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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 100 of 217

Jan 5th - AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the Pro Bowl
Jan 6th - Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
Jan 8th - Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
Jan 11th - Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
Jan 11th - NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
Jan 13th - 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
Jan 13th - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
Jan 15th - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion
Jan 15th - San Diego Chargers beat Pitt Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship
Jan 15th - SF 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship
Jan 17th - Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
Jan 17th - LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
Jan 20th - 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
Jan 22nd - Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
Jan 27th - 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62)
Jan 28th - 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62)
Jan 28th - 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64)
Jan 28th - Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
Jan 29th - Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open
Champion Tennis Player Pete Sampras Jan 29th - Superbowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami
Jan 29th - Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB
Feb 2nd - Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
Feb 4th - Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
Feb 5th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13
Feb 6th - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
Feb 6th - Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
Feb 7th - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting
Feb 10th - Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
Feb 12th - 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix
Feb 12th - Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
Feb 17th - Tiger mgr Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
Feb 18th - Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 21st - CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
Feb 25th - British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital
Boxing Champ George Foreman Mar 4th - George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker
Mar 4th - Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1
Mar 9th - Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Mar 10th - Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem
Mar 12th - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship
Mar 18th - Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
Mar 19th - Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament
Mar 19th - Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
Mar 19th - NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)
Mar 25th - Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
Mar 26th - 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen
Mar 28th - Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield
Mar 31st - Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
Mar 31st - Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
Apr 1st - NY Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Apr 2nd - 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
Apr 2nd - 7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
Apr 2nd - Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
Apr 2nd - Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
Apr 2nd - Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
Apr 3rd - 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78
Apr 7th - Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
Apr 8th - Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
Apr 9th - 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
Apr 14th - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
Apr 14th - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
Apr 16th - 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins
Apr 17th - 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
Apr 18th - Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
Apr 21st - Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
Apr 22nd - George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
Apr 23rd - Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
Apr 24th - Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
Apr 25th - 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 26th - Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
Apr 29th - KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
Apr 30th - Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship
May 3rd - Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
May 5th - Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
May 6th - 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2
May 6th - Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV
May 7th - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 9th - Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
May 12th - Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
May 13th - New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
May 14th - 41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins
May 14th - Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)
May 20th - 121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4
May 21st - Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
May 23rd - 47th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
May 28th - Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 28th - Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
May 28th - White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
Jun 4th - Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
Jun 10th - 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jun 10th - 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60)
Jun 10th - Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer
Jun 11th - 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64)
Jun 11th - Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
Jun 13th - Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0
Jun 13th - NJ Devils beat Phila Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals
Jun 14th - 49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games
Jun 16th - Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
Jun 16th - Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
Jun 18th - 95th US Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY
Jun 18th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 75 of 75

Jan 8th - Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Argentine medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
Jan 18th - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937)
Jan 21st - Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
Jan 26th - Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
Jan 29th - Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at 77
Jan 30th - George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
Feb 1st - John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74
Feb 2nd - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
Feb 4th - Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62
Feb 28th - Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
Mar 5th - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
Mar 9th - Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63
Mar 20th - Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies
Mar 23rd - Davie Cooper, soccer star, dies at 39
Mar 30th - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65
Mar 30th - Tony Lock, cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
Apr 1st - Johnny Nicholss, footballer, dies at 63
Apr 2nd - Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
Apr 3rd - Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at 89
Apr 8th - Maurice Allom, cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies
Apr 17th - A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
Apr 20th - R E S Wyatt, cricketer (England capt 16 times), dies
Apr 21st - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93
Apr 23rd - Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
Apr 23rd - John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
Apr 28th - Peaches Roy Davis, baseball pitcher, dies at 89
May 6th - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
May 9th - Percy Mansell, cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for S Afr), dies
May 13th - Cecil Marley, cricketer (WICBC pres 1971-74, Jamaican capt 1946), dies
May 25th - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948)
May 30th - Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
May 30th - Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82
May 31st - Tim Mara, owner (NY Giants), dies at 59
Jun 9th - Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies
Jun 10th - Ron Morrisby, cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies
Jun 23rd - Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
Jun 24th - Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies
Jul 1st - Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (leading Test scorer with 3471), dies
Jul 3rd - Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
Jul 4th - Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67
Jul 15th - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
Jul 16th - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84
Jul 17th - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
Jul 19th - James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71
Jul 21st - Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
Jul 22nd - Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for Engl 1926-34), dies at 91
Aug 2nd - Brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies
Aug 3rd - Harry Craft, baseball manager, dies at 80
Aug 4th - Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
Aug 13th - Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
Aug 20th - Von McDaniel, baseball player, dies at 56
Aug 20th - William Kennedy, baseball player, dies at 76
Aug 21st - Ken Rickards, cricketer (104 runs at 34 66 for WI 1948-52), dies
Aug 21st - Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76
Aug 23rd - Johnny Carey, soccer star, dies at 76
Sep 6th - Buster Mathis, Heavyweight boxer, dies at 52
Sep 10th - Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer, dies at 81
Sep 11th - Keith Odor, racing Driver, dies at 33
Sep 13th - Harold Sheperdson, soccer Trainer, dies at 76
Sep 17th - Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
Sep 25th - Dave Bowen, footballer, dies at 67
Oct 9th - Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
Oct 10th - Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
Oct 13th - Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79
Oct 25th - Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77
Oct 25th - Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77
Oct 26th - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies
Nov 2nd - Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58
Nov 2nd - Sal Gliatto, baseball player, dies at 93
Nov 20th - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
Nov 23rd - Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
Nov 27th - Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60
Nov 30th - Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
Dec 23rd - Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87
Dec 25th - Jimmy Boucher, cricketer (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies