Events in Sport
Events 1 - 100 of 311
- Jan 1 78th Rose Bowl: #2 Washington beats #4 Michigan, 34-14
- Jan 1 58th Sugar Bowl: #18 Notre Dame beats #3 Florida, 39-28
- Jan 1 21st Fiesta Bowl: #6 Penn State beats #10 Tennessee, 42-17
- Jan 1 58th Orange Bowl: #1 Miami (FL) beats #11 Nebraska, 22-0
- Jan 3 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney
- Jan 5 Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st cricket Test wicket
- Jan 6 NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
Event of Interest
Jan 6 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
Sachin Tendulkar
Event of Interest
Jan 12 AFC Championship Game: Buffalo Bills beat Denver Broncos 10-7
John Elway
- Jan 12 NFC Championship Game: Washington Redskins beat Detroit Lions 41-10
- Jan 18 43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Philadelphia
- Jan 20 Australia beat India 2-0 to win cricket's World Series Cup, David Boon scores the most runs in the series (432)
- Jan 20 Score begins selling international soccer cards
Event of Interest
Jan 21 Bill Cowher becomes the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, becoming only the second head coach of the team since 1970 (Chuck Noll)
Bill Cowher
Tennis Open
Jan 26 80th Women's Australian Open: Monica Seles beats Mary Joe Fernandez (6-2, 6-3)
Monica Seles
Event of Interest
Jan 27 Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
Mike Tyson
Contract of Interest
Feb 1 Barry Bonds signs highest single year contract in MLB history ($4.7 mil with Pittsburgh Pirates)
Barry Bonds
Event of Interest
Feb 1 Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders
Denis Potvin
- Feb 2 Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
- Feb 2 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
- Feb 2 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
- Feb 2 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15
- Feb 5 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
- Feb 5 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
- Feb 7 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
- Feb 8 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
- Feb 9 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
- Feb 9 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
- Feb 9 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
- Feb 9 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
Event of Interest
Feb 10 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
Bonnie Blair
- Feb 10 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
- Feb 13 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
- Feb 14 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)
Event of Interest
Feb 16 LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
Magic Johnson
- Feb 16 34th Daytona 500: Davey Allison wins (160.256 MPH)
- Feb 21 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating
- Feb 22 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament
- Feb 23 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France
- Feb 27 Larry Smith named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
Event of Interest
Feb 27 Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
Tiger Woods
- Feb 29 Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
Event of Interest
Mar 3 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by NY Islanders
Mike Bossy
- Mar 3 Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
- Mar 6 Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
- Mar 7 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
- Mar 8 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
Event of Interest
Mar 13 Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
Martina Navratilova
- Mar 14 NY Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden accused of rape
- Mar 15 Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
- Mar 15 39th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #20 North Carolina, 94-74
- Mar 15 33rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 80-54
- Mar 15 13th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats Georgetown, 56-54
- Mar 21 2nd WLAF season begins
- Mar 22 Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship
- Mar 22 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
- Mar 22 Joseph A Molloy elected NY Yankee general partner
- Mar 23 Florida Marlins begin selling tickets
- Mar 26 Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington
- Mar 26 NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
- Mar 29 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie
- Mar 29 Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
- Mar 29 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
- Mar 29 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
- Mar 31 Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
- Apr 1 NFL decides to stay with 17 week schedule instead of expanded 18 games
- Apr 1 NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history
- Apr 1 WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
- Apr 3 1st exhibition game at Camden Field - Orioles beat NY Mets
- Apr 4 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
- Apr 4 146th Grand National: Carl Llewellyn aboard Party Politics wins
- Apr 5 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Western Ky 78-62
Event of Interest
Apr 5 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
- Apr 5 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International
- Apr 5 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea
- Apr 6 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
- Apr 6 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
- Apr 9 Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
- Apr 9 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
- Apr 10 NHL strike ends after 10 days
- Apr 11 Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn - 6½ hr)
- Apr 12 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61
Golf Major
Apr 12 56th Masters Golf Tournament: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
Fred Couples
- Apr 12 NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
- Apr 13 Lou Carnesecca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
- Apr 13 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
- Apr 15 NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
- Apr 16 NY Rangers win team record 50th game
- Apr 18 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
- Apr 19 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Mike Hill
- Apr 20 96th Boston Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 1st man in 2:08:14 and Olga Markova of Russia 1st woman in 2:23:43
