Events in Sport for Year 1990

Months in Year 1990: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 1st - Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV
Jan 5th - J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
Jan 9th - NBA-teams/boston-celtics">Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
Jan 9th - Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 10th - NCAA approves random drug testing for college Football Players
Jan 11th - Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
Jan 11th - Pat Lafontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
Jan 15th - 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds
Jan 15th - Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent
Jan 15th - NY Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106
Jan 21st - 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh
Jan 21st - Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association exec director
Jan 21st - John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open
Jan 21st - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
Jan 22nd - Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants
Jan 26th - Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
Jan 27th - 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64)
Jan 28th - 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret)
Jan 28th - Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Jan 31st - 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing
Feb 3rd - Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
Feb 3rd - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
Feb 4th - Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m Hurdles indoor (7.69)
Feb 4th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21
Feb 4th - Pat Bradley wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Feb 4th - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
Feb 4th - St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
Feb 6th - Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
Feb 6th - Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
Feb 11th - 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
Feb 11th - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to win heavyweight boxing crown
Feb 13th - Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
Feb 15th - Baseball owners lock out players
Feb 18th - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
NBA Legend Larry Bird Feb 22nd - 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
Feb 24th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiia Ladies Golf Open
Feb 25th - Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
Mar 4th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 11th - Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
Mar 18th - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
Mar 18th - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
Mar 19th - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
Mar 20th - LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
Mar 25th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
Mar 27th - NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
Mar 28th - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
Mar 28th - Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
Mar 30th - Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
Apr 1st - 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
Golfer Jack Nicklaus Apr 1st - 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins
Apr 1st - 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
Apr 1st - CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
Apr 1st - Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
Apr 2nd - 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
Apr 5th - John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row
Apr 5th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
Apr 7th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
Apr 8th - 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
Apr 8th - Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Apr 9th - NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
Apr 10th - Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
Apr 11th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
Apr 12th - Greyhound Bus hires new Drivers to replace strikers
Apr 13th - 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
Apr 13th - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
Apr 16th - 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19
Apr 18th - Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
Apr 19th - Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
Apr 20th - Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
Apr 21st - National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
Apr 23rd - 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 26th - NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
Apr 26th - Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters
Apr 28th - NBA-teams/boston-celtics">Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
Apr 30th - As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score
May 5th - 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02
May 6th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 11th - NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
May 13th - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
May 14th - 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
May 15th - Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
May 16th - Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino
May 18th - Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
May 19th - 116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
May 20th - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International
May 22nd - Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times
May 23rd - NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
May 24th - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
May 24th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
May 26th - Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
May 27th - 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
May 27th - Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
May 27th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 29th - NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
May 29th - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
Jun 1st - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
Jun 3rd - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 4th - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
Jun 6th - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
Jun 9th - 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
Jun 9th - 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
Jun 9th - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
Jun 9th - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
Jun 9th - Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open tennis title
Jun 10th - 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
Jun 10th - 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
Jun 10th - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
Jun 10th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Jun 11th - Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
Jun 12th - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
Jun 12th - NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
Jun 12th - Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
Jun 12th - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
Jun 12th - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
Jun 14th - 44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1
Jun 14th - Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional
Jun 17th - 90th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il
Jun 17th - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
Jun 18th - 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
Jun 18th - 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
Jun 21st - At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
Jun 22nd - Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
Jun 22nd - Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
Jun 24th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 29th - NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak
Jun 29th - 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
Jul 1st - 11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino
Jul 1st - 18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston
Jul 1st - Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0
Jul 1st - Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht
Jul 1st - FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells
Jul 1st - NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0
Jul 4th - Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing
Jul 5th - Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals
Jul 6th - After pitching a no-hitter lose, NY Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game & loses 2-0
Jul 7th - 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Z Garrison (64 61)
Jul 7th - NJ Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov
Jul 7th - Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
Jul 8th - Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
Jul 8th - Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
Jul 8th - Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
Jul 8th - Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
Jul 8th - Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
Jul 9th - 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64)
Jul 9th - Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts
Jul 10th - 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
Jul 10th - All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)
Jul 10th - Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee
Jul 12th - 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 15th - 45th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King