wade Miley pitched a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.2022: Venezuelan jockey Sonny Leon rode 80-1 outsider Rich Strike to victory to become the second biggest longshot to win in the history of the event.<\/p>\n
Three athletes who stood out on May 7 were Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, and Thierry Henry.<\/p>\n
Ruth transitioned from a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox to a legendary slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Jordan is known for his incredible scoring ability, intense competitiveness, and six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. Henry is famous for his electrifying speed, technical skill, and scoring prowess at Arsenal F.C. and with the French national team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports in May include playoffs for the NBA and NHL seasons, MLB is in full swing, the Preakness…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,6,61608],"class_list":["post-727886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-basketball","tag-bulls","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-nba","tag-sports-history"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116532243585908012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}