September 2007 in Sports - 16 September 2007 (Sunday)

16 September 2007 (Sunday)

• Auto racing:
  • Formula One: Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Belgium:

  (1) Kimi Räikkönen (2) Felipe Massa (3) Fernando Alonso

  • NASCAR Chase for the NEXTEL Cup: Sylvania 300 in Loudon, New Hampshire.

  (1) Clint Bowyer (2) Jeff Gordon (3) Tony Stewart

• American football:
  • National Football League Week 2:
    • Pittsburgh Steelers 26, Buffalo Bills 3
      • The Steelers hold Buffalo to 121 passing yards — and only 9 in the first half — and nine first downs.
    • Houston Texans 34, Carolina Panthers 21
      • The Texans score two touchdowns in 8 seconds of the third quarter; Houston is now 2–0 for the first time in team history.
    • Jacksonville Jaguars 13, Atlanta Falcons 7
      • David Garrard leads two fourth-quarter scoring drives; the Falcons give up seven sacks and miss two field goals.
    • Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, New Orleans Saints 14
      • Tampa Bay goes up 28–0 on two touchdowns each by Joey Galloway and Carnell Williams, then cruises to a victory. New Orleans falls to 0–2.
    • Green Bay Packers 35, New York Giants 13
      • Brett Favre throws three touchdown passes — two in the fourth quarter — to set an NFL record with his 149th career win.
    • San Francisco 49ers 17, St. Louis Rams 16
      • Dante Hall's muff of a punt in the fourth quarter gives Joe Nedney the chance to kick what turns out to be the game-winning field goal.
    • Cleveland Browns 51, Cincinnati Bengals 45.
      • In his first game as the Browns' regular quarterback, Derek Anderson throws for five touchdowns, while Jamal Lewis rushes for 215 yards in the shootout. Carson Palmer racks up 401 yards and six scores in a losing effort.
    • Indianapolis Colts 22, Tennessee Titans 20
      • Vince Young nearly rallies the Titans back from a 22–13 deficit, but the Colts defense tightens just in time to end Tennessee's would-be game-winning drive in the last minute.
    • Detroit Lions 20, Minnesota Vikings 17, OT
      • An injured Jon Kitna gutsily leads the Lions to Jason Hanson's game-winning field goal after a Minnesota fumble.
    • Dallas Cowboys 37, Miami Dolphins 20
      • The Cowboys intercept Dolphins quarterback Trent Green four times.
    • Arizona Cardinals 23, Seattle Seahawks 20
      • A late Matt Hasselbeck fumble sets up Neil Rackers' game-winning 41-yard field goal.
    • Baltimore Ravens 20, New York Jets 13
      • Ray Lewis picks off a Kellen Clemens pass in the end zone to end the Jets' comeback bid.
    • Denver Broncos 23, Oakland Raiders 20, OT
      • What appears to be Sebastian Janikowski's game-winning field goal is waved off when officials rule the Broncos had called time-out before the snap. Janikowski's second attempt strikes the upright, while Jason Elam is true on a 23-yarder shortly thereafter.
    • Chicago Bears 20, Kansas City Chiefs 10
      • Two big Devin Hester punt returns pace the Bears to a 17–0 lead they don't give up.
    • New England Patriots 38, San Diego Chargers 14
      • The Pats put last week's spying controversy behind them, with Tom Brady completing 25 of his 31 passes for three TDs, two of them to Randy Moss.

• Baseball:
  • Jim Thome of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 23rd Major League Baseball player to hit his 500th career home run, hitting a two-run walk-off shot off Dustin Moseley to give the Chisox a 9–7 win over the Los Angeles Angels in Chicago. Thome is the third player this season to reach 500 homers, a first in MLB history, and he is also the first to reach 500 homers with a walk-off homer. (AP via ESPN)

• Basketball:
  • EuroBasket 2007 in Spain
    • Championship: Russia 60–59 Spain
      • J. R. Holden, after stripping Pau Gasol of the ball, scores the winning shot with 2 seconds left. Fellow Russian Andrei Kirilenko is tournament MVP.
    • Third place: Lithuania 78–69 Greece
    • Fifth place: Germany 80–71 Croatia
    • Seventh place: Slovenia 88–74 France
    • Russia receives a direct berth in the 2008 Olympics. Since Spain already qualified for Beijing by winning the 2006 FIBA World Championship, Lithuania also books a place in Beijing. Greece, Germany, Croatia, and Slovenia advance to the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament.

• Golf:
  • PGA Tour: Tiger Woods runs away with THE TOUR Championship in Atlanta, finishing at 257 (23 under par) and winning by 8 shots over Mark Calcavecchia and Zach Johnson. Woods wins USD 1.26 million for winning the tournament, and earns a USD 10 million retirement annuity as the inaugural winner of the FedEx Cup as PGA Tour season champion.
  • LPGA and Ladies European Tour: Team United States wins the Solheim Cup 16–12 over Team Europe in Sweden, going 8–3–1 on the final day of singles matches and winning the Cup for only the second time ever in Europe. This came a day after television commentator Dottie Pepper called Team USA "chokin' freakin' dogs" in a comment that accidentally went over the air.
  • Amateur men's golf: Team USA wins the Walker Cup 12½–11½ over Team Great Britain and Ireland in Northern Ireland. This is Team USA's first win in this event on the other side of the Atlantic since 1991.

• Rugby union: 2007 Rugby World Cup in France
  • Pool A: Samoa 15–19 Tonga at Montpellier
  • Pool B: Fiji 29–16 Canada at Cardiff, Wales
  • Pool D: France 87–10 Namibia at Toulouse