Cal Ripken’s Iron Man streak: Complete coverage The Build Up Cal Ripken Jr.: I always thought my job as a player was to come to the ballpark and play. Billy Ripken, brother, teammate, infielder: He ...

1995 — Cal Ripken plays in his 2,131st consecutive major league game to surpass Lou Gehrig’s 56-year record. Ripken receives a 22-minute standing ovation and later hits a homer in Baltimore’s 4-2 win ...

Chicago’s Walter Payton rushes for 177 yards, to reach the 15,000-yard plateau and scores his 100th career rushing touchdown ...

1991 — Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushes for an NCAA record 386 yards and scores seven touchdowns in his ...

1920 — Bill Tilden wins his first of seven U.S. Open ... dating to 1887. 1995 — Cal Ripken plays in his 2,131st consecutive major league game to surpass Lou Gehrig’s 56-year record.

1987 — Cal Ripken Jr.’s record streak of 8,243 consecutive ... 2014 — New England’s Bill Belichick becomes the sixth head coach in NFL history to reach 200 regular-season wins with a ...

Billy Sims, Oklahoma's 1978 Heisman Trophy winner, and new University of Tulsa athletic director Justin Moore threw ...

Steinfeld sketches his interactions with basketball player David Robinson, baseball strong man Cal Ripken Jr., and ...