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- Jan 1 19th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Florida State beats #6 Nebraska, 41-17
- Jan 1 56th Orange Bowl: #4 Notre Dame beats #1 Colorado, 21-6
- Jan 1 56th Sugar Bowl: #2 Miami beats #7 Alabama, 33-25
- Jan 1 76th Rose Bowl: #12 Southern California beats #3 Michigan, 17-10
Spain's First Win
Jan 1 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beats American Pam Shriver 6-3, 6-3 to clinch 2-1 win for Spain's first title
Palmer and Morgan Elected
Jan 9 Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Lafontaine's Sets Record
Jan 11 NHL New York Islander Pat Lafontaine sets team record by scoring goals in 11 straight games
Broncos Defeat Browns
Jan 14 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21
- Jan 14 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams, 30-3
Forman vs. Cooney
Jan 15 42-year-old former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman stops Gerry Cooney in 2 rounds in Atlantic City in a non-title bout; Cooney's last fight
- Jan 15 Golden State coach Don Nelson becomes 2nd man in NBA history to appear in 1,000 games both as a player and coach (joining Lenny Wilkens) as the Warriors lose to the Indiana Pacers, 144-105
- Jan 15 In a bizarre twist in the NHL, Washington Capitals fire coach Brian Murray, who had been head coach since 1981; replace him with his brother Terry, who had been coaching in the minors
- Jan 15 In a shrewd move, Detroit Tigers sign 1st baseman Cecil Fielder who spent previous season in Japan; hits 51 homers this MLB season and becomes a premier power hitter for most of the 1990s
- Jan 17 MLB pitcher Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oakland A's contract
- Jan 19 Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
41st NHL All-Star Game
Jan 21 41st NHL All-Star Game, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA: Wales beats Campbell, 12-7; MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C
- Jan 21 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
McEnroe Expelled
Jan 21 John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open
Akram Scores a Century
Jan 22 Wasim Akram scores test century (123) at Adelaide
- Jan 22 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
- Jan 23 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores twin test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval
- Jan 24 LAs' Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as the Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone
- Jan 26 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking African American female in a major-league front office)
Graf Beats Fernández
Jan 27 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats American Mary Joe Fernández 6-3, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown
Lendl's Last Grand Slam Title
Jan 28 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American-based Czech star Ivan Lendl of wins 8th and last career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6, 5-2; Edberg retires injured
Super Bowl XXIV
Jan 28 Super Bowl XXIV, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB
Gretzky's 100 Point Record
Jan 30 LA center Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record by scoring his 100th point of the season for the 11th straight season; milestone comes with an assist in a 5-2 Kings' win over visiting New Jersey Devils
- Jan 31 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing
Strawberry to Rehab
Feb 3 Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
Shoemaker Retires
Feb 3 Jockey Bill Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
- Feb 4 Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)
- Feb 4 Lyudmila Narozhilenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)
- Feb 4 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 27-21; MVP: Jerry Gray, LA Rams, DB
Hadlee's 400th Test Wicket
Feb 4 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
- Feb 4 St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
Hull Equals Father's 50 Goals
Feb 6 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby Hull) to also score 50 goals
- Feb 6 Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 11 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, FL: East beats West, 130-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 11 In a huge upset, James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
Feb 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Sports History
Feb 13 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
- Feb 15 Baseball owners lock out players
Daytona 500
Feb 18 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins after Dale Earnhardt shreds right rear tyre on last lap
- Feb 22 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
- Feb 25 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
- Mar 1 England cricket has its first win against West Indies in 16 years and 24 matches; 9 wicket victory in the 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Allan Lamb's first overseas century 132
- Mar 10 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (Soviet Union)
- Mar 10 Ice Pairs World Championship at Halifax won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
Sports History
Mar 10 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
- Mar 11 11th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 78-75
- Mar 11 31st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Ole Miss, 70-51
- Mar 11 37th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #14 Georgia Tech beats Virginia, 70-61
- Mar 17 Scotland beats England, 13-7 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh for it's 14th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 3rd Grand Slam title and 10th Triple Crown
- Mar 18 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
- Mar 18 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Jodie Mudd wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Calcavecchia; winner's cheque $270,000
- Mar 19 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
Sports History
Mar 20 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
NBA Record
Mar 28 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
Sports History
Mar 28 US President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal
Golf Tournament
Mar 30 Jack Nicklaus makes his debut on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain; wins the event by 4 strokes from Gary Player
- Apr 1 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn, 88-81; Cardinal point guard Jennifer Azzi MOP
Golf Major
Apr 1 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Betsy King wIns the 2nd of her 3 Dinah Shore events, 2 strokes ahead of Shirley Furlong and Kathy Postlewait
- Apr 1 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Jack Nicklaus wins his first start on the Senior PGA Tour by 4 strokes from Gary Player
- Apr 2 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke, 103-73; record largest margin of victory in a championship game; Runnin' Rebels' first title
NBA Record
Apr 5 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row
- Apr 5 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
- Apr 7 144th Grand National: Marcus Armytage aboard 16/1 bet Mr Frisk wins in race record 8m 47.8s; 2 equine fatalities during the race
- Apr 7 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
US Masters Golf
Apr 8 54th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Nick Faldo of England goes back-to-back with a par on the 2nd sudden-death playoff hole with Raymond Floyd
Contract of Interest
Apr 9 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract extension with New York Yankees
- Apr 9 NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
Cricket History
Apr 10 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
Senior PGA Championship
Apr 15 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his third event title by 2 strokes from Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Boston Marathon
Apr 16 94th Boston Marathon: Gelindo Bordin is first Italian event winner in race record 2:08:19; Portugal's Rosa Mota wins her 3rd woman's title in 2:25:24
- Apr 21 MLB Cincinnati Reds win, running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
- Apr 21 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
- Apr 22 NFL Draft: University of Illinois quarterback Jeff George first pick by Indianapolis Colts
- Apr 26 NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
Baseball Record
Apr 26 Texas Rangers Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 one-hitters in 1-0 win over Chicago White Sox at Arlington Stadium
Sports History
Apr 27 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
