Events in Sport for Year 1991

Months in Year 1991: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 3rd - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against NY Islanders
Jan 5th - Kevin Bradshaw of US Intl scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts
Jan 9th - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
Jan 9th - Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
Jan 11th - Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
Jan 12th - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
Jan 13th - 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa
Jan 13th - Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open
Jan 13th - Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die
Jan 15th - Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
Jan 18th - WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights
Jan 18th - Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 mins
Jan 19th - 42nd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 11-5 at Chicago
Jan 20th - Buffalo Bills beat LA Raiders 51-3 for AFC title
Jan 20th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
Jan 20th - Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives NY Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs SF 49ers, for NFC title
Jan 25th - Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49)
Jan 25th - Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide
Jan 26th - 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61)
Jan 26th - Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter
Jan 26th - Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
Jan 27th - 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64)
Jan 27th - Superbowl XXV: NY Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Ottis Anderson, NY Giants, RB
Jan 31st - Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBAer to get a triple-double
Feb 3rd - Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
Feb 3rd - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21
Feb 4th - Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
Feb 5th - LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points
Radio shock jock Howard Stern Feb 5th - Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
Feb 7th - Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
Feb 8th - Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
Feb 10th - 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
Feb 10th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
Feb 10th - NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
Feb 12th - North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
Feb 14th - NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration
Feb 15th - Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
Feb 18th - Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0
Feb 22nd - Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton
Feb 23rd - NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
Feb 23rd - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
Feb 24th - End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
Feb 25th - Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)
Feb 25th - Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky & John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
Feb 26th - Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
Feb 26th - Bill Veeck & Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Feb 26th - NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
Feb 28th - Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
Mar 2nd - Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Mar 2nd - NC State Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAAer to get 1,000 assists
Mar 3rd - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston
Mar 5th - Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
Mar 9th - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Mar 10th - Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
Mar 10th - Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
Mar 11th - John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award
Tennis Player Steffi Graf Mar 11th - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1
Mar 15th - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record 6.14m (20 feet 1 3/4)
Mar 16th - NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
Mar 17th - Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
Mar 18th - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
Mar 18th - Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
Mar 18th - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
Mar 19th - KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers
Mar 19th - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses
Mar 19th - St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
Mar 19th - NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day
Mar 23rd - Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)
Mar 23rd - 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
Mar 24th - Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game
Mar 24th - Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Mar 24th - NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
Mar 26th - Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34
Mar 26th - Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final
Mar 27th - NCAA bans U of Minn football team from postseason play in 1992
Mar 27th - Scotty Bowman & Neil Armstrong elected to NHL Hall of Fame
Mar 28th - Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
Mar 30th - 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
Mar 30th - Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title
Mar 31st - 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
Mar 31st - 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
Mar 31st - St Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal
Apr 1st - 53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
Apr 1st - Dwight Gooden signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets
Apr 3rd - 12th Emmy Sports Award presentation
Apr 3rd - Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox
Apr 5th - Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Soccer Legend Diego Maradona Apr 6th - Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
Apr 7th - 3rd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
Apr 7th - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
Apr 8th - Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
Apr 8th - Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
Apr 10th - LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
Apr 14th - 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277
Apr 14th - Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
Apr 15th - 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06
Apr 15th - Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898
Apr 15th - Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road
Apr 16th - St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
Apr 18th - John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
Apr 19th - Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title
Apr 20th - Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101.85)
Champion Boxer Evander Holyfield Apr 21st - 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
Apr 21st - Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
Apr 21st - Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
Apr 22nd - Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park
Apr 23rd - Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off
Apr 23rd - Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home
Apr 25th - Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
Apr 26th - Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics
May 1st - A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks
May 1st - Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
May 1st - Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings
May 1st - Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
May 1st - Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)
May 4th - 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03
May 4th - NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
May 5th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 6th - Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
May 6th - Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9"
May 7th - Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
May 12th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
May 15th - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
May 15th - Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
May 18th - 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54
May 19th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
May 19th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
May 19th - Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan May 20th - Chic Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP
May 22nd - Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome
May 22nd - NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
May 23rd - Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0
May 23rd - San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship
May 25th - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minn North Star, 4 games to 2
May 26th - Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
Jun 2nd - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
Jun 2nd - Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
Jun 3rd - NY Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft
Jun 3rd - Thomas Hearns captures WBA light-heavyweight title
Jun 6th - Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, v West Indies at Headingley
Jun 8th - 123rd Belmont: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 2:28
Jun 8th - 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64)
Jun 8th - College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
Jun 8th - Former NY Jet Mark Gastineau wins 1st pro boxing fight in 12 seconds
Jun 9th - 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64)
Jun 9th - 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus
Jun 9th - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
Jun 9th - WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
Jun 12th - 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
Jun 13th - NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)