Events in Sport for Year 1989

Months in Year 1989: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 2nd - Notre Dame beats West Virginia for College Football championship
Jan 5th - Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990
Jan 7th - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11)
Jan 7th - Cleve Cavs block 21 NY Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
Jan 9th - Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 11th - Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
Jan 15th - Betsy King wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
Jan 17th - Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
Jan 17th - Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
Jan 18th - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
Jan 20th - Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
Jan 21st - A woman is assaulted & raped in room of an Oklahoma football player
Jan 21st - Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
Jan 22nd - Superbowl XXIII: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 20-16 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Jerry Rice, San Francisco, WR
Jan 23rd - NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
Jan 25th - Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
Jan 27th - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
Jan 28th - 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64)
Jan 29th - 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62)
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jan 29th - Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Jan 29th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3
Jan 29th - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use NY Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
Jan 30th - Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
Feb 3rd - Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
Feb 3rd - Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out
Feb 5th - Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
Feb 7th - 40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
Feb 7th - Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
Feb 8th - Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
Feb 9th - Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
Feb 10th - Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
Feb 10th - Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
Feb 10th - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
Feb 10th - To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
Feb 12th - 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
Feb 12th - 50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry
Feb 12th - Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season
Feb 12th - Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
Feb 13th - Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
Feb 16th - Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
Feb 17th - Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
Feb 18th - Sherri Turner wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open/Itoki Pro-Am
Feb 21st - Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
Feb 24th - Harold E Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley
Feb 25th - Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career
Feb 25th - Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Feb 25th - Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Feb 26th - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
Feb 26th - NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
Feb 26th - California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
Feb 28th - Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
Mar 2nd - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game
Mar 2nd - NY Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
Mar 4th - Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
Mar 5th - Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266
Mar 8th - Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m Hurdles (7.37 secs)
Mar 9th - Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m Hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
Mar 15th - NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
Mar 18th - Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
Mar 19th - Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson
Mar 20th - Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry Mar 22nd - Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
Mar 22nd - Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
Mar 26th - Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
Mar 27th - Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
Mar 28th - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
Mar 29th - 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
Apr 1st - 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
Apr 1st - A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
Apr 2nd - 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
Apr 2nd - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
Apr 3rd - 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
Apr 4th - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
Apr 4th - NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
Apr 7th - NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules
Apr 9th - 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
Apr 9th - Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
Apr 9th - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 9th - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
Apr 9th - Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
Apr 10th - 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 11th - 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
Apr 15th - 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
Apr 15th - Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
Apr 16th - 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins
Apr 16th - Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
Apr 16th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
Apr 16th - Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
Apr 17th - 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
Apr 19th - Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
Apr 21st - George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
Apr 23rd - Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
Apr 23rd - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
Apr 23rd - Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning
Apr 25th - Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
Apr 25th - Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
Apr 26th - Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
Apr 30th - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
Apr 30th - US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
May 1st - Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
May 5th - Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
May 6th - 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
May 7th - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
May 9th - NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
May 9th - NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
May 13th - Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
May 13th - Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
May 14th - 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
May 14th - 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
May 14th - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
May 15th - Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
May 15th - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
May 17th - Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
May 20th - 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8
May 21st - 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
May 24th - NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
May 24th - NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
May 25th - Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
May 28th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 28th - Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
May 29th - Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires
Jun 1st - Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ
Jun 3rd - Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
Jun 3rd - Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
Jun 4th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 4th - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
Jun 5th - Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
Jun 5th - Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
Jun 6th - Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
Jun 7th - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
Jun 7th - Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
Jun 7th - 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
Jun 8th - Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Phila if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broa
Jun 9th - Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals
Jun 10th - 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26
Jun 10th - 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
Jun 11th - 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62)
Jun 11th - 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody
Jun 11th - Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International
Jun 13th - 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games
Jun 14th - Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
Jun 15th - Balt Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
Jun 16th - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US Open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
Jun 17th - US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
Jun 18th - 89th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC NY
Jun 18th - Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 21st - Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
Jun 25th - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Jul 1st - NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
Jul 1st - Yanks beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play