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
- 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
- Feb 25 Javed Miandad scores 271 v NZ at Eden Park
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