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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 100 of 255

Jan 1st - Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
Jan 5th - J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
Jan 9th - NBA-teams/boston-celtics">Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
Jan 9th - Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 10th - NCAA approves random drug testing for college Football Players
Jan 11th - Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
Jan 11th - Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
Jan 15th - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds
Jan 15th - Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent
Jan 15th - NY Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106
Jan 21st - 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh
Jan 21st - Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association exec director
Jan 21st - John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open
Jan 21st - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
Jan 22nd - Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
Jan 26th - Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
Jan 27th - 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64)
Jan 28th - 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret)
Jan 28th - Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jan 31st - 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing
Feb 3rd - Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
Feb 3rd - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
Feb 4th - Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m Hurdles indoor (7.69)
Feb 4th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21
Feb 4th - Pat Bradley wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Feb 4th - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
Feb 4th - St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
Feb 6th - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
Feb 6th - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
Feb 11th - 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
Feb 11th - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to win heavyweight boxing crown
Feb 13th - Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
Feb 15th - Baseball owners lock out players
Feb 18th - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
NBA Legend Larry Bird Feb 22nd - 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
Feb 24th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiia Ladies Golf Open
Feb 25th - Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
Mar 4th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 11th - Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
Mar 18th - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
Mar 18th - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
Mar 19th - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
Mar 20th - LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
Mar 25th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
Mar 27th - NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
Mar 28th - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
Mar 28th - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
Mar 30th - Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
Apr 1st - 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
Golfer Jack Nicklaus Apr 1st - 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins
Apr 1st - 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
Apr 1st - CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
Apr 1st - Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
Apr 2nd - 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
Apr 5th - John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row
Apr 5th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
Apr 7th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
Apr 8th - 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
Apr 8th - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 9th - NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
Apr 10th - Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
Apr 11th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
Apr 12th - Greyhound Bus hires new Drivers to replace strikers
Apr 13th - 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
Apr 13th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
Apr 16th - 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
Apr 18th - Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
Apr 19th - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
Apr 20th - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
Apr 21st - National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
Apr 23rd - 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 26th - NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
Apr 26th - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters
Apr 28th - NBA-teams/boston-celtics">Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
Apr 30th - As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
May 5th - 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
May 6th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 11th - NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
May 13th - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
May 14th - 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
May 15th - Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
May 16th - Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino
May 18th - Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
May 19th - 116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
May 20th - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International
May 22nd - Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times
May 23rd - NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
May 24th - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
May 24th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
May 26th - Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
May 27th - 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
May 27th - Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
May 27th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 29th - NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
May 29th - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
Jun 1st - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
Jun 3rd - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 4th - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
Jun 6th - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
Jun 9th - 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 32 of 32

Jan 4th - Toni Kroos, German footballer
Jan 7th - Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
Jan 7th - Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian skijumper
Jan 10th - Tao Li, Singaporean Olympic swimmer
Jan 15th - Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
Feb 7th - Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
Feb 15th - Erwin Sak, Polish footballer
Mar 1st - Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player
Mar 1st - Ben Tozer, English footballer
Apr 10th - Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
Apr 17th - Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
May 15th - Joe Mattock, English football player
May 24th - Joey Logano, American racecar driver
May 27th - Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater
Jun 24th - Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
Jul 9th - Fábio and Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballers
Jul 11th - Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
Aug 12th - Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
Aug 28th - Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer
Sep 2nd - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish Racing Driver
Sep 5th - Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater
Sep 8th - Matt Barkley, American football player
Sep 20th - John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
Sep 25th - Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
Oct 2nd - Dean Bouzanis, Australian soccer player
Oct 12th - Henri Lansbury, English footballer
Oct 21st - Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
Nov 3rd - Ellyse Perry, Australian soccer player/cricket player
Nov 20th - Sam Burton, English footballer
Dec 12th - Victor Moses, an English footballer of Nigerian descent
Dec 26th - Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
Dec 27th - Luis Trujillo, Peruvian Football Player

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 39 of 39

Jan 1st - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (23 Tests for England, 1636 runs), dies
Jan 7th - Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81
Jan 7th - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
Jan 7th - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
Jan 9th - Spud Chandler, baseball player (b. 1907)
Jan 26th - Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
Feb 2nd - Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
Feb 14th - Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies
Feb 17th - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
Feb 24th - Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45
Feb 26th - Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies
Feb 28th - Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
Feb 28th - Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
Mar 4th - Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
Mar 11th - Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
Mar 15th - Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70
Mar 15th - Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
Mar 20th - Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
Mar 20th - Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (b. 1929)
Apr 11th - Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)
Apr 21st - Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
May 22nd - Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies at 71 of heart failure
Jun 18th - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
Jul 8th - Malcolm Hilton, English Cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
Jul 31st - Albert Leduc, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
Aug 9th - Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
Aug 31st - Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
Aug 31st - Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack
Sep 6th - Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies
Oct 7th - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84
Oct 10th - Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, dies at 56
Nov 11th - Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer (b. 1909)
Nov 15th - Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
Nov 24th - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
Nov 25th - Bill Vukovich, Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27
Dec 9th - Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80
Dec 13th - Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77
Dec 23rd - Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies
Dec 31st - George Allen, US football coach (LA Rams, Wash Redskins), dies