AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
By The Associated Press
June 16
1927 -- Tommy Armour wins the U.S. Open with a three-stroke victory over Harry Cooper in a playoff.
1946 -- Lloyd Mangrum edges Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi to win the U.S. Open by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff.
1951 -- Ben Hogan captures the U.S. Open for the second straight year with a two-stroke comeback victory over Clayton Heafner.
1956 -- Cary Middlecoff wins the U.S. Open by one stroke over Ben Hogan and Julius Boros.
1968 -- Lee Trevino becomes the first golfer to play all four rounds of the U.S. Open under par as he beats Jack Nicklaus by four strokes.
1974 -- Hale Irwin beats Forrest Fezler by two strokes to win the U.S. Open.
1985 -- Andy North wins the U.S. Open by one stroke over Taiwan's Tze-chung Chen.
1993 -- Michael Jordan scores 55 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 111-105 victory and a 3-1 lead over the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals. Jordan is the fifth player to score 50 in the finals and the first since Jerry West in 1969.
1998 -- The Detroit Red Wings become the first team to win consecutive Stanley Cups since Pittsburgh in 1992, completing a sweep of Washington 4-1, behind two goals by Doug Brown. It's the fourth straight NHL finals sweep, a first in major pro sports history.
1999 -- Maurice Greene smashes the 100-meter world record at 9.79 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 9.84 set by Donovan Bailey at the 1996 Olympics.
2002 -- A runaway winner again in the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods becomes the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to capture the first two major championships of the year with a three-stroke victory at Bethpage (N.Y.) Black.
June 17
1954 -- Rocky Marciano scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles at New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
1961 -- Gene Littler shoots a 68 in the final round to edge Doug Sanders and Bob Goalby in the U.S. Open.
1962 -- Jack Nicklaus beats Arnold Palmer by three strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1973 -- John Miller shoots a 63 in the final round to win the U.S. Open over John Schlee.
1976 -- The 18-team NBA absorbs four of the remaining six ABA teams: the New York Nets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets.
1979 -- Hale Irwin wins the U.S. Open over Gary Player and Jerry Pate.
1990 -- Fifty-year-old Harry Gant becomes the oldest driver to win a NASCAR race as he posts a 2.4-second victory over Rusty Wallace in the Miller 500 at Pocono International Raceway.
1991 -- Payne Stewart escapes with a two-stroke victory over Scott Simpson in the highest-scoring U.S. Open playoff in 64 years.
1995 -- Claude Lemieux snaps a tie at 3:17 of the third period as the New Jersey Devils open the Stanley Cup finals with a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The victory, the ninth on the road, breaks the NHL playoff record for road wins.
2001 -- Retief Goosen and misses a two-foot putt on the 18th green tying him with Mark Brooks and setting up a playoff for the U.S. Open.