March 1989 in Sport

Events in Sport

  • Mar 2 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game

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Mar 2 NY Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez

Baseball Player Darryl Strawberry
Baseball Player
Darryl Strawberry
MLB First Baseman Keith Hernandez
MLB First Baseman
Keith Hernandez
  • Mar 4 Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
  • Mar 5 Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266

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Mar 7 Dino Ciccarelli is traded by the Minnesota North Stars to the Washington Capitals

NHL Star Dino Ciccarelli
NHL Star
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 Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson

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Mar 20 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose
MLB Player and Manager
Pete Rose

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Mar 22 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years

NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle
NFL Commissioner
Pete Rozelle
  • Mar 22 Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
  • Mar 26 Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
  • 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 footballer
  • 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 basketball player (Los Angeles Clippers), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Mar 20 Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer

Person of interestJ.J. Watt

Mar 22 J.J. Watt [Justin James], American NFL player (Houston Texans), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin

Football Player J.J. Watt
Football Player
J.J. Watt
  • Mar 25 Scott Sinclair, English footballer
  • Mar 26 Von Miller, NFL outside linebacker (Denver Broncos), born in Dallas, Texas
  • Mar 28 Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
  • Mar 28 Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
  • Mar 28 Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer

Deaths in Sport

  • Mar 18 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51