On This Day in Sports Odds History

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1988 (Olympic Basketball): At the Summer Olympics in Seoul - the U.S. men's team loses 82-76 to the Soviet Union in the semifinal game. The U.S. was a 10-point favorite as this was the last Olympics where NBA players were not allowed to participate. The team was led by top college players David Robinson, Danny Manning, Mitch Richmond and Dan Majerle. The U.S. would salvage a Bronze Medal against Australia and the Soviet Union would capture Gold against Yugoslavia.

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1988 (MLB): In his final start of the regular season, Orel Hershiser pitches 10 scoreless innings to extend his streak to 59, breaking fellow Dodger Don Drysdale's record of 58 straight innings. Los Angeles would go on to lose the game 2-1 in 16 innings to the San Diego Padres, who were a +130 home underdog. A prop bet for the game had odds of a Hershiser shutout at +280. The eventual Cy Young award winner would unofficially (postseason games do not count) extend his streak to 67 innings when he pitched another 8 scoreless innings in game 1 of the NLCS against the New York Mets. The streak would come to an end the following year in Hershiser's first start of the season in the first inning when the Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin scored on a 2-out single by Todd Benzinger.

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2008 (NFL): The New York Jets defeat the Arizona Cardinals 56-35 as quarterback Brett Favre throws a career-high and Jets-record 6 touchdown passes. The Jets were 1½-point home favorites and the game went well over the total of 43½-points.

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