Events in Sports History in February 1985

Feb 1 Patient innings from Dilip Vengsarkar (137) and Mohammad Azharuddin (122) set India up for 5th cricket Test draw vs England in Kanpur; Azharuddin, 3 centuries in 1st 3 Tests

Boitano US Champion

Feb 2 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano

Feb 7 NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
Feb 8 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
Feb 8 Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5½" basketball shot
Feb 8 Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)
Feb 10 35th NBA All-Star Game, Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis: West beats East, 140-129; MVP: Ralph Sampson, Houston Rockets, C
Feb 11 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins

Cricket History

Feb 11 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins

NHL All-Star Game

Feb 12 37th NHL All-Star Game, Olympic Saddledome, Calgary: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 6-4; MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C

Feb 12 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup (Australian Tri-Series)

Chess Controversy

Feb 15 World chess championship match abandoned with Anatoly Karpov 25 leading Garry Kasparov 23

Chess Grandmaster and Political Activist Garry Kasparov

Feb 16 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit

Sports History

Feb 16 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray Mancini to win WBA lightweight championship, in Buffalo, New York

Feb 16 NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds

Daytona 500

Feb 17 27th Daytona 500: After taking pole at then-record speed of 205.114 mph Bill Elliott dominates race leading 136 of 200 laps

Feb 17 Dutch speed skater Hein Vergeer becomes World Allround champion

Sports History

Feb 17 Panamanian jockey Laffit Pincay Jr is third to ride 6,000 winners; wins aboard Doria's Delight in the 5th race at Santa Anita Park

Feb 20 After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
Feb 21 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)