Events in Sport
Boxing Title Fight
Mar 24 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
- Mar 26 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses
- Mar 28 NHL Washington Capitals win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses
- 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, 92-85; 10th title under coach John Wooden who had announced his retirement 2 days earlier
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 2 Daryl Gibson, New Zealand rugby union centre (19 caps; Canterbury Crusaders) and coach (NSW Waratahs), born in Lumsden, New Zealand
- 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 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 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 15 Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player
- 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 (World C'ship 2000, 03, 18; Triple Crown 2002-03), born in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
- Mar 22 Jiri Novak, Czech tennis player, born in Zlin, Czechoslovakia
- Mar 23 Rita Grande, Napoli Italy, tennis star (3rd round 1996 Aust Open)
- Mar 23 Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
- Mar 24 Debbie Keller, soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Winfield, Illinois
- Mar 24 Julia Bikbova, dance skater (with partner John Lee), born in Kiev, Ukraine
- Mar 24 Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player (Australian Open 2002), born in Linköping, Sweden
- 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 Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter, born in Belgium
- Mar 28 Atta-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer (quickie, debut v England, 1992 at age 17), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Mar 28 Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
- Mar 28 Derek Hill, American racing driver, born in Santa Monica, California
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 6 Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), dies at 64
- Mar 21 Joe Medwick, American baseball player, dies at 63
- Mar 22 Asa Smith Bushnell III, American sports executive (Secretary US Olympic Committee 1945-65), dies at 75
- Mar 25 Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)