Events in Sports History in March 1994

Sports History

Mar 3 US Internal Revenue Service investigates baseball player Darryl Strawberry

  • Mar 6 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
  • Mar 13 15th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Providence beats Georgetown, 74-64
  • Mar 13 35th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Florida, 73-60
  • Mar 13 41st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats Virginia, 73-66
  • Mar 15 Experts from AL certify the Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field is properly lit

Sports History

Mar 16 American figure skater Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on former Olympic teammate Nancy Kerrigan

  • Mar 17 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark
  • Mar 19 England beats Wales, 15-8 at Twickenham, London but the Welsh take the Five Nations Rugby Championship as title decided by using points difference for the first time

Sports History

Mar 19 Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown

  • Mar 19 NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season

NHL Record

Mar 21 Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals

  • Mar 23 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)

Cricket History

Mar 23 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev

World Record

Mar 26 American Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) in Calgary, Alberta

  • Mar 27 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk & Platov (RUS)

Golf Major

Mar 27 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Donna Andrews wins her only major title by 1 over British runner-up Laura Davies; Andrews birdies final hole while Davies makes bogey.

PGA Players Championship

Mar 27 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Australian Greg Norman sets scoring record of 264 (−24) to finish 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller

Sports History

Mar 29 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys

Cricket History

Mar 29 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border

  • Mar 30 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
  • Mar 30 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain

Sports History

Mar 31 Chicago White Sox assigns former NBA superstar Michael Jordan to the Birmingham Barons of Class AA Southern League; returns to NBA after one season