Events in Sport
- Mar 2 Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec)
Golf Tournament
Mar 4 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Beth Daniel
- Mar 10 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (Soviet Union)
- Mar 11 Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
- Mar 11 37th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #14 Georgia Tech beats Virginia, 70-61
- Mar 11 31st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Ole Miss, 70-51
- Mar 11 11th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 78-75
- Mar 18 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
- Mar 18 Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
- Mar 19 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
Event of Interest
Mar 20 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Golf Tournament
Mar 25 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
Pat Bradley
Event of Interest
Mar 28 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
Michael Jordan
Event of Interest
Mar 30 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
Jack Nicklaus
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player
- Mar 1 Ben Tozer, English footballer
- Mar 4 Draymond Green, American NBA forward (Golden State Warriors), born in Saginaw, Michigan
- Mar 12 Dont'a Hightower, American NFL linebacker (New England Patriots), born in Lewisburg, Tennessee
- Mar 12 Marvin Jones, American NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions), born in Los Angeles, California
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 4 Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
- Mar 11 Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
- Mar 15 Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70
- Mar 15 Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
- Mar 20 Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
- Mar 20 Lev Yashin, Soviet footballer (b. 1929)