Events in Sport
- Mar 1 Charlie Francis, coach of disqualified sprinter Ben Johnson tells federal inquiry into Canada's greatest sports scandal Johnson knowingly used steroids since 1981; Johnson first across line Olympic 100m 1988
Event of Interest
Mar 2 NY Mets stars Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry famously nearly come to blows in front of reporters and TV crews at spring training

Darryl Strawberry

Keith Hernandez
Event of Interest
Mar 7 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Minnesota North Stars to the Washington Capitals

Dino Ciccarelli
- Mar 8 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
- Mar 9 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
- Mar 12 36th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74
- Mar 12 30th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Florida, 72-60
- Mar 12 10th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 88-79
- Mar 15 NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
- Mar 18 Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capital record of 7 pts in a game
- Mar 19 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USSR)
- Mar 19 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
- Mar 19 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tom Kite wins the title in gusty conditions, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck
- Mar 19 Wales beats England, 12-9 at Cardiff Arms Park to allow France to claim it's 9th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship
Event of Interest
Mar 22 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years

Pete Rozelle
- Mar 22 Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
- Mar 27 Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- Mar 28 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
- Mar 29 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Carlos Vela, Mexican soccer winger (72 caps; Real Sociedad, Los Angeles FC), born in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Mar 3 Erica Morningstar, Canadian Swimmer, and record holder.
- Mar 6 Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player (WTA Finals champion 2015), born in Kraków, Poland
- Mar 16 Theo Walcott, English football player (Arsenal, English national team), born in Stanmore, England
- Mar 16 Blake Griffin, American NBA forward (LA Clippers, Detroit Pistons), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Mar 20 Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
J. J. Watt
Mar 22 J. J. Watt [Justin James], American NFL player (Houston Texans), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin

J. J. Watt
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 18 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51