1
The Pittsburgh Penguins
defeat the Chicago Blackhawks
6-5 to sweep the series and win their second consecutive Stanley Cup
.
4
Magic Johnson
's wife, Cookie, gives birth to 7-pound, 15-ounce, HIV-negative Earvin Johnson III.
They Said It
Lee Trevino
, on Raymond Floyd
's scheduled debut on the Senior PGA Tour
in September: "He'll be tougher than a 50-cent steak."
6
A.P. Indy, descendant of Triple Crown winners Secretariat and Seattle
Slew, wins the second fastest Belmont Stakes
in history.... Pittsburgh Pirate
pitcher Victor Cole works 1? innings and becomes the first major leaguer born in Russia
( Leningrad
) since the Revolution of 1917.... Monica Seles
defeats Steffi Graf
to win the French Open.
7
Jim Courier
successfully defends his French Open title by defeating Petr Korda
in the final.
11
Baseball owners approve the sale of the Seattle Mariners
to a Japanese-led group.
15
Jeff Reardon
strikes out Kevin Maas
to earn his 342nd career save and become the major leagues' alltime saves leader, as the Boston Red Sox
defeat the New York Yankees
1-0.... A night of violence growing out of Chicago
's celebration of the Bulls' NBA
title results in more than 1,000 arrests.
19
Steve Balboni
, playing for the Triple A Oklahoma City
89ers, becomes the first player named Topps
minor league player of the month in three different decades.... In Las Vegas
, heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield
, 29, wins a unanimous decision over 42-year-old former champion Larry Holmes
.
They Said It
John McMullen
, Houston Astro
owner and once a limited partner in the New York Yankees
: "There is nothing quite so limited as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner
."
23
Detroit Lion
offensive lineman Eric Andolsek, 25, is killed by a runaway truck while working in the front yard of his home in Thibodaux, La.... former world figure skating champion Katarina Witt
denies a tabloid report that she acted as a spy for Stasi, the former East German secret police.