- Apr 27 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
- Apr 28 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
Sports History
Apr 29 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement
- Apr 30 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
- May 4 MLB Baltimore Orioles Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher record of 41 consecutive scoreless innings
- May 5 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
- May 9 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 0
- May 9 Sampdoria of Italy win 30th European Cup Winner's Cup against Anderlecht of Belgium 2-0 in Gothenburg
Baseball Trade
May 11 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
- May 12 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
Sports History
May 14 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
- May 15 Edmonton Oiler Petr Klima scores to defeat Boston Bruins in third overtime period, the longest Stanley Cup Finals game in history
Sports History
May 18 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
Stanley Cup
May 18 Edmonton right wing Jari Kurri sets record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game with 3 goals and 2 assists in 7-2 win at Boston Garden
Preakness Stakes
May 19 115th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
Baseball Record
May 22 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
Sports History
May 22 Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career
Sports History
May 26 Philadelphia Phillies retire future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
Baseball Record
May 29 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
- Jun 4 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
- Jun 6 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
- Jun 6 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
- Jun 9 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
Baseball Record
Jun 9 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 9 French Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-4
- Jun 10 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 10 French Open Men's Tennis: Andres Gomez of Ecuador wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats American Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Jun 10 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino
- Jun 11 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
- Jun 12 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite the Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
- Jun 12 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
Baseball Record
Jun 12 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
- Jun 12 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
Baseball Record
Jun 12 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
NBA Finals
Jun 14 NBA Finals: Defending champion Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers, 92-90 in Game 5 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Isiah Thomas
- Jun 16 NHL Draft: Cornwall Royals (OHL) right wing Owen Nolan first pick by Quebec Nordiques
US Golf Open
Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Hale Irwin wins his 3rd Open title; defeats Mike Donald at the 91st hole, the first in sudden-death, after tying the 18-hole Monday playoff
- Jun 18 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
Sports History
Jun 19 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al López's NL mark
- Jun 21 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
Music Concert
Jun 22 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium, New York City
- Jun 22 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
- Jun 22 MLB Atlanta Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
- Jun 27 NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets
- Jun 29 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
- Jun 29 NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game winning streak
Canadian Women's Open
Jul 1 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Westmount GC: Cathy Johnston wins by 2 strokes from Patty Sheehan for her only LPGA Tour win
- Jul 1 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Ridgewood CC: Lee Trevino wins by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his first Champions Tour major title
Sports History
Jul 5 Steffi Graf's record run of 13 consecutive tennis Grand Slam singles finals ends, beaten in Wimbledon semi-finals 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 by American Zina Garrison
- Jul 7 New Jersey Devils sign star Russian defensemen Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov to NHL contracts despite criticism they are taking North American jobs
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her record 9th Wimbledon singles title beating American Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1
- Jul 8 Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
- Jul 8 FIFA World Cup Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: 85th minute penalty by Andreas Brehme gives West Germany, 1-0 win over Argentina
- Jul 8 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 for his 2nd Wimbledon singles crown
- Jul 9 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
- Jul 10 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- Jul 10 All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
- Jul 10 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
- Jul 11 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
- Jul 12 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
- Jul 15 US Open Women's Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Defending champion Betsy King wins consecutive titles, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan, the leader after each of first 3 rounds
- Jul 17 Minnesota Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
- Jul 17 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
- Jul 19 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion
- Jul 19 Dave Righetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee
Tour de France
Jul 22 77th Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA
Golf Tournament
Jul 22 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson
- Jul 22 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart
- Jul 23 Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
Sports History
Jul 25 KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle
Sports History
Jul 25 Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres MLB game
- Jul 26 US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games
Sports History
Jul 27 Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's
- Jul 27 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
- Jul 29 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
- Jul 29 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats USSR in Atlanta Georgia (2-1)
- Jul 29 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game
- Jul 29 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Norcross, Georgia: US retains title with 2-1 victory over Soviet Union; Gigi Fernández & Zina Garrison-Jackson clinch final with 6-4, 6-3 win against Larisa Neiland & Natasha Zvereva
LPGA Championship
Jul 29 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Beth Daniel wins her only major title by 1 stroke from fellow American Rosie Jones
Sports History
Jul 30 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees
- Jul 30 Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333
- Jul 31 Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan records his 300th career victory, an 11-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; 20th MLB pitcher to reach the milestone
- Aug 2 Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas hits his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 at bats
- Aug 3 NY Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas sets a MLB record for hitting 10 home runs in the fewest at bats (72)
- Aug 6 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
- Aug 8 Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)
Baseball Record
Aug 8 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher
- Aug 8 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
PGA Championship
Aug 12 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shoal Creek: Wayne Grady of Australia wins his only major title by 3 strokes from American Fred Couples
- Aug 14 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
Baseball Record
Aug 15 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
- Aug 17 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
- Aug 17 Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
- Aug 19 Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat
- Aug 20 Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson