Events in Sport
- May 1 MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
- May 2 NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games
- May 2 1978 NFL Draft: Earl Campbell from University of Texas first pick by Houston Oilers
- May 3 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
- May 3 WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
Baseball Record
Golf Tournament
May 14 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
Nancy Lopez
- May 20 103rd Preakness: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 1:54.4
- May 21 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
- May 23 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
- May 25 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
- May 28 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser became 5th to win the race 3 times
- May 29 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
Birthdays in Sport
- May 3 Lawrence Tynes, American football player
- May 4 Brett Burton, Australian Football Player for the Adelaid Crows
- May 5 Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
- May 6 John Abraham, American football player
- May 7 Shawn Marion, American basketball player
- May 8 Cindy Parlow, soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- May 8 Sandra Kleinova, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- May 8 Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
- May 9 Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
- May 9 Aaron Harang, American baseball player
- May 12 Thomas Odoyo, cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
- May 12 Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter
- May 12 Josh Phelps, American baseball player
- May 13 Mike Bibby, American basketball player
- May 13 Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
- May 13 Barry Zito, American baseball player
- May 13 Steve Mildenhall, English football player
- May 13 Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
- May 14 Heather Brink, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
- May 14 André Macanga, Angolan footballer
- May 14 Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- May 14 Eddie House, American basketball player
- May 14 Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
- May 15 Amy Chow, gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver-96), born in San Jose, California
- May 15 Edu, Brazilian footballer
- May 15 Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
- May 16 Vincent Larusso, Livingston, NJ, actor (Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
- May 16 Lionel Scaloni, Argentine retired footballer (World Cup 2006), born in Rosario, Argentina
- May 17 John Foster, American baseball player
- May 17 Carlos Pena, Dominican baseball player
- May 18 Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- May 18 Marcus Giles, American baseball player
- May 19 Marcus Bent, English footballer
- May 21 Jamaal Magloire, Canadian professional basketballer
- May 23 Mike González, American baseball player, born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- May 23 Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
- May 24 Jade Winter, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996)
- May 24 Brad Penny, American baseball player
- May 24 Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player
- May 25 Brian Urlacher, American football player
- May 27 Adin Brown, American soccer player
- May 29 Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
May 28 NBA legend Jerry West (40) weds cheerleader Karen Bua
Jerry West
Deaths in Sport
- May 5 Alfred (Harold] Gilligan, English cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies at 81
- May 6 Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1920), dies at 76
- May 13 Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets), dies
- May 19 George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
- May 31 József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)