Events in Sports History in February 1989

  • Feb 3 Baseball's National League announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will its 1st African American President
  • Feb 4 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 216 v WI at the Adelaide Oval
  • Feb 5 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points

40th NHL All-Star Game

Feb 7 40th NHL All-Star Game, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 9-5; MVP: Wayne Gretzky, LA Kings, C

Borg's Suicide Attempt

Feb 7 Tennis superstar Björn Borg apparently attempts suicide in Milan

  • Feb 8 American jockey Chris Antley begins record 64-day consecutive winning streak; ends 1 May and includes 147 winners from 486 mounts
  • Feb 9 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games

NBA Hall of Fame

Feb 10 Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame

  • Feb 10 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
  • Feb 10 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
  • Feb 10 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court

NBA All-Star Game

Feb 12 39th NBA All-Star Game, Astrodome, Houston, Texas West beats East, 143-134; MVP: Karl Malone, Utah Jazz, forward

  • Feb 12 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Larry Mowry wins only career major title; beats Miller Barber & Al Geiberger by 1 stroke
  • Feb 12 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
  • Feb 12 Wayne Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season
  • Feb 13 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison

Contract of Interest

Feb 16 Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser signs $7.9M-3 year contract

Contract of Interest

Feb 16 Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens signs $7.5M-3 year contract

Sports History

Feb 17 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash

Daytona 500

Feb 19 31st Daytona 500: Darrell Waltrip wins when Hendrick Racing team decides to use fuel strategy, being the only car not to pit in the closing laps

Meeting of Interest

Feb 21 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling

  • Feb 24 Harold E Ballard sells CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats to David Braley

Sports History

Feb 24 Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Durán wins 4th world title in different weight divisions when he beats Iran Barkley in a 12 round split decision in Atlantic City; 37-year-old Durán wins WBC middleweight title

Boxing Title Fight

Feb 25 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

Contract of Interest

Feb 26 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of-contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs

Sports History

Feb 26 NFL Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career

Sports History

Feb 26 NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster

  • Feb 28 10-time All Star second baseman and manager Red Schoendienst and umpire Al Barlick are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame