September 2006 in Sports - 21 September 2006 (Thursday)

21 September 2006 (Thursday)

• Major League Baseball: David Ortiz breaks Jimmie Foxx' 68-year-old Boston Red Sox team record for home runs in a season with his 51st, a solo shot against Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins. Ortiz later hits a second home run in the Sox' 6–0 win, which keeps the Twins one-half game behind the Detroit Tigers in the American League Central Division.
• Basketball:
  • Only nine months after undergoing surgery to have his entire colon removed, former NBA standout Dajuan Wagner signs a two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors.
  • University Athletics Association of the Philippines 69th basketball tournament semifinals (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
    • Men's semifinals: (3) UST Growling Tigers 82, (2) UE Red Warriors 81
      • Title favorite UE succumbed to pressure and was eliminated in the title hunt; the Tigers converted a three-point play with 55 seconds remaining to lead 82–79. Despite a two-point field goal by the Warriors, they weren't able to capitalize in the UST turnover as they missed two field goal attempts to end their season.
    • Women's Finals: (1) UST Tigresses 52, (2) FEU Lady Tamaraws 49 – a buzzer-beating three-pointer from UST puts them up 1–0 in the best of three series.
    • Juniors' Finals: (2) FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws 67, (1) Ateneo Blue Eaglets 55 – the undefeated Ateneo squad absorbed its first setback in the season as they trail 0–1 in the best of three series.