May 16
1916 — Damrosch, ridden by Linus McAtee, takes the early lead, gives it up in the stretch, then comes back to beat Greenwood by 1 1/2 lengths in the Preakness Stakes.
1976 — The Montreal Canadiens win their 19th Stanley Cup with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, capping a four-game sweep.
1980 — The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 123-107 to win the NBA title in six games.
1982 — The New York Islanders win the Stanley Cup for the third straight year, completing a four-game sweep of the Vancouver Canucks with a 3-1 victory.
1987 — Alysheba, ridden by Chris McCarron, wins the Preakness Stakes, finishing a half length ahead of Bet Twice, who was also the Kentucky Derby runner-up.
1992 — America3, Bill Koch's high-tech racing machine, wins the America's Cup 4-1 in the best-of-7 final series with a 44-second victory over Italy's Il Moro di Venezia.
1996 — Steve Yzerman scores 1:15 into the second overtime, and Detroit advances to the Western Conference finals with a 1-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 7. It's the second time in NHL history that a Game 7 is scoreless heading into overtime.
2001 — Allen Iverson scores 52 points to help Philadelphia beat Toronto 121-88 and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals. It's the second time a player had two 50-point games in a series since Michael Jordan did it against Cleveland in 1988.