Today in Sports - Seattle Storm go undefeated through the postseason, win WNBA finals

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16 1885 The Americas Cup is successfully defended by U.S.

yacht Puritan as it beats Britains Genesta in two heats.

1926 Henri Cochet ends Bill Tildens six-year reign as the U.S.

Lawn Tennis Association champion as he beats Tilden in the quarterfinals.

1927 Rene Lacoste wins the U.S.

Lawn Tennis Association championship, beating Bill Tilden in three sets.

1951 Betsy Rawls wins the U.S.

Womens Open golf title by edging Louise Suggs.

1955 The formation of the United States Auto Club is completed and will oversee four major categories of auto races.

1973 O.J.

Simpson rushes for 250 yards to lead the Buffalo Bills to a 31-13 victory over the New England Patriots.

1989 No.

1 Notre Dame beats No.

2 Michigan 24-19 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Fighting Irish wide receiver Raghib Ismail steals the show by returning kickoffs 88 and 92 yards for touchdowns.

Its the second time Ismail has two kickoff returns for touchdowns in the same game, accomplishing the feat against Rice in 1988.

1993 Dave Winfield of the Minnesota Twins becomes the 19th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits, with a single off Oaklands Dennis Eckersley.

1996 Paul Molitor gets his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 21st major leaguer to reach the mark and the first to do it with a triple.

2000 Zippy Chippy, a 9-year-old gelding, finishes third in the eighth race at the Three-County Fair in Northampton, Mass., extending his record as the losingest horse in American thoroughbred history to 88 races.

2000 Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire.

2001 Jason Bohn shoots a 13-under 58 at Huron Oaks Country Club to win the Canadian Tours Bayer Championship by two strokes and go one below the best round ever shot in PGA Tour-sanctioned competition.

2007 Jim Thome is the 23rd player and third this season to reach 500 home runs.

The slugger hits a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning off reliever Dustin Moseley to give the Chicago White Sox a 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

2007 Bengals QB Carson Palmer passes for six TDs and the Browns Derek Anderson has five in Clevelands 51-45 win over Cincinnati, making it just the third time in NFL history that two QBs threw five TD passes apiece in the same game.

2010 The Seattle Storm complete their undefeated march through the postseason, beating the Atlanta Dream 87-84 for a three-game sweep in the WNBA finals.

2012 Eli Manning hits 31 of 51 passes for 510 yards the second-best passing day in team history with three touchdown passes and three interceptions as the New York Giants rally for a 41-34 win over Tampa Bay.

2012 NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement.

2017 In front of the largest crowd to attend a stand-alone MLS match, Josef Martinez gets his second hat trick in a row and his third of the season to help Atlanta United hold on for a 3-3 draw against Orlando City.

Atlanta United sets the record with 70,425 on hand at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

2018 Scott Dixon has a steady drive to win his fifth IndyCar championship with ease.

Dixon, needing an uneventful finale at Sonoma Raceway, finishes second behind winner Ryan Hunter-Reay.

His fifth title moves him into second in IndyCar history, two behind A.J.

Foyt.

2018 Patrick Mahomes is 23 for 28 for 326 yards and six touchdown passes in Kansas Citys 42-37 win over Pittsburgh.

His 10 touchdown passes through two weeks are the most by a quarterback through two games in NFL history..

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