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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in September of 2006. Deaths
29: Walter Hadlee 26: Byron Nelson 18: Syd Thrift 10: Patty Berg 8: Peter Brock 1: Bob Mathias
Sporting seasons
Auto racing 2006:
Formula One; GP2; BTCC D1 Grand Prix Indy Racing League NASCAR; 2006 Chase for the NEXTEL Cup; Busch; Craftsman Truck World Rally Championship American Le Mans Series Le Mans Series
Basketball: 2006 college basketball season in the Philippines – UAAP Season 69, NCAA Season 82
Cricket 2006: England
Football 2006–07: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 2006–07 UEFA Cup
Rugby union 2006:
2006 Air New Zealand Cup 2006 Currie Cup 2006–07 English Premiership 2006–07 Top 14 2006–07 Celtic League 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying Volleyball 2006:
Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 U.S. and Canadian sports 2005–06:
2006 MLB season 2006 CFL season 2006 US college football season 2006 NFL season
30 September 2006 (Saturday) 2006 Australian Football League Finals Series – Toyota AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground West Coast Eagles 12.13 (85), Sydney Swans 12.12 (84) Major League Baseball: American League playoff races: Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota Twins 3 Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 6: The Tigers fail to clinch the Central. National League playoff races: Philadelphia Phillies 4, Florida Marlins 3: The Phillies win, but are eliminated from the wild-card race later in the day as a result of victories by both the Dodgers and Padres. St. Louis Cardinals 3, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 2: The Dodgers have clinched a playoff berth. San Diego Padres 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 1: The Padres have clinched a playoff berth. Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 4: The Astros remain 1½ games behind the Cards. Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 0: The Reds are eliminated from the Central race before their game starts as a result of the Cardinals win earlier in the day. Non-playoff news: The Los Angeles Times has reported that Jason Grimsley, a former pitcher for several MLB teams who has been accused of supplying performance-enhancing drugs to several players, allegedly named stars Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Miguel Tejada in a sworn statement as users of performance-enhancers. (LA Times) The Washington Nationals announce that Frank Robinson will not return as manager for the 2007 season. (ESPN) New York Mets ace Pedro Martínez will now be out until at least June 2007 after an MRI discovered a torn rotator cuff in his right (throwing) shoulder that will require surgery. (ESPN) American football: NCAA Division I-A Top 25: (1) Ohio State 38, (13) Iowa 17 (3) Southern California 28, Washington State 22 (5) Florida 28, Alabama 13 (6) Michigan 28, Minnesota 14 (7) Texas 56, Sam Houston 3 (9) LSU 48, Mississippi State 17 (10) Georgia 14, Ole Miss 9 (24) Georgia Tech 38, (11) Virginia Tech 27 (12) Notre Dame 35, Purdue 21 (14) Oregon 48, Arizona State 13 (15) Tennessee 41, Memphis 7 (18) Clemson 51, Louisiana Tech 0 (20) Cal 41, Oregon State 13 (21) Nebraska 39, Kansas 32 (OT) (22) Boise State 36, Utah 3 (25) Missouri 28, Colorado 13: Mizzou goes 5–0, their best start since 1981, while the Buffaloes lose their ninth straight, their worst streak in over 40 years. Other significant games: SMU 33, Tulane 28: The Mustangs spoil the Green Wave's first game in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Basketball: University Athletics Association of the Philippines 69th basketball tournament – Championship round (Philippine Daily Inquirer): Men's Finals: (3) UST Growling Tigers 87, (1) Ateneo Blue Eagles 71 – UST held off an Ateneo rally at the middle of the first quarter and built a comfortable cushion to prevent the Eagles from catching up. Santo Tomas forces a deciding third game for the championship. Women's Finals: (1) UST Tigresses 67, (2) FEU Lady Tamaraws 59 – the Tigresses win their 11th championship, and their first in 11 years. Juniors' Finals: (1) Ateneo Blue Eaglets 69, (2) FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws 61 – the Eaglets win their 15th championship as they repulsed the Baby Tamaraws in the deciding game.
