September 9, 2004
- American football:
- The National Football League season opened with the New England Patriots defeating the Indianapolis Colts 27–24 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt missed his first field goal since 2002 in the final 30 seconds. (Yahoo!/AP)
- The National Football League announces the game between the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 12, is being moved to Saturday, September 11 due to the threat of Hurricane Ivan. The game will be televised in the Miami and Tennessee areas only. (Fox)
- Ice hockey: The executive committees of the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players Association meet at a secret location in Toronto for collective bargaining negotiations. The NHLPA submits a proposal that is believed to be similar to the offer it made on October 1, 2003. It is quickly rejected by the league. (AP)
- Basketball:
- The WNBA's Chamique Holdsclaw declares she will not play for the Washington Mystics for the rest of the year, due to an unspecified medical reason.(ESPN)
- Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks records the WNBA's third triple-double in history, scoring 29 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and tying the WNBA's record of ten blocked shots in one game, as the Sparks defeat the defending champion Detroit Shock, 81–63, in Los Angeles. (WNBA)
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