- Mar 1 Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes Women's Allround World Champion at West Allis, Wisconsin, US, winning her first of four titles
- Mar 1 Minnesota coach Charlie Burns becomes the final player/coach in NHL history, when he plays in the North Stars' 8-0 win over Toronto Maple Leafs; remains in role for final month of the season
- Mar 4 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
- Mar 4 NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
- Mar 7 17th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats South Carolina, 42-39 (2 OT)
- Mar 7 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
- Mar 7 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
- Mar 10 South Africa cricket team complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia in South Africa, in the country's last official international cricket test for 22 years
- Mar 17 Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
- Mar 18 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
- Mar 21 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville, 80-69; Bruins' 4th straight title under coach John Wooden
- Mar 21 Vinko Bogataj crashes during a ski-jumping championship in Germany; his image becomes that of the "agony of defeat guy" in the opening credits of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
- Mar 29 Manchester City of England win 10th European Cup Winner's Cup against Górnik Zabrze of Poland 2-1 in Vienna
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