Phoenix Cardinals Play 1st Regular-Season NFL Game

Lewis got halfway there on Aug. 6, 1984, by winning gold in the men’s long jump event. 

Major League Baseball suspended New York Yankees All-Star infielder Alex Rodriguez for 211 games on Aug. 5, 2013, citing his “use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited, performance-enhancing substances” over many years as the reason. 

Mays’ other career milestones include being named National League Rookie of the Year in 1951 and winning 12 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards as an outfielder — tied for most all-time with the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Roberto Clemente.  

While NFL highlights were shown on television in Great Britain starting in 1982, the game was the first chance fans of the league had to see the sport played on British soil.  

True or false: 40 cars race in the Indianapolis 500 

The more than 67,000 fans who attended the game were also treated to pop concerts, parachutists and fireworks at the event. 

True or false: The Houston Oilers became the first football team to play on artificial turf 

True or false: Each colour of the Olympic rings represents a particular continent 

True or false: Gabrielle Reece was the first female athlete to design a shoe for Nike 

Can you name all 5 events in the Modern Olympic Pentathon? 

All grand slams were recorded in the final four innings of the game, bringing the Yankees from a six-run deficit to a lead the A’s couldn’t overcome. 

How Vonetta Flowers did make history at the 2002 Winter Olympics?