On this day in sports: August 28
- 1950 American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships. Source
- 1992 Born: Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player Source
- 2013 Died: Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (born 1935) Source
- 2015 Died: Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932) Source
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