Events in Sports History in January 1988

Boitano US Champion

Jan 9 US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano

Jan 11 USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics

Baseball Hall of Fame

Jan 12 Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder/first baseman Willie Stargell elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Garvey Retires

Jan 13 MLB Los Angeles Dodger/San Diego Padre Steve Garvey retires

Jan 15 19-year-old Indian cricket leg-spinner Narenda Hirwani records best bowling figures on debut in Test history; captures 16-136 in 255 run 4th Test win v West Indies in Madras; Hirwani takes 8 wickets in each innings
Jan 15 Indian cricket wicketkeeper Kiran More stumps 5 West Indian batsman in 4th Test at Madras; world Test record
Jan 15 NFL analyst Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes several questionable comments about African Americans during a lunchtime interview on CBS' NFL Today; fired the next day
Jan 16 NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix

"The Fumble" as Broncos Beat Browns

Jan 17 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns, 38-33; features infamous "The Fumble", Browns' Earnest Byner at Denver 3-yard line with 1:12 remaining

Jan 17 NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings, 17-10

Lara 1st Class Debut

Jan 22 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is

Cronje 1st Class Debut

Jan 22 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal

Tyson vs. Holmes

Jan 22 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats former titleholder Larry Holmes by TKO in round 4 at Convention Centre, Atlantic City to retain his undisputed heavyweight boxing title

Graf Defeats Lloyd

Jan 23 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf of Germany wins 1st of 3 consecutive Australian singles crowns; beats American Chris Evert 6-1, 7-6

Jan 24 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup

Wilander Defeats Cash

Jan 24 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander wins 3rd Australian title; beats home town favourite Pat Cash 6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-1, 8-6

Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major Champion Mats Wilander

Tennis Player and Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash

Jan 25 Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
Jan 28 Denver Nuggets point guard Michael Adams takes record streak to 79 consecutive games with at least one 3-point field goal in 117-102 loss against Indiana at Market Square Arena; streak ends next game

Dionne Sets Record

Jan 28 New York Rangers' Marcel Dionne scores a 2nd period power play goal in 5-2 win in Philadelphia; becomes 1st first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 17 seasons

Jan 29 Detroit Pistons draw a then record NBA regular season crowd of 61,983 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome for a 125-108 win over the Boston Celtics
Jan 30 Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
Jan 31 Super Bowl XXII, Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA: Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10; MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB