September 17, 2004
- 2004 Summer Paralympics: The opening ceremony takes place in Athens, Greece.
- Golf: Europe leads the United States 6½ to 1½ at the end of the first day of the 35th Ryder Cup Matches at Oakland Hills Country Club in suburban Detroit. Europe led the morning's fourball matches 3½ to ½ and extended the lead by taking the afternoon foursomes 3 matches to 1. (BBC) (BBC)
- Cricket, ICC Champions Trophy: In pool D, the match between England and Sri Lanka is interrupted by rain with England on 118–3 after 31 overs. The match will resume tomorrow. (BBC)
- Baseball: Nippon Professional Baseball players announce they will go on strike for the first time in Japan's history. The strike is made in protest of a proposed merger between the Orix Blue Wave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes. (ESPN.com)
- Baseball: Barry Bonds hits the 700th home run of his career in a game against the San Diego Padres. (ESPN.com)
- Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners breaks the major league baseball record for most singles in a season by hitting his 199th of the year, breaking the record of 198 set by Lloyd Waner in 1927. (Canada.Com)
- Baseball: Frank Francisco of the Texas Rangers gets suspended for the rest of the season, stemming from an altercation where he hit a woman on her nose with a chair in a game against the Oakland A's.
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