Events in Sports History in February 1996

NFL Pro Bowl

Feb 4 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 20-13; MVP: Jerry Rice, SF 49ers, WR, HI

Cleveland To Lose Browns Name

Feb 8 NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind

Deep Blue Beats Kasparov

Feb 10 IBM chess-playing computer Deep Blue becomes the first computer to win a game of chess against a reigning (human) chess champion, Garry Kasparov

NBA All-Star Game

Feb 11 46th NBA All-Star Game, Alamodome, San Antonio, TX: East beats West, 129-118; MVP: Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F

ESPY Awards

Feb 12 4th ESPY Awards: Cal Ripken, Rebecca Lobo win

Sports History

Feb 15 American boxer Tommy Morrison announces he has contracted HIV, a diagnosis he later claimed to be false

NFL Record

Feb 15 NFL coaching maestro Bill Belichick is fired by Cleveland, finishing his Browns coaching career with a record of 36-44

  • Feb 17 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
  • Feb 17 Garry Kasparov defeats chess-playing computer Deep Blue 4-2

Daytona 500

Feb 18 38th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett wins his 2nd Great American race ahead of Dale Earnhardt and Ken Schrader

Cricket World Cup

Feb 18 First ODI for Kenya national cricket team in Cricket World Cup v India: Sachin Tendulkar scores 127*

  • Feb 29 Chasing Kenya's 166, the West Indies are dismissed for a dismal 93 in Cricket World Cup at Pune, India; spinner Maurice Odumbe takes 3/15 and fast bowler Rajab Ali 3/17 for Kenya