Events in Sport
Sports History
Mar 1 Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky picks up a 1st period assist in Oilers' 5-3 win over LA Kings to move ahead of Gordie Howe as NHL's all time leader in career assists; Howe 1,049 assists in 26 years, Gretzky 1,050 in 9 years
Hall of Fame
Mar 1 For first time since 1956, the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Baseball Hall of Fame; Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher, Joe Gordon and Gil Hodges passed over
Sports History
Mar 10 NY Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
- Mar 13 29th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Georgia, 62-57
- Mar 13 35th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats North Carolina, 65-61
- Mar 13 9th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Villanova, 85-68
- Mar 15 NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
- Mar 17 Then highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
- Mar 19 France edges Wales, 10-9 at the National Stadium, Cardiff to share the Five Nations Rugby Championship with the Welsh with 3-1 records
World Record
Mar 19 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
Boxing Title Fight
Mar 20 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tony Tubbs by TKO in round 2 at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title
- Mar 22 WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
- Mar 24 San Diego Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts announces his retirement after 15 seasons
- Mar 25 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
- Mar 27 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
- Mar 27 Ladies' Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
Sports History
Mar 27 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA)
- Mar 27 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament
- Mar 27 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Local resident Mark McCumber wins with record total 273 (−15), 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Mike Reid
Sports History
Mar 31 New York Islanders celebrate defenseman Denis Potvin's 1,000 points and 1,000 NHL games at tribute night at Nassau Coliseum
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Trevor Cahill, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2010; Oakland Athletics), born in Oceanside, California
- Mar 1 Yang Hyeon-jong, South Korean baseball pitcher (Korean Series 2009, 2017 [MVP]; KBO MVP 2017; KIA Tigers), born in Gwangju, South Korea
- Mar 2 Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver (Olympic gold 10m platform 2008), born in Brisbane, Australia
- Mar 5 Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
- Mar 5 Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
- Mar 8 Armanti Edwards, American college football player
- Mar 10 Ivan Rakitić, Croatian football player (FC Barcelona, Croatian national team), born in Möhlin, Switzerland
Stephen Curry (35 years old)
Mar 14 American basketball guard (NBA career 3-point record holder; NBA MVP 2015-16; Golden State Warriors), born in Akron, Ohio
Richard Sherman (34 years old)
Mar 30 American NFL cornerback (San Francisco 49ers), born in Compton, California
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 6 Dick Ricketts Jr., American basketball center (# 1 overall pick 1955 NBA draft St. Louis Hawks) and baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals), dies from leukemia at 54
- Mar 8 Ken Colyer, British New Orleans jazz devotee trumpeter, cornetist, and bandleader, dies at 79
- Mar 8 Lala Abdul Rashid, Pakistani field hockey goalkeeper (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 65
- Mar 21 Edd Roush, American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1919; NL batting champion 1917, 19; Cincinnati Reds), dies at 94
- Mar 29 Ted Kluszewski, American baseball 1st baseman (MLB All Star 1953-56; NL HR & RBI leader 1954; Cincinnati Reds), dies of a heart attack at 63
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