September 2006 in Sports - 2 September 2006 (Saturday)

2 September 2006 (Saturday)

• Basketball
  • 2006 FIBA World Championship — Third Place
    • United States 96, Argentina 81
• National Football League: Preseason roster cuts include Charles Rogers from the Detroit Lions, Ron Dayne from the Denver Broncos, Peter Warrick from the Seattle Seahawks, Marcus Vick from the Miami Dolphins and Lee Suggs from the Cleveland Browns. The Houston Texans put running back Domanick Davis on injured reserve.
• Baseball: Filling in for injured Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner, Kevin Kouzmanoff becomes the first American League player to hit a grand slam in his first career at-bat. The Indians win 6–5 over the Texas Rangers. (AP via the Tribune Democrat)
• Roller Derby: The 2006 Roller Derby "Bumberbout" Flat Track Invitational in Seattle. Austin beat Seattle in the Championship Bout, 74 to 69.
• American football: Associated Press NCAA top 25
  • (1) Ohio State 35, Northern Illinois 12
  • (2) Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10
  • (3) Texas 56, North Texas 7
  • (4) Auburn 40, Washington State 14
  • (5) West Virginia 42, Marshall 10
  • (6) USC 50, Arkansas 14
  • (7) Florida 34, Southern Miss 7
  • (8) LSU 45, Louisiana-Lafayette 3
  • (23) Tennessee 35, (9) Cal 18
  • (10) Oklahoma 24, UAB 17
  • (14) Michigan 27, Vanderbilt 7
  • (15) Georgia 48, Western Kentucky 12
  • (16) Iowa 41, Montana 7
  • (17) Virginia Tech 38, Northeastern 0
  • (18) Clemson 54, Florida Atlantic 6
  • (19) Penn State 34, Akron 16
  • (20) Nebraska 49, Louisiana Tech 10
  • (21) Oregon 48, Stanford 10
  • (25) Texas Tech 35, SMU 3
• Football (soccer): 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
  • Group A: Poland 1 – 3 Finland
  • Group A: Serbia 1 – 0 Azerbaijan
  • Group B: Georgia 0 – 3 France
  • Group B: Italy 1 – 1 Lithuania
  • Group B: Scotland 6 – 0 Faroe Islands
    • Scotland's biggest win since an 8–0 win over Cyprus in 1969.
  • Group C: Moldova 0 – 1 Greece
  • Group C: Malta 2 – 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Group C: Hungary 1 – 4 Norway
  • Group D: Czech Republic 2 – 1 Wales
  • Group D: Germany 1 – 0 Republic of Ireland
  • Group D: Slovakia 6 – 1 Cyprus
  • Group E: England 5 – 0 Andorra
  • Group E: Estonia 0 – 1 Israel
  • Group F: Spain 4 – 0 Liechtenstein
  • Group F: Northern Ireland 0 – 3 Iceland
  • Group F: Latvia 0 – 1 Sweden
  • Group G: Romania 2 – 2 Bulgaria
  • Group G: Belarus 2 – 2 Albania
  • Group G: Luxembourg 0 – 1 Netherlands
• Rugby union: 2006 Tri Nations Series
  • South Africa 21–20 New Zealand at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
    • The Springboks end the All Blacks 15 match streak of wins via a late Andre Pretorius penalty.