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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 100 of 188

Jan 5th - Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG
Jan 5th - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
Jan 6th - Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
Jan 8th - Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
Jan 8th - Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
Jan 13th - Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena - Cowboys beat Bills
Jan 18th - West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
Jan 30th - 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62)
Jan 31st - 81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61 26 75)
Jan 31st - Superbowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, QB
Feb 4th - Marge Schott suspended from baseball for 1 year due to racism
Feb 6th - 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
Feb 6th - Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
Feb 7th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
Feb 7th - Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
Feb 13th - Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m)
Feb 20th - Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
Feb 20th - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 20th - NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan Feb 21st - 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
Feb 21st - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
Feb 23rd - Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st US team)
Feb 25th - Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
Feb 26th - Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
Feb 28th - Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
Mar 1st - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of NY Yankees
Mar 1st - New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks
Mar 3rd - Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings)
Mar 5th - Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
Mar 5th - Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
Mar 9th - Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
Mar 14th - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
Mar 21st - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
Mar 23rd - NY Knicks & Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl
NBA Legend Larry Bird Mar 28th - 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson
Mar 29th - Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
Mar 30th - New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
Mar 30th - Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
Apr 4th - 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
Apr 4th - 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw
Apr 4th - Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
Apr 5th - 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Michigan 77-71
Apr 5th - Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to NY Mets 3-0
Apr 5th - Florida Marlins 1st game - beat LA Dodgers 6-3
Apr 6th - Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
Apr 9th - Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
Apr 10th - Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
Apr 10th - Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
Apr 11th - 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277
Apr 13th - 14th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 18th - 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo
Apr 18th - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
Apr 19th - 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33
Apr 22nd - Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox
Apr 22nd - Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte
Apr 28th - Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
Apr 28th - NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot
May 1st - 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4
May 2nd - Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic
May 2nd - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Lennox Lewis May 8th - Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 9th - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 13th - KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
May 15th - 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
May 16th - Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
May 19th - Juventus wins 22th UEFA Cup at Torino
May 22nd - Riddick Bowe TKOs Jesse Ferguson in 2 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 23rd - Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
May 29th - Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm
May 30th - Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
May 30th - Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
Jun 5th - 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
Jun 5th - 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
Jun 6th - 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)
Jun 6th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jun 7th - Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford
Jun 9th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4 games to 1
Jun 13th - 39th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
Jun 18th - Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
Jun 19th - Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
Jun 20th - 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
Jun 20th - 93rd US Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ
Jun 20th - Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament
Jun 22nd - NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
Jun 25th - NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
Jun 26th - NY Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs
Jun 27th - 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert
Jun 27th - NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game
Jun 27th - Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
Jun 28th - Jacques Lemaire is named NJ Devils 8th Head Coach
Jun 28th - Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught & most HRs by a catcher
Jul 2nd - NY Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27)
Jul 3rd - 100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64)
Jul 3rd - Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
Champion Tennis Player Pete Sampras Jul 4th - 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63)
Jul 4th - Brandie Burton wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
Jul 5th - A's Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader
Jul 6th - Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England v Australia
Jul 7th - NY Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game (goes to 27)
Jul 7th - Philadelphia Phillies beat SF Giants 7-6 in 20 innings

Birthdays in Sport

Results 1 - 4 of 4

Jan 29th - Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player
Apr 3rd - Dakoda Dowd, American golfer
Apr 16th - Mirai Nagasu, American Figure Skater
May 20th - Caroline Zhang, American figure skater

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 61 of 61

Jan 3rd - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
Jan 4th - Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
Jan 15th - Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88
Jan 17th - Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
Jan 19th - Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
Jan 22nd - Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89
Jan 27th - Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49
Feb 5th - Jack Young, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies
Feb 6th - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
Feb 11th - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
Feb 17th - Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
Feb 24th - Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies
Feb 24th - Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (b. 1917)
Mar 7th - Tony Harris, cricketer (8 Tests for S Afr 1947-49, 100 runs), dies
Mar 11th - Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44
Mar 22nd - Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies
Mar 22nd - Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27
Mar 22nd - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31
Mar 26th - Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84
Apr 1st - Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38
Apr 1st - Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
Apr 2nd - Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
Apr 7th - S C (Billy) Griffith, cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC sect), dies
Apr 15th - H H "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Test for Aust 1933, avg 154), dies
Apr 21st - Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
Apr 22nd - Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
Apr 28th - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
Apr 30th - David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
Apr 30th - Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
Apr 30th - Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
May 13th - Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympic-gold-1964), dies at 47
May 19th - S W Sohoni, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
May 28th - Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
May 29th - Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
Jun 2nd - Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80
Jun 7th - Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
Jun 16th - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies
Jun 26th - Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 71
Jul 2nd - Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
Jul 11th - Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
Jul 23rd - James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, found dead near McColl SC
Jul 27th - Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27
Aug 1st - Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
Aug 24th - Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101
Sep 20th - Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
Oct 4th - Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (b. 1951)
Oct 9th - C R Rangachari, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
Oct 9th - Geert de Vlaeminck, Belgian champion cyclist, dies at 26
Oct 12th - Tofik Bakhramov, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
Oct 14th - Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
Oct 19th - Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48
Oct 21st - Irving Torgoff, US baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75
Oct 29th - George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies
Nov 1st - George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74
Nov 4th - Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
Nov 12th - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86
Nov 15th - Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93
Nov 20th - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
Nov 30th - Bob Wolf, agent (New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird), dies
Dec 9th - Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67
Dec 28th - Joop Vervoort, Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61