Back in Time: July 7

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Jul 7, 2010

Back in Time: July 7

Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in the seventh round to maintain the WBC heavyweight title.

Boris Becker

Boris Becker became the youngest, first unseeded and the first German player to win the Wimbledon men's finals.

Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova wins a record ninth Wimbledon women's singles title by beating Zina Garrison is straight sets (6-4, 6-1).

Tiger Woods

Two months after winning The Masters, 21-year-old Tiger Woods wins the Western Open.

Butte Copper Kings

The Butte Copper Kings -- an affiliate of the Anaheim Angels -- host 'John Rocker Awareness Night' in which free admission is offered to anyone belonging to a group insulted by the Atlanta reliever in his1999 Sports Illustrated interview.

Venus Williams

Venus Williams wins her second of five Wimbledon titles with a victory over Justine Henin.

Travis Hafner

With his fifth grand slam of the season, Travis Hafner breaks the team record for grand slams in a season. The Indians' designated hitter had shared the record with Al Rosen, who hit four bases full home runs for Detroit in 1951.

CC Sabathia

The Brewers, in an effort to reach the post-season for the first time since 1982, trade four highly touted farm hands to the Indians to obtain, CC Sabathia. Milwaukee sends their first-round draft pick last year, Matt LaPorta, along with minor league pitching prospects Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson, as well as Taylor Green (identified as the player to be named later), who was Milwaukee's minor league player of the year to Cleveland for the 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner.

Born on this Day

Satchel Paige (1906) Ezzard Charles (1921) Fred Brown (1948) Ralph Sampson (1960) Hector Burba (1966) Chuck Knoblauch (1968) Joe Sakic (1969) Michael McCrary (1970) Stoney Case (1972) Michael Westbrook (1972) Darnay Scott (1972) Lisa Leslie (1972) Matt Mantei (1973) Patrick Lalime (1974) Michele Kwan (1980)