- Mar 1 Charlie Francis, coach of disqualified sprinter Ben Johnson tells federal inquiry into Canada's greatest sports scandal Johnson knowingly used steroids since 1981; Johnson first across line Olympic 100m 1988
Sports History
Mar 2 NY Mets stars Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry famously nearly come to blows in front of reporters and TV crews at spring training
Sports History
Mar 7 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Minnesota North Stars to the Washington Capitals
- Mar 8 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
- Mar 9 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
- Mar 12 10th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 88-79
- Mar 12 30th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Florida, 72-60
- Mar 12 36th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74
- Mar 15 NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
- Mar 18 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capital record of 7 pts in a game
- Mar 19 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USSR)
- Mar 19 Ice Pairs World Championship at Paris won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
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Mar 19 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
PGA Players Championship
Mar 19 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tom Kite wins the title in gusty conditions, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck
- Mar 19 Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
- Mar 22 Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
Sports History
Mar 22 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years