October 2004 in Sports - October 24, 2004

October 24, 2004

• Baseball – 2004 World Series, Game 2: The Boston Red Sox achieve another home-field victory over the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 2. Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling earns another win playing through his ankle injury, despite Boston committing four errors. Games 3 through 5 are slated to be held in St. Louis starting Tuesday. (CNNSI)
• Cross-country skiing: World Cup 2005 season opening in Düsseldorf, Germany: The Ladies' 6×0.8 km Team Sprint relay race is won by the Norwegian No.1 team (Marit Bjørgen, Hilde G. Pedersen), with Germany's No.2 team (Manuela Henkel, Evi Sachenbacher) and Italy's No.1 team (Arianna Follis, Gabriella Paruzzi) taking the 2nd and 3rd place. (FIS-Ski Results) In the Men's 6×1.5 km race, Norway's No.1 team wins (Håvard Bjerkeli, Tor Arne Hetland), while Germany's No.1 team (Tobias Angerer, Axel Teichmann) and No.3 team (Toni Lang, Andreas Stitzl) finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. (FIS-Ski Results)
• Football (soccer): Manchester United defeat Arsenal 2–0 at United's Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, ending the London club's unbeaten streak in the FA Premier League. Arsenal's unbeaten run had stretched a record 49 matches and included the entire 2003–04 season. (BBC)
• Formula One: In the Brazilian Grand Prix, the last race of the 2004 season, Juan Pablo Montoya wins his final race for the Williams team, holding off future McLaren teammate Kimi Räikkönen. Rubens Barrichello finishes third. Michael Schumacher, who had long since clinched his seventh series championship, finishes seventh. (BBC)
• National Football League Week 7:
  • The Kansas City Chiefs, in a 56–10 romp over the Atlanta Falcons, set an NFL record for most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 8. Four were scored by Priest Holmes and four by Derrick Blaylock. (Yahoo!)
  • The New England Patriots set another NFL record with their 18th consecutive regular-season victory, 13–7 over the New York Jets. The loss is the first of the year for the Jets, while the Patriots remain undefeated. Jets running back Curtis Martin moves into seventh place on the all-time career rushing yards list. (Yahoo!)
  • The Philadelphia Eagles also remain undefeated with a 34–31 overtime win over the Cleveland Browns. (Yahoo!)
  • The Miami Dolphins stun the St. Louis Rams 31–14 for their first win of the season. (Yahoo!)
  • The Jacksonville Jaguars stun the Indianapolis Colts 27–24 on a last minute 50-yard field goal from Josh Scobee. (Yahoo!)
  • Deion Sanders has his first interception return for a touchdown since 1998 as his Baltimore Ravens beat the Buffalo Bills 20–6. (Yahoo!)
  • Emmitt Smith rushed for 100 yards for the 78th time in his career, surpassing Walter Payton en route to a 25–17 Arizona Cardinals victory over the Seattle Seahawks. (ESPN)
• NASCAR: Jimmie Johnson's sixth win of the 2004 NASCAR season, at the Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway near Martinsville, Virginia, is overshadowed by the crash of a private plane today belonging to his racing team, Hendrick Motorsports. (ESPN) All 10 people on board the plane were killed, including four relatives of team owner Rick Hendrick. (ESPN)
• Ice skating: During an ABC televised competition, skater Tatiana Totmianina suffers a fall after her partner slipped off his right foot. She remains unsconscious for some minutes, and is hospitalized with damage to her head, neck and eyes.