September 2006 in Sports - 17 September 2006 (Sunday)

17 September 2006 (Sunday)

• National Football League Week 2:
  • Cincinnati Bengals 34, Cleveland Browns 17
  • Buffalo Bills 16, Miami Dolphins 6
  • Minnesota Vikings 16, Carolina Panthers 13 (OT)
  • Chicago Bears 34, Detroit Lions 7
  • Indianapolis Colts 43, Houston Texans 24
  • New York Giants 30, Philadelphia Eagles 24 (OT): The G-men come from a 17-point deficit – aided by an ill-advised personal foul against the Eagles – and win on an Plaxico Burress 31-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning.
  • Baltimore Ravens 28, Oakland Raiders 6
  • Atlanta Falcons 14, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3: For the third time in NFL history, a quarterback (Michael Vick) and a running back (Warrick Dunn) each get 100 yards rushing. The Philadelphia Eagles turned the trick twice before in 1990 and 2002.
  • Seattle Seahawks 21, Arizona Cardinals 10
  • San Francisco 49ers 20, St. Louis Rams 13
  • Denver Broncos 9, Kansas City Chiefs 6 (OT)
  • New England Patriots 24, New York Jets 17: Eric Mangini loses to his teacher Bill Belichick.
  • San Diego Chargers 40, Tennessee Titans 7
  • Dallas Cowboys 24, Washington Redskins 10: The Cowboys win, but Terrell Owens is lost for between three and five weeks with a broken hand.

• Cycling: Alexander Vinokourov wins the 2006 Tour of Spain.

• Tennis: The second day of the 2006 Fed Cup Final takes place in Charleroi, with the score 1–1 after the previous day. The game is decided in the fifth and final match, the doubles, when Justine Henin-Hardenne is forced to retire through injury making Italy the 2006 Fed Cup winners.
  • Belgium 2–3 Italy:
    • Justine Henin-Hardenne beats Francesca Schiavone 6–4 7–5.
    • Mara Santangelo beats Kirsten Flipkens 6–7 6–3 6–0.
    • Kirsten Flipkens and Justine Henin-Hardenne retire against Francesca Schiavone and Roberta Vinci 3–6 6–2 2–0.

• Basketball:
  • Five players at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are shot on campus early today after they tried to calm a disturbed man at a dance. Three of the five are hospitalized, with one in critical condition. (ESPN)
  • University Athletics Association of the Philippines 69th basketball tournament semifinals (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
    • Men's tournament: (1) Ateneo Blue Eagles 76, (4) Adamson Soaring Falcons 73
      • A costly miss by the Falcons with 1.9 seconds left gave the Eagles the victory – and the first Finals berth.
    • Men's tournament: (3) UST Growling Tigers 79, (2) UE Red Warriors 75
      • A three-point play by the Tigers in the last 21.1 seconds gave UST enough breathing room to force an elimination game against the Red Warriors.
    • Women's tournament: (1) UST Tigresses 72, (4) UP Lady Maroons 68; (2) FEU Lady Tamaraws 46, (3) Ateneo Lady Eagles 44
      • UST and FEU face off in the best-of-three Finals series.
    • Juniors' tournament: (2) FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws 76, (4) Adamson Baby Falcons 66
      • FEU-FERN meets the Ateneo Blue Eaglets in their best-of-three Finals series.

• Rugby union
  • 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup
    • The Black Ferns of New Zealand defeat England in the final to win their third title in a row. France defeats hosts Canada in the third/fourth place playoff.

Auto racing: Kevin Harvick wins the Sylvania 300 as the 2006 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup starts.