Events in Sports History in February 1990

Strawberry to Rehab

Feb 3 Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation

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

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

Feb 6 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby Hull) to also score 50 goals

Feb 11 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, FL: East beats West, 130-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F

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

Feb 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

Feb 13 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games

Feb 18 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins after Dale Earnhardt shreds right rear tyre on last lap