Event of Interest
Apr 24 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball
George Steinbrenner
Birthdays in Sport
Kyrie Irving
Mar 23 Kyrie Irving, American basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics), born in Melbourne, Australia
Kyrie Irving
- Apr 13 Mohammad Amir, Pakistani cricket bowler (5-year ban for spot-fixing), born in Changa Bangial, Pakistan
- May 1 Matĕj Vydra, Czech Republic soccer striker (Derby County), born in Chotĕboř, Czech Republic
- May 18 Josh Phelps, Soccer Player
- Jun 3 Mario Götze, German football player (Borussia Dortmund, German national team), born in Memmingen, Germany
- Jun 4 Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA forward Magic Johnson, born Los Angeles, California, United States
- Jun 5 Emily Seebohm, Australian Swimmer
- Jun 12 Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian football player
- Jun 15 Mohamed Salah, Egyptian soccer forward (Liverpool, Egypt), born in Gharbia, Egypt
- Jun 18 Bob Kempainen, marathoner (Olympics-66), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jun 23 Bridget Sloan, American gymnast, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jul 1 Aaron Sanchez, American MLB pitcher (All Star 2016), born in Barstow, California
- Jul 13 Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
- Jul 21 Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
- Aug 11 Jose Ortiz Jr., Puerto Rican jockey (Belmont Stakes 2016), born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
- Aug 26 Yang Yilin, Chinese gymnast
- Oct 16 Bryce Harper, American baseball player (Washington Nationals), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Nov 5 Odell Beckham Jr., American NFL player (New York Giants), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Dec 30 Carson Wentz, American NFL quarterback (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jan 13 MLB baseball right fielder Sammy Sosa (23) weds Sonia Rodriguez
Sammy Sosa
- Apr 18 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
Wedding of Interest
Dec 31 MLB Outfielder David Justice (26) weds actress Halle Berry (26) in Atlanta, Georgia
David Justice
Halle Berry
Deaths in Sport
- Jan 3 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies at 66
- Jan 10 Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
- Jan 13 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies at 79
- Jan 17 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (b. 1915)
- Jan 21 Champion Jack [William Thomas] Dupree, American boxer and pianist, dies at 81
Mel Hein
Jan 31 Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies of stomach cancer at 82
Mel Hein
- Jan 31 Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63
- Feb 7 Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
- Feb 12 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, Dutch boxing champ (Olympic gold 1928), dies
- Feb 14 Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic bronze 1948/silver-52), dies at 67
- Feb 26 Gerrit Schulte, Dutch 6-day cyclist known as the "Crazy Cyclist", dies at 76
- Feb 26 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
- Apr 1 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
- Apr 4 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born American chess grandmaster, dies at 80
- Apr 13 Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
- May 6 Gaston Reiff, Belgian athlete (b. 1921)
- May 8 Gul Mahomed, Pakistani cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies at 70
- May 12 Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies
- May 14 Lyle Alzado, NFL defensive linesman (LA Raiders) and actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire), dies of cancer at 43
- May 15 Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
- May 17 Warren Neal Boxer, dies of AIDS at 34
- May 25 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83
- Jun 4 Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82
- Jun 7 Bill France, Sr., American auto racer (co-founder of NASCAR), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
- Jun 15 Eddie Lopat, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
- Jun 15 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies
- Jun 19 Kitty Godfree, English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), dies at 96
- Jun 25 Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
- Jun 28 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
- Jul 7 Josy Barthel, Luxembourgish 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 65
- Jul 13 Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
- Jul 16 "Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84
- Jul 16 Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
- Jul 16 Johnny Martin, cricketer (NSW & Australian chinaman bowler), dies
- Aug 1 Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
- Aug 8 Arthur Lang, American boxer and businessman, dies at 115
- Aug 13 Clifford Allison, US stock-car racer, dies in an accident
- Sep 5 Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83
- Sep 7 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
- Sep 14 S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
- Sep 20 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
- Sep 22 Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
- Sep 23 Bernice Gera, American 1st female baseball umpire (1969 NY-Penn League), dies of cancer at 61
- Oct 6 Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies
- Oct 22 Red Barber, sportscaster (Dodgers, Yankees), dies at 84
- Oct 26 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71
- Oct 27 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricketer (143 runs for WI, 35725 runs overall), dies at 62
- Nov 5 Arpad Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies at 89
- Nov 8 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater (Olympic silver 1952), dies
- Nov 10 Chuck Connors, American author, actor (The Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa), professional basketball and baseball player, dies at 71
- Nov 14 Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
- Nov 14 Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies
- Dec 9 Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pittsburgh Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
- Dec 10 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
- Dec 12 Jasu Patel, cricketer (29 wkts for India, best 9-69 v Aust), dies
- Dec 16 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies
- Dec 23 Cyril Walters, Welsh cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies at 87
- Dec 25 Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies