Events in Sport
- Dec 1 NBC bids a record $401 million to capture television broadcasting rights for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games
- Dec 3 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB)
- Dec 4 Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers
Sports History
Dec 4 Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
Sports History
Dec 5 Boris Becker beats defending champion Ivan Lendl 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6 in a classic final to win his first of 3 ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC
- Dec 6 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles
- Dec 6 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest)
Contract of Interest
Dec 7 MLB Texas Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract
Sports History
Dec 12 Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
- Dec 14 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
- Dec 14 NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses
- Dec 15 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
- Dec 17 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)
- Dec 17 Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Wash Caps)
- Dec 17 NY Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2
- Dec 18 Cricket Women's World Cup: Australia defeats England by 8 wickets
- Dec 18 Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record
- Dec 19 Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation
- Dec 27 Ballon d'Or: Milan 1-2-3; Dutch striker Marco van Basten wins his 1st of 3 best football player in Europe awards ahead of Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard
- Dec 29 Soviet Red Army Team edges NY Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum
- Dec 29 Toronto’s Ed Olczyk and Gary Leeman score goals just 4 seconds apart in the 3rd period, tying the NHL record for fastest 2 goals by one team; Leafs beat the Quebec Nordiques, 6-5.
Sports History
Dec 31 Pittsburgh NHL center Mario Lemieux accounts for all his team's goals in Penguins 8-6 win over the NJ Devils; famously scores 5 goals, each in a different way: even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot and empty net; also 3 assists
Birthdays in Sport
- Dec 7 Nathan Adrian, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 2012), born in Bremerton, Washington
- Dec 11 Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player, born in England
- Dec 11 Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer, born in Whangarei, New Zealand
- Dec 13 Darcy Blake, Welsh footballer, born in New Tredegar, Wales
- Dec 13 Rickie Fowler, American golfer (US Masters 2018 runner-up; Ryder Cup 2010, 14, 16, 18), born in Murrieta, California
- Dec 14 Nicolas Batum, French basketball player, born in Lisieux, France
Alexis Sánchez (34 years old)
Dec 19 Chilean footballer (Arsenal, Chilean national team) considered one of the greatest Chilean players of all time, born in Tocopilla, Chile
- Dec 19 Peter Winn, English footballer
- Dec 25 Eric Gordon, American basketball guard (NBA 6th Man of the Year, NBA 3-Point Contest champion 2017; Houston Rockets), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Dec 27 Rick Porcello, American baseball player
- Dec 29 Agnes Szavay, Hungarian tennis player, born in Kiskunhalas, Hungary
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