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On This Date: Walter Payton Broke the All-Time Touchdown Record, and the Front Page Led With the Strike (Sept. 20, 1987)

On This Date: Walter Payton Broke the All-Time Touchdown Record, and the Front Page Led With the Strike (Sept. 20, 1987)

Sept. 20, 1987: Walter Payton scored his 107th rushing touchdown and passed Jim Brown. He gained 24 yards that day, his replacement gained 117, and the Chicago Tribune led with the coming players' strike.

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Seoul Olympics Open — Sept. 17, 1988 — and the 5 Moments Nobody Has Stopped Arguing About

On This Date: The Seoul Olympics Open — Sept. 17, 1988 — and the 5 Moments Nobody Has Stopped Arguing About

The 5 Greatest Donruss Rated Rookie Classes, Ranked — and the Hall of Famers They Somehow Missed

The 5 Greatest Donruss Rated Rookie Classes, Ranked — and the Hall of Famers They Somehow Missed

The 10 Biggest Heisman Flops: Preseason Favorites Whose Seasons Fell Apart

The 10 Biggest Heisman Flops: Preseason Favorites Whose Seasons Fell Apart

Auburn's Chris Davis returning a missed field goal down the sideline in the 2013 Iron Bowl

The 12 Craziest Endings in College Football History, Ranked

Sports History

On This Date: Walter Payton Broke the All-Time Touchdown Record, and the Front Page Led With the Strike (Sept. 20, 1987)

On This Date: Walter Payton Broke the All-Time Touchdown Record, and the Front Page Led With the Strike (Sept. 20, 1987)

Sept. 20, 1987: Walter Payton scored his 107th rushing touchdown and passed Jim Brown. He gained 24 yards that day, his replacement gained 117, and the Chicago Tribune led with the coming players' strike.

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Seoul Olympics Open — Sept. 17, 1988 — and the 5 Moments Nobody Has Stopped Arguing About

On This Date: The Seoul Olympics Open — Sept. 17, 1988 — and the 5 Moments Nobody Has Stopped Arguing About

The 10 Biggest Heisman Flops: Preseason Favorites Whose Seasons Fell Apart

The 10 Biggest Heisman Flops: Preseason Favorites Whose Seasons Fell Apart

Auburn's Chris Davis returning a missed field goal down the sideline in the 2013 Iron Bowl

The 12 Craziest Endings in College Football History, Ranked

Jack Nicklaus holding the Havemeyer Trophy at Pebble Beach in 1961, with Dudley Wysong beside him

On This Date: Jack Nicklaus Wins the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach, 20 Under Par — and Then Turns Pro (Sept. 16, 1961)

Baseball

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

Sept. 19, 1968: McLain beat the Yankees for his 31st win, the last 30-win season in baseball, in front of 9,063 people — and deliberately grooved a pitch to Mickey Mantle for career home run No. 535.

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

The 5 Greatest Donruss Rated Rookie Classes, Ranked — and the Hall of Famers They Somehow Missed

The 5 Greatest Donruss Rated Rookie Classes, Ranked — and the Hall of Famers They Somehow Missed

1968 Topps cards of Tom Seaver and Rod Carew, each with the Topps All-Star Rookie trophy

The 10 Greatest Topps All-Star Rookie Classes, Ranked by the Little Gold Cup

Steve Carlton delivering the 19th strikeout, Sept. 15, 1969

On This Date: Steve Carlton Strikes Out 19 Mets, Sets the Record, and Loses (Sept. 15, 1969)

1989 Fleer #616 Bill Ripken error card

The 10 Greatest Error Cards of All Time — and the Two Famous Stories About Them That Aren't True

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance standing together in Chicago Cubs uniforms

On This Date: Tinker, Evers and Chance Take the Field Together for the First Time (Sept. 13, 1902)

MLB

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

Sept. 19, 1968: McLain beat the Yankees for his 31st win, the last 30-win season in baseball, in front of 9,063 people — and deliberately grooved a pitch to Mickey Mantle for career home run No. 535.

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

The 5 Greatest Donruss Rated Rookie Classes, Ranked — and the Hall of Famers They Somehow Missed

The 5 Greatest Donruss Rated Rookie Classes, Ranked — and the Hall of Famers They Somehow Missed

1968 Topps cards of Tom Seaver and Rod Carew, each with the Topps All-Star Rookie trophy

The 10 Greatest Topps All-Star Rookie Classes, Ranked by the Little Gold Cup

Steve Carlton delivering the 19th strikeout, Sept. 15, 1969

On This Date: Steve Carlton Strikes Out 19 Mets, Sets the Record, and Loses (Sept. 15, 1969)

1989 Fleer #616 Bill Ripken error card

The 10 Greatest Error Cards of All Time — and the Two Famous Stories About Them That Aren't True

Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance standing together in Chicago Cubs uniforms

On This Date: Tinker, Evers and Chance Take the Field Together for the First Time (Sept. 13, 1902)

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On This Date: Walter Payton Broke the All-Time Touchdown Record, and the Front Page Led With the Strike (Sept. 20, 1987)

On This Date: Denny McLain Wins No. 31 — and Grooves One to Mickey Mantle (Sept. 19, 1968)

On This Date: The Last Game at the Polo Grounds — and the 1,752 People Who Showed Up (Sept. 18, 1963)

On This Date: The Seoul Olympics Open — Sept. 17, 1988 — and the 5 Moments Nobody Has Stopped Arguing About

On This Date: Jack Nicklaus Wins the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach, 20 Under Par — and Then Turns Pro (Sept. 16, 1961)

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