August 4, 2004
- NFL: The Dallas Cowboys release quarterback Quincy Carter, who started all 16 games for the team last year. (NY Times) ESPN has reported that Carter tested positive for an illegal substance just before his release, and that he was in the NFL's substance abuse program.
- Baseball: The New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics, 8–6, with an eleventh inning home run hit by Alex Rodriguez, in a nationally televised game. (ESPN)
- Basketball: A three-pointer by Allen Iverson from near half-court with less than a second to go lifts the Dream Team 80–77 over Germany in a friendly game held in Cologne. German NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzki, who had tied the game with a three-pointer of his own seconds before Iverson's shot, led all scorers with 32 points. (ESPN)
- In a blockbuster trade, the Atlanta Hawks trade Jason Terry, Alan Henderson and a future first round draft pick to the Dallas Mavericks for Antoine Walker and Tony Delk. (ESPN)
- The Detroit Pistons trade center Corliss Williamson to the Philadelphia 76ers for Derrick Coleman and Amal McCaskill. (ESPN)
- UEFA Champions League 2004–05 Second qualifying round, second leg (team progressing to next round in bold):
- AC Sparta Praha 2 – 1 APOEL
- F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti 1 – 0 MŠK Žilina
- FK Crvena Zvezda 3 – 0 BSC Young Boys
- Trabzonspor 3 – 0 Skonto Riga
- PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 – 4 Club Brugge
- Shelbourne 2 – 0 HNK Hajduk Split
- FBK Kaunas 0 – 2 Djurgårdens IF
- FC Sheriff Tiraspol 0 – 2 Rosenborg B.K.
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“Until, on Vinegar Hill, the fatal conclave.
Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave.
They buried us without shroud or coffin
And in August the barley grew up out of the grave.”
—Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)