29 September 2006 (Friday) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 7 (11 innings) Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3: The Twins and Tigers remain tied for the Central and wild card. New York Yankees 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2: The Yankees' win, combined with the losses by Detroit and Minnesota, guarantees them home field advantage throughout the playoffs. National League: Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 1 Philadelphia Phillies 14 Florida Marlins 2: The Phillies win to avoid elimination in the wild-card race. Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2: The Reds win to keep their playoff hopes alive. St. Louis Cardinals 10, Milwaukee Brewers 5: The Cards increase their lead to 1½ games. Arizona Diamondbacks 3, San Diego Padres 1: A win by the Padres would have ensured a playoff berth, but they instead drop into a tie with the Dodgers. Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 3: The Dodgers score two in the top of the ninth and hold on for the win. World Chess Championship A dispute leads to Vladimir Kramnik refusing to play the 5th game. The game is awarded to Veselin Topalov. Kramnik now leads 3 – 2, but the future of the match is now in doubt. American football: NCAA Division I-A Top 25: (23) Rutgers 22, South Florida 20: The Scarlet Knights' first stay in the national rankings since 1976 nearly ended here, as they had to overcome a halftime deficit and stop a Bulls two-point conversion attempt with 15 seconds left that would have tied the game.
28 September 2006 (Thursday) Cricket: Allegations of ball tampering against Pakistani cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq are dismissed during an ICC Code of Conduct hearing at the Oval in London. However, Inzamam was found guilty of having brought the game into disrepute and subsequently banned for four one day international matches. The allegations stem from an incident during the Fourth Test between Pakistan and England in August. (Cricinfo article) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: Toronto Blue Jays 8, Detroit Tigers 6 Minnesota Twins 2, Kansas City Royals 1 Joe Mauer ties the game with a home run in the ninth inning, then Jason Bartlett singles home the winning run in the 10th. The Twins pull even with the Tigers in the AL Central. National League: Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0: Houston is eliminated from wild-card contention, but still competes with St. Louis for the NL Central. Los Angeles Dodgers 19, Colorado Rockies 11: Dodgers increase wild card lead to 2 games. Cincinnati Reds 5, Florida Marlins 1: The Reds keep their slim playoff hopes alive. Washington Nationals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1: Game starts over 4 hours late in front of a near empty stadium as they try to get the game in with little opportunity to reschedule this late in the season. Milwaukee Brewers 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4: The Cards' lead falls to ½ game over the Astros. San Diego Padres 12, Arizona Diamondbacks 4: Padres maintain 1 game lead in the West. The New York Mets announce that Pedro Martínez will miss the playoffs due to a calf injury. Yahoo! Sports American football: NCAA Division I-A Top 25: (2) Auburn 24, South Carolina 17 BYU 31, (17) TCU 17: The Cougars end the Horned Frogs' 13-game winning streak, and most likely end the Frogs' hopes of "busting" the BCS. Association football: 2006–07 UEFA Cup, first round, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold. Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 – 1 Chornomorets Odesa (aggregate: 4–1) Chievo 2 – 1 Sporting Braga (aet) (agg.: 2–3) Newcastle United 2 – 1 Levadia Tallinn (agg.: 3–1) Rangers 2 – 0 Molde (agg.: 2–0) Celta Vigo 3 – 0 Standard Liège (agg.: 4–0) Litex Lovech 1 – 3 Maccabi Haifa (agg.: 2–4) Paris St-Germain 2 – 0 Derry City (agg.: 2–0) Odense 1 – 0 Hertha Berlin (agg.: 3–2) Austria Vienna 1 – 0 Legia Warsaw (agg.: 2–1) Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 0 – 1 Panathinaikos (agg.: 1–2) Zulte-Waregem 2 – 0 Lokomotiv Moscow (agg.: 3–2) Sparta Prague 0 – 0 Hearts (agg.: 2–0) Randers 0 – 3 Fenerbahçe (agg.: 1–5) Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Red Bull Salzburg (agg.: 4–2) Nancy 3 – 1 Schalke 04 (agg.: 3–2) Lens 3 – 1 Ethnikos Achna (agg.: 3–1) Red Star Belgrade 1 – 2 Slovan Liberec (agg.: 1–4) Kayserispor 1 – 1 AZ Alkmaar (agg.: 3–4) Parma 1 – 0 Rubin Kazan (agg.: 2–0) Sevilla 4 – 0 Atromitos (agg.: 6–1) Brøndby 2 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt (agg.: 2–6) CSKA Sofia 2–2 Beşiktaş (aet) (agg.: 2–4) Heerenveen 0 – 0 Vitória Setúbal (agg.: 3–0) Mladá Boleslav 4 – 2 Marseille (agg.: 4–3) Grasshoppers 5 – 0 Åtvidaberg (agg.: 8–0) Nacional 1 – 2 Rapid Bucharest (aet) (agg.: 1–3) Osasuna 0 – 0 Trabzonspor (agg.: 2–2 ) Rabotnički 0 – 1 FC Basel (agg.: 2–7) Palermo 3 – 0 West Ham United (agg.: 4–0) Feyenoord 0 – 0 Lokomotiv Sofia (agg.: 2–2 ) Club Brugge 1 – 1 Ružomberok (agg.: 2–1) Bayer Leverkusen 3 – 1 FC Sion (agg.: 3–1) Groningen 1 – 0 FK Partizan (agg.: 3–4) Dinamo Bucharest 4 – 1 Skoda Xanthi (agg.: 8–4) Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 Slavia Prague (agg.: 2–0) Ajax 4 – 0 I.K. Start (agg.: 9–2) Espanyol 3 – 1 Artmedia Bratislava (agg.: 5–3) Iraklis 0 – 2 Wisła Kraków (aet) (agg.: 1–2 ) Pasching 0 – 1 Livorno (agg.: 0–3) Auxerre 3 – 1 Dinamo Zagreb (agg.: 5–2)
27 September 2006 (Wednesday) World Chess Championship A draw leaves Vladimir Kramnik with a 3 – 1 lead over Veselin Topalov Association football: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, group stage, matchday 2 Group A: Levski Sofia 1 – 3 Chelsea Didier Drogba scores all three of Chelsea's goals Group A: Werder Bremen 1 – 1 Barcelona Group B: Spartak Moscow 1 – 1 Sporting Group B: Internazionale 0 – 2 Bayern Munich Group C: Liverpool 3 – 2 Galatasaray Group C: Bordeaux 0 – 1 PSV Group D: Shakhtar Donetsk 2 – 2 Olympiakos Group D: Valencia 2 – 1 Roma National Football League Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens denies a Dallas police report that he tried to commit suicide Tuesday night. Owens says his hospitalization was due to an allergic reaction to the pain-reliever hydrocodone. (ESPN) (FOX Sports) (AP via Yahoo) Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: Toronto Blue Jays 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 4: The Twins remain a game behind the Tigers in the AL Central. National League: Florida Marlins 7, Cincinnati Reds 2: The Reds are eliminated from the wild card race, but still are in contention in the NL Central. Houston Astros 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 (15 innings) Philadelphia Phillies 8, Washington Nationals 7 (14 innings) St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Diego Padres 2: Cardinals snap 7-game losing streak, maintaining 1½ game lead over Astros in the Central. Padres lead over Dodgers reduced to one game in the West. Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Colorado Rockies 4: Dodgers maintain 1-game lead over the Phillies for the wild card.
26 September 2006 (Tuesday) World Chess Championship A draw leaves Vladimir Kramnik with a 2½ – ½ lead over Veselin Topalov Association football: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, group stage, matchday 2 Group E: Real Madrid 5 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv Ruud van Nistelrooy and Raúl each score two goals for Real. Group E: Steaua Bucharest 0 – 3 Lyon Group F: Benfica 0 – 1 Manchester United Group F: Celtic 1 – 0 Copenhagen Group G: CSKA Moscow 1 – 0 Hamburg Group G: Arsenal 2 – 0 FC Porto Group H: AEK 1 – 1 Anderlecht Group H: Lille 0 – 0 Milan Major League Baseball playoff races: American League: Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3 Minnesota Twins 3, Kansas City Royals 2: The Twins stay a game behind the Tigers in the AL Central. Texas Rangers 5, |Los Angeles Angels 2 Oakland Athletics 12, Seattle Mariners 3: The A's clinch the AL West. The AL playoff teams are now determined, with the Tigers and Twins still battling for the AL Central crown. National League: