Events in Sport for Year 1988

Months in Year 1988: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 1st - Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
Jan 1st - Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
Jan 8th - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
Jan 11th - USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
Jan 12th - Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 16th - NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
Jan 22nd - 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
Jan 22nd - 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
Jan 22nd - Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
Jan 23rd - 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)
Jan 24th - 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
Jan 24th - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup
Jan 25th - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
Jan 29th - Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
Jan 29th - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
Jan 31st - Superbowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Superbowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB
Feb 2nd - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
Feb 7th - 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
Feb 7th - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Feb 7th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
Feb 9th - 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis
Feb 9th - NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
Feb 13th - 15th Winter Olympic games opens at Calgary, Canada
Feb 13th - Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
Feb 14th - 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
Feb 14th - Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500
Feb 14th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
Feb 20th - Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in Figure Skating
Feb 20th - Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
Feb 20th - Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
Feb 23rd - Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games
Feb 24th - Matti Nykanen becomes Winter Olympics 1st triple gold medalist
Feb 27th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 27th - Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
Feb 27th - Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
Feb 28th - 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
Feb 28th - Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
Feb 29th - Mark Greatbatch scores 107* v England on Test Cricket debut
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky Mar 1st - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
Mar 6th - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
Mar 6th - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
Mar 6th - Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament
Mar 10th - NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
Mar 15th - NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
Mar 17th - Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
Mar 20th - Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open
Mar 20th - Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
Mar 22nd - WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
Mar 25th - Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
Mar 27th - Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament
Mar 31st - NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
Apr 2nd - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
Apr 2nd - Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown
Apr 3rd - 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
Apr 3rd - 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Louisiana Tec beat Auburn 56-54
Apr 3rd - Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak
Apr 3rd - NJ Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time
Apr 4th - 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
Apr 4th - Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to cover the quarter mile in under 5 seconds
Apr 6th - NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
Apr 10th - 52nd Golf Masters Championship: Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
Apr 10th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 12th - Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
Apr 17th - Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
Apr 17th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
Apr 18th - 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43
Apr 20th - Balt Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
Apr 20th - NJ Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten
Apr 21st - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
Apr 22nd - Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
Apr 22nd - NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom sets NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
Apr 24th - Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
Apr 26th - NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
Apr 26th - NY Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
Apr 28th - Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
Apr 28th - NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
Apr 29th - Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses
Apr 30th - Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
Apr 30th - NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
May 1st - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 2nd - Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park
May 2nd - Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
May 6th - Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended
May 7th - 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2
May 8th - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
May 8th - Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
May 8th - Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
Racing Car Driver Mario Andretti May 11th - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
May 14th - 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he & St Louis Cards lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn
May 14th - Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
May 15th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
May 18th - Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen
May 19th - Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1
May 20th - Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
May 21st - 114th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2
May 22nd - 34th LPGA Championship won by Sherri Turner
May 24th - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
May 26th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
May 29th - Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
May 29th - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
Jun 3rd - Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
Jun 4th - 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60)
Jun 4th - Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
Jun 5th - 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61)
Jun 5th - Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
Jun 9th - "Bloodsport (1987)," premieres in Germany
Jun 10th - Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
Jun 11th - 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
Jun 11th - 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7
Jun 11th - Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8½")
Jun 12th - 6th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Billy Casper
Jun 12th - Mei-Chi Cheng wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 13th - 45th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow
Jun 13th - Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
Jun 16th - Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
Jun 16th - In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
Jun 17th - Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
Jun 19th - 88th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass
Jun 19th - Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 19th - 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 mins
Jun 20th - NYC WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of NJ Devils
Jun 20th - WABC officially becomes the NJ Devils new home radio
Jun 21st - 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
Jun 23rd - Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft
Jun 24th - Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak
Jun 25th - Cal Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
Jun 25th - Neth soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against USSR)
Jun 26th - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Jun 27th - Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
Jun 27th - Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning
Jun 28th - Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
Jun 30th - Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla
Jul 2nd - 95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61)
Jul 3rd - 16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little
Jul 4th - 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62)
Jul 6th - Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery
Jul 9th - Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
Jul 10th - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Jul 11th - Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
Jul 12th - 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
Jul 12th - Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her
Jul 13th - 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Jul 13th - Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
Jul 14th - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
Jul 16th - Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton
Jul 17th - 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham
Jul 17th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
Jul 24th - 43rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Liselotte Neumann
Jul 24th - US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
Jul 25th - Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France