Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Feb 8 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
Mickey Mantle
Event of Interest
Feb 8 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
Wayne Gretzky
- Feb 13 Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup
- Feb 13 Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
- Feb 13 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
- Feb 13 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at Inglewood, California
- Feb 18 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
- Feb 19 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record
- Feb 20 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
- Feb 20 25th Daytona 500: Cale Yarborough wins (155.979 MPH)
- Feb 21 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
- Feb 22 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record
- Feb 27 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
- Feb 1 Kevin Martin, American basketball player
- Feb 2 Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
- Feb 2 Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
- Feb 3 Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback
- Feb 6 Brodie Croyle, American football player
- Feb 6 S Sreesanth, Indian cricketer
- Feb 6 Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver
- Feb 7 Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
- Feb 7 Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
- Feb 7 Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
- Feb 9 Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
- Feb 11 Rafael Van der Vaart, Dutch footballer, born in Keemskerk, Netherlands
- Feb 12 Carlton Brewster, NFL player, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Feb 14 Bacary Sagna, French footballer
- Feb 15 Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player, born in East York, Canada
- Feb 17 Gérald Cid, French footballer
- Feb 17 Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
- Feb 18 Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
- Feb 18 Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
- Feb 20 Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Feb 20 Justin Verlander, American baseball player
- Feb 21 Braylon Edwards, American football player
- Feb 21 Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
- Feb 23 Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player, born in Padua, Italiy
- Feb 23 Mido, Egyptian footballer, born in Cairo, Egypt
- Feb 25 Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
- Feb 27 Devin Harris, American basketball player