September 2006 in Sports - 22 September 2006 (Friday)

22 September 2006 (Friday)

• 2006 Australian Football League Finals Series – Week 3
  • Preliminary Final: Sydney Swans 19.13 (127), Fremantle Dockers 14.8 (92)

• Major League Baseball:
  • In a 3–2 win over the New York Mets, the Washington Nationals' Alfonso Soriano becomes the first player in MLB history to collect 40 home runs, 40 stolen bases, and 40 doubles in a season.
  • Barry Bonds hits his 733rd career home run, tying Hank Aaron for the National League record. The blast took place atMiller Park in Milwaukee, the same city where Aaron played the first half of his career with the Milwaukee Braves and finished it with the Milwaukee Brewers.

• Basketball: 82nd NCAA (Philippines) basketball tournament – Championship round (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • Seniors' tournament: (1) San Beda Red Lions 68, (2) PCU Dolphins 67
    • In the deciding Game 3 of the Championship series between San Beda and Philippine Christian, the Dolphins had a better start; although the Red Lions caught up with them and blew the game wide open, leading by as much as twenty points. Down by fifteen points at the start of the fourth quarter, the Dolphins mounted a furious comeback, cutting the lead into one point with 24.8 seconds remaining. After a San Beda turnover, PCU had a crack on winning the game – and the championship. The Dolphins play set up took too long, and with time running out, the Dolphins shot the ball; it bounced off the rim, leading into a San Beda rebound. San Beda wins their first seniors basketball title in 28 years. Red Lion Yousif Aljamal was named Finals Most Valuable Player.