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1930 \u2014 Gallant Fox, ridden by Earle Sande, wins the Belmont Stakes by three lengths over Whichone, becoming the second horse to capture the Triple Crown.<\/p>\n
1941 \u2014 Whirlaway, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, becomes the fifth horse to win the Triple Crown by capturing the Belmont Stakes by 2\u00bd lengths over Robert Morris.<\/p>\n
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1952 \u2014 One Count, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2\u00bd lengths over heavily favored Blue Man.<\/p>\n
1969 \u2014 Arts and Letters, ridden by Braulio Baeza, ends Majestic Prince\u2019s bid for the Triple Crown with a 5\u00bd-length victory in the Belmont Stakes.<\/p>\n
1978 \u2014 The Washington Bullets beat the Seattle SuperSonics 105-99 in Game 7 to win the NBA Championship.<\/p>\n
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1980 \u2014 Temperance Hill, a 53-1 long shot ridden by Eddie Maple, wins the Belmont Stakes by two lengths over Genuine Risk.<\/p>\n
1986 \u2014 Danzig Connection, ridden by Chris McCarron, wins the Belmont Stakes by 1 1\/4 lengths over Johns Treasure to give trainer Woody Stephens his fifth straight Belmont win.<\/p>\n 1989 \u2014 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 1995 \u2014 Hakeem Olajuwon\u2019s tip-in with .3 seconds left gives Houston a 120-118 overtime win in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Houston, trailing by 20 points in the first half, are led back by Kenny Smith, whose Finals record seventh three pointer sends the game into overtime.<\/p>\n 1997 \u2014 Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings edge Philadelphia Flyers, 2-1 for a 4-0 series sweep; 8th title in Wings\u2019 franchise history and first since 1955.<\/p>\n 1998 \u2014 Utah breaks the record for fewest points in an NBA game since the inception of the shot clock, losing 96-54 to Chicago in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. It\u2019s the highest margin of victory in NBA Finals history. Utah\u2019s 54 points break the NBA-record of 55 set earlier in the season by Indiana.<\/p>\n 2004 \u2014 Ruslan Fedotenko scores twice, including the critical first goal, and the resilient Tampa Bay Lightning hold off the Calgary Flames 2-1 in Game 7 to win their first Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 2006 \u2014 New Jersey becomes the first state to institute a statewide steroid-testing policy for high school athletes.<\/p>\n 2008 \u2014 Da\u2019 Tara spoils Big Brown\u2019s bid for a Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes. Da\u2019 Tara, a 38-1 longshot ridden by Alan Garcia, goes wire-to-wire winning by 5 1\/4 lengths over Denis of Cork. Big Brown, the 1-4 favorite, is eased up in the homestretch by jockey Kent Desormeaux finishing so far behind at the end that his margin of defeat isn\u2019t even charted.<\/p>\n 2009 \u2014 Roger Federer completes a career Grand Slam, winning his first French Open title. Federer wins his 14th major title to tie Pete Sampras\u2019 record by sweeping surprise finalist Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 French Open Women\u2019s Tennis: Maria Sharapova of Russia wins her 5th Grand Slam singles title; beats Romanian Simona Halep 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 California Chrome fails in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years, losing the Belmont Stakes to long shot Tonalist and leaving his owner to complain others took \u201cthe coward\u2019s way out\u201d by skipping the first two legs of the Triple Crown.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 Miguel Cotto becomes the first Puerto Rican fighter to win world championships in four weight divisions, stopping Sergio Martinez in their WBC world middleweight title fight. Martinez doesn\u2019t get off the stool when the bell rings for the 10th round.<\/p>\n 2015 \u2014 LeBron James turns in a triple-double to remember, Matthew Dellavedova makes the go-ahead free throws in overtime, and the Cavaliers overcome a fourth-quarter collapse to outlast the Golden State Warriors 95-93 in Game 2 of the NBA finals. James finishes with 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists in 50 minutes, carrying Cleveland\u2019s depleted roster to victory on the NBA\u2019s toughest home floor.<\/p>\n 2018 \u2014 The Washington Capitals raise the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history after a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 of the finals.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 2025 \u2014 Coco Gauff wins the French Open for the first time, beating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, for her second major singles title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1930 \u2014 Gallant Fox, ridden by Earle Sande, wins the Belmont Stakes by three lengths over Whichone, becoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5114],"tags":[66005,65997,191,65990,13661,65995,65989,65992,5,65996,65993,4617,65994,66002,65998,66000,4,3494,66004,3492,65988,66003,44079,55653,65999,66001,65987,190,109,5222,279,65991],"class_list":["post-593191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-capitals","tag-alan-garcia","tag-aryna-sabalenka","tag-capitals","tag-chris-mccarron","tag-coco-gauff","tag-eddie-arcaro","tag-eddie-maple","tag-hakeem-olajuwon","tag-hockey","tag-kenny-smith","tag-kent-desormeaux","tag-lebron-james","tag-louis-arena","tag-maria-sharapova","tag-matthew-dellavedova","tag-miguel-angel-cotto","tag-nhl","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-pete-sampras","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-robert-morris","tag-robin-soderling","tag-roger-federer","tag-ruslan-fedotenko","tag-sergio-martinez","tag-simona-halep","tag-sportlight-june-7","tag-washington","tag-washington-capitals","tag-washingtoncapitals","tag-wayne-gretzky","tag-woody-stephens"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
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