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Events in Sport

Results 1 - 11 of 11

Feb 6th - Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles
Feb 16th - 2004-05 NHL season is canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute
Apr 2nd - James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motor sports event.
Jun 14th - Asafa Powell of Jamaica sets a new Men's 100 meters world record of 9.77 at the Athens Olympic Stadium
Jun 23rd - San Antonio Spurs beat Detroit Pistons 4-3 in NBA finals MVP: Tim Duncan (his third), San Antonio
Jul 17th - Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once
Jul 24th - Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive Tour de France victory
Sep 27th - Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title thanks to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets
Sep 29th - Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place on every day of the season
Oct 2nd - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
Oct 26th - Chicago White Sox defeat Houston Astros 4-0 in baseball's World Series championship, MVP: Jermaine Dye, Chicago

Deaths in Sport

Results 1 - 79 of 79

Jan 4th - Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
Jan 10th - Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
Jan 11th - Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
Jan 22nd - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
Jan 24th - Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929)
Feb 2nd - Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
Feb 7th - Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
Feb 13th - Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
Feb 13th - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
Feb 14th - Najai Turpin, American boxer
Feb 17th - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
Mar 2nd - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
Mar 6th - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (b. 1920)
Mar 9th - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)
Mar 16th - Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
Mar 16th - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
Mar 26th - Marius Russo, American baseball player (b. 1914)
Mar 27th - Bob Casey, American baseball announcer (b. 1925)
Apr 1st - Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
Apr 3rd - Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
Apr 7th - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
Apr 7th - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
Apr 8th - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. 1926)
Apr 10th - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
Apr 11th - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
Apr 13th - Don Blasingame, American baseball player (b. 1932)
Apr 18th - Sam Mills, American football player (b. 1959)
Apr 20th - Zygfryd Blaut, Polish football player (b. 1943)
Apr 21st - Gerry Marshall, British racing driver (b. 1941)
Apr 23rd - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
Apr 28th - Chris Candido, American wrestler (b. 1972)
May 7th - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
May 7th - Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
May 8th - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
May 26th - Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
May 30th - Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
Jun 1st - George Mikan, American basketball player (b. 1924)
Jun 2nd - Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official (b. 1930)
Jun 12th - Scott Young, Canadian sportswriter, novelist, and journalist (b. 1918)
Jun 18th - Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
Jul 4th - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
Jul 9th - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
Jul 9th - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
Jul 11th - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine professional racing driver (b. 1922)
Jul 18th - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
Jul 26th - Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
Jul 30th - Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
Aug 5th - Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936)
Aug 5th - Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
Aug 8th - Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925)
Aug 14th - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
Aug 18th - Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (b. 1982)
Aug 20th - Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
Aug 27th - Seán Purcell, Gaelic footballer (b. 1929)
Sep 8th - Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
Sep 11th - Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
Sep 13th - Toni Fritsch, Austrian football and American football player (b. 1945)
Sep 18th - Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
Sep 25th - George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
Oct 15th - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)
Oct 18th - Bill King, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
Oct 18th - Johnny Haynes, English footballer (b. 1934)
Oct 28th - Bob Broeg, American sports writer (b. 1918)
Oct 28th - Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
Oct 30th - Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
Nov 2nd - Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach.
Nov 16th - Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
Nov 22nd - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
Nov 23rd - Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
Nov 25th - George Best, former footballer dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures (Manchester United, Northern Ireland)
Nov 29th - David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
Dec 3rd - Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
Dec 6th - Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
Dec 7th - Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
Dec 15th - Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)
Dec 15th - Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
Dec 21st - Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
Dec 23rd - Norman D. Vaughan, American polar explorer and dogsled driver (b. 1905)
Dec 23rd - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1914)