Events in Sports History in February 1988

Boon's 184 Not Out

Feb 2 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney

38th NBA All-Star Game

Feb 7 38th NBA All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium: East beats West, 138-133; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F

Feb 7 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 15-6; MVP: Bruce Smith, Buffalo Bills, DE

39th NHL All-Star Game

Feb 9 39th NHL All-Star Game, St. Louis Arena: Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference, 6-5 (OT); MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C

Feb 9 NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
Feb 13 Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
Feb 13 XV Winter Olympic Games open in Calgary, Canada

Feb 14 30th Daytona 500: Bobby Allison beats his son, Davey, to the finish line; remembered for Richard Petty's rollover crash in the tri-oval on lap 106, rolls over 8 times and hit by Brett Bodine; walks away unhurt

Senior PGA Championship

Feb 14 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his second of 3 event titles by 3 strokes from Chi-Chi Rodríguez

Olympic Gold

Feb 20 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating

Feb 20 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
Feb 20 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)

Skating Word Record

Feb 22 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)

Feb 23 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games

Sports History

Feb 23 Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94)

Olympic Gold

Feb 24 Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykanen wins his 3rd gold medal of the Calgary Winter Olympics as part of the winning large hill team; normal and large hill individual champion

Feb 27 Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
Feb 27 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
Feb 28 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
Feb 28 XV Winter Olympic Games close in Calgary, Canada
Feb 28 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
Feb 29 New Zealand cricket batsman Mark Greatbatch scores an unbeaten 107 on debut to rescue a draw in 2nd Test v England at Eden Park, Auckland