Events in Sport
Boxing Title Fight
Mar 24 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Muhammad Ali
- Mar 26 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses
- Mar 29 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
- Mar 29 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
- Mar 30 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
- Mar 31 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 4 Kirsten Bolm, German hurdler
- Mar 4 Patrick Femerling, German-born professional basketball player
- Mar 4 Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
- Mar 4 Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
- Mar 5 Chris Silverwood, cricketer (England Test pace bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
- Mar 5 Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
- Mar 7 William Hampton, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
- Mar 8 Brett Conway, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
- Mar 8 Kenny Wheaton, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
- Mar 9 Adonal Foyle, Vincentian-American NBA center (SF Warriors), born in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Mar 9 Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse), born in Wijchen, Netherlands
- Mar 9 Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer, born in La Plata, Argentina
- Mar 10 Stefan Bergkvist, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
- Mar 10 Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional cyclist
- Mar 11 Cedric Henderson, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Mar 11 Shawn Springs, cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
- Mar 13 Landon Wilson, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Mar 14 Stephen Harper, British/English footballer
- Mar 15 Cornell Brown, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
- Mar 18 Claude N'Goran, Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
- Mar 18 Kimmo Timonen, hockey defenseman (Team Finland Olympic bronze 1998)
- Mar 18 Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
- Mar 18 Brian Griese, American football player
- Mar 19 Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
- Mar 21 Vitaly Potapenko, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Mar 21 Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player
- Mar 22 Chris Bayne, safety (Atlanta Falcons)
- Mar 22 Jiri Novak, Czechostovakia, tennis star
- Mar 23 Rita Grande, Napoli Italy, tennis star (3rd round 1996 Aust Open)
- Mar 23 Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
- Mar 24 Debbie Keller, Winfield Ill, soccer forward (Olympics 1996)
- Mar 24 Julia Bikbova, dance skater (& John Lee), born in Kiev, Ukraine
- Mar 24 Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- Mar 25 Miguel Mejia, San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
- Mar 27 B. J. Gallis, CFL linebacker (BC Lions), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Mar 27 Gregory DuBois, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998), born in Dunkirk, France
- Mar 27 Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter, born in Belgium
- Mar 28 Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v Engl1992 age 17)
- Mar 28 Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
- Mar 28 Derek Hill, American racing driver
- Mar 29 Christopher Yule, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)