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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 87 of 87

Jan 6th - Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 8th - NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
Jan 9th - Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
Jan 9th - Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
Jan 11th - AFC Championship: Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
Jan 11th - NFC Championship: Green Bay Packers beat SF 49'ers 23-10
Jan 14th - Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge
Jan 18th - 48th NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
Jan 18th - Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
Jan 18th - Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural
Jan 22nd - NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild
Jan 22nd - Rickey Henderson, rejoins Oakland A's for 4th time
Jan 22nd - World League of American Football becomes NFL East
Jan 25th - Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
Jan 25th - Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham get engaged
Jan 25th - Superbowl XXXII: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24
Jan 27th - WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock
Jan 31st - 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63)
Feb 1st - 86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (62 62 62)
Tennis Star Martina Hingis Feb 1st - NFL Pro Bowl Game, AFC beats NFC 29-24
Feb 3rd - Fla Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
Feb 3rd - NY Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
Feb 5th - Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
Feb 6th - Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to NY Yankees for $3M & 4 minor leaguers
Feb 7th - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
Feb 7th - NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7
Feb 8th - 1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
Feb 8th - 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at NYC
Feb 8th - NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
Feb 10th - Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
Feb 12th - Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach
Feb 15th - Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship
Feb 17th - USA Women's Ice Hockey Team beats Canada and wins the first Olympic Gold medal
Feb 18th - NY Rangers fire head coach Colin Campbell
Feb 19th - US hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
Feb 20th - Tara Lipinski wins Olympic Figure Skating gold medal
Feb 21st - Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 22nd - 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan
Feb 24th - NHL resumes season since Feb 8th to accomodate the Olympics
Feb 26th - Steven M Gluckstern completes sale of NY Islanders
Feb 28th - Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
Mar 15th - Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship
Mar 29th - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
Mar 29th - 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship
Mar 30th - 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
Mar 31st - Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers
Apr 4th - NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
Apr 5th - 10th Seniors Golf Tradition:
Apr 12th - 62nd Golf Masters Championship:
Apr 19th - 59th PGA Seniors Golf Championship:
May 2nd - 124th Kentucky Derby
May 6th - Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
May 16th - 124th Preakness
May 17th - 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Se Ri Pak
May 24th - Indianapolis 500 race
Jun 6th - 130th Belmont
Jun 6th - 68th French Womens Tennis:
Jun 7th - 68th French Mens Tennis:
Jun 14th - World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany
Jun 21st - 98th US Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF
Jul 5th - 53rd US Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI
Jul 7th - 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver
Jul 12th - 16th Seniors Players Golf Championship:
Jul 12th - Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic
Jul 19th - 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale
Jul 19th - JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
Jul 26th - 19th US Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif
Aug 2nd - 26th du Maurier Golf Classic
Aug 2nd - 30th Curtis Cup: US wins 10-8 at The Minikahda Club (Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)
Aug 16th - 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee CC, Seattle WA
Aug 16th - Weetabix Women's British Golf Open
Aug 30th - State Farm Rail Golf Classic
Sep 5th - Women's championship at US Tennis Open
Sep 6th - Men's championship at US Tennis Open
Sep 13th - 112th US Womens Tennis
Sep 13th - 118th US Mens Tennis
Sep 13th - SAFECO Golf Classic
Sep 20th - Solheim Cup
Sep 27th - Core States Betsy King Golf Classic
Oct 14th - NY Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak
Oct 14th - Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Oct 18th - Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
Nov 1st - Nichirei Golf International
Nov 8th - Japan Golf Classic
Nov 12th - NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
Dec 6th - JC Penney Golf Classic
Dec 20th - Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 30 of 30

Jan 1st - Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92
Feb 18th - Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77
Feb 18th - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
Mar 6th - Frank Barrett, American baseball player (b. 1913)
Mar 8th - Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
Mar 31st - Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924)
Apr 22nd - Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
Apr 28th - Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
Apr 29th - Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
May 2nd - Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
May 15th - Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
May 31st - Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (b. 1912)
Jun 10th - Jim Hearn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
Jun 21st - Al Campanis, American baseball executive (b. 1916)
Jul 5th - Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
Jul 19th - Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
Sep 1st - Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
Sep 2nd - Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)
Sep 13th - Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
Sep 27th - Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
Sep 27th - Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
Sep 30th - Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953)
Oct 2nd - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
Oct 6th - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
Oct 31st - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
Nov 6th - Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
Nov 11th - Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player (b. 1913)
Nov 13th - Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
Nov 15th - Ludvik Danek, Czechoslovak discus thrower (b. 1937)
Boxing Champ Archie Moore (Dec 9th) Dec 9th - Archie Moore, American boxer, dies at 81