Events in Sport for Year 1987

Months in Year 1987: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 2nd - Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for College Football champ
Jan 7th - Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest
Jan 8th - Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Jan 11th - Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
Jan 14th - Catfish Hunter & Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 22nd - Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
Jan 24th - 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76)
Jan 25th - 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63)
Jan 25th - Superbowl XXI: NY Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Phil Simms, NY Giants, QB
Jan 28th - Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
Jan 29th - Lisa files for separation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry
Feb 1st - 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
Feb 1st - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
Feb 1st - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6
Feb 2nd - KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
Feb 3rd - SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
Feb 4th - Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
Feb 4th - Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
Feb 7th - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry Feb 8th - 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
Feb 8th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
Feb 11th - England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
Feb 14th - 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
Feb 21st - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 23rd - Dick Howser retires from managing KC Royals, due to brain tumor
Feb 24th - LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
Feb 25th - LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
Feb 25th - Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game
Feb 26th - NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
Feb 26th - Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
Feb 27th - Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
Feb 27th - NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption
Mar 1st - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 7th - Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Mar 7th - Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Mar 8th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic
Mar 11th - Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
Mar 12th - David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
Mar 14th - NY Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl
Mar 15th - Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner
Mar 15th - NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
Mar 15th - US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
Mar 21st - PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (Ÿ17 million)
Mar 22nd - Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open
Mar 24th - WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
Mar 29th - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
Mar 29th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
Mar 30th - Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million)
Mar 31st - 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan Apr 3rd - Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega
Apr 3rd - Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to A's for 3 minor leaguers
Apr 5th - 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
Apr 5th - Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
Apr 6th - Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
Apr 9th - For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
Apr 11th - Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals
Apr 11th - Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39)
Apr 12th - 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
Apr 12th - Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
Apr 12th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 13th - 1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason
Apr 16th - Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
Apr 17th - Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
Apr 18th - Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky Apr 19th - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
Apr 19th - Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
Apr 19th - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open
Apr 19th - LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
Apr 20th - 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50
Apr 21st - Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
Apr 21st - Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
Apr 21st - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
Apr 23rd - NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
Apr 28th - NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 & Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla in 1989
Apr 29th - Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
Apr 30th - Lou Lamoriello is named NJ Devils President
Apr 30th - NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
May 1st - 46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
May 2nd - 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
May 3rd - Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
May 5th - Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
May 9th - Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
May 10th - Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
May 15th - Record Archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
May 16th - 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8
May 17th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
May 20th - Gutenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee
May 20th - Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"
May 24th - 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes
May 24th - Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
May 29th - Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
May 30th - Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
May 30th - Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
May 31st - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 31st - Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska
May 31st - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 3
Jun 3rd - Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
Jun 6th - 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jun 6th - 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86)
Jun 6th - NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
Jun 7th - 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76)
Jun 7th - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Jun 13th - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
Jun 14th - 41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
Jun 14th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Jun 15th - Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title
Jun 21st - 87th US Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF
Jun 21st - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 21st - Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
Jun 22nd - Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
Jun 24th - CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold
Jun 24th - Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak
Jun 26th - Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
Jun 28th - Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 30th - Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in High Jump
Jul 1st - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
Jul 3rd - NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
Jul 4th - 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63)
Jul 4th - Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
Jul 5th - 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75)
Jul 5th - A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break
Jul 5th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
Jul 11th - Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
Jul 12th - 15th du Maurier Golf Classic: Jody Rosenthal
Jul 12th - 8th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
Jul 12th - Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
Jul 14th - 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
Jul 14th - All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)
Jul 14th - Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson
Jul 16th - Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
Jul 19th - 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane
Jul 19th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
Jul 23rd - Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
Jul 23rd - Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
Jul 26th - Catfish Hunter Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
Jul 26th - Stephen Roche wins Tour de France
Jul 28th - 42nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies
Jul 28th - Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
Jul 31st - Eddie Murray hits his 300th HR
Jul 31st - Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th & 300th career home runs
Aug 1st - Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
Aug 2nd - 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1)
Aug 2nd - Chris Johnson wins Columbia Savings LPGA National Golf Pro-Am
Aug 2nd - Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game
Aug 2nd - Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)
Aug 3rd - Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
Aug 8th - Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
Aug 9th - 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA Natl Palm Beach
Aug 9th - LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)
Aug 9th - Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic