September 2005 in Sports - 10 September 2005

10 September 2005

• Auto racing: NASCAR Nextel Cup
  • Chevy Rock and Roll 400: Kurt Busch took the green flag and clinched a spot in the 2005 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup and proceeded to win the race in Richmond, Virginia. Four of his Roush Racing teammates — Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Mark Martin and Greg Biffle — are all in the final ten-race playoff for the championship. The remaining five are Ryan Newman, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeremy Mayfield and Rusty Wallace. Jamie McMurray, who entered the race one point ahead of Newman in the final spot, crashed in an incident with Mike Garvey after they accidentally wrecked Ricky Rudd during Lap 362. Both Elliott Sadler and Jeff Gordon, who participated in the inaugural chase last year, missed the chase this year, as did arguably the circuit's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (NASCAR.com)
• Baseball: The San Francisco Giants announce that star outfielder Barry Bonds will play his first game of the season on September 12 against the San Diego Padres after recuperating from operations on his right knee over the winter. (Yahoo!/AP)
• College football:
  • Charlie Weis becomes the first Notre Dame head coach to begin his career with back-to-back wins on the road since Knute Rockne in 1918, with a 17–10 win over #3-ranked Michigan in Ann Arbor. (Yahoo!/AP)
  • In the first meeting ever between the two teams, #2 Texas, inspired by some 4th-quarter heroics from Heisman Trophy candidate Vince Young, beat #4 Ohio State 25–22 before an estimated crowd of 110,000 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
• Tennis: At the U.S. Open, Kim Clijsters defeats Mary Pierce 6–3, 6–1 in the women's singles final to capture her first Grand Slam title. (Yahoo!/AP)