1992 in Sport (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 303

• Aug 9 25th Olympic Games closes in Barcelona, Spain
• Aug 11 Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game
• Aug 16 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur

• Aug 17 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
• Aug 19 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia)
• Aug 19 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia
• Aug 23 Kris Tschetter wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic
• Aug 23 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons
• Aug 24 Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings
• Aug 27 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
• Aug 28 Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
• Aug 30 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
• Aug 30 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge
• Sep 5 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
• Sep 7 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns

• Sep 8 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
• Sep 9 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
• Sep 9 MLB player Robin Yount, is 17th to reach 3,000 hits
• Sep 10 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball

• Sep 13 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
• Sep 13 Nancy Lopez wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship

• Sep 17 NFL decides to suspend World League Football
• Sep 19 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)

• Sep 20 Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
• Sep 23 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
• Sep 23 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
• Sep 24 John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers)
• Sep 24 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history

• Sep 26 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
• Sep 27 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
• Sep 27 Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
• Sep 27 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
• Sep 28 Oakland A's win AL West title
• Sep 29 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title

• Oct 3 Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957)
• Oct 3 Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title
• Oct 4 2nd Solheim Cup: Europe beats US, 11½-6½ at Dalmahoy CC Scotland
• Oct 7 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2)
• Oct 8 Ottawa Senators 1st NHL game

• Oct 12 Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF heavyweight title


• Oct 12 Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
• Oct 14 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
• Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
• Oct 14 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 2
• Oct 17 1st World Series with non-US team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
• Oct 18 1st non-US team to win a World Series Game; Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
• Oct 18 Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683
• Oct 20 1st World Series game outside of US - Toronto beats Atlanta
• Oct 22 Atlanta, becomes 1st US team to win a World Series game out of US
• Oct 24 Toronto Blue Jays beat Atl Braves, 4 games to 2, in 88th World Series
• Oct 24 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
• Oct 25 Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
• Oct 27 Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies
• Oct 31 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park
• Nov 1 22nd NYC Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40
• Nov 1 23rd NYC Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29
• Nov 1 NY Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games
• Nov 4 NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
• Nov 4 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
• Nov 7 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
• Nov 7 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend

• Nov 8 43rd Formula One WDC: Nigel Mansell wins by 52 points
• Nov 12 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time

• Nov 15 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
• Nov 15 42nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Alan Kulwicki wins
• Nov 17 Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
• Nov 21 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
• Nov 21 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
• Nov 21 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
• Nov 22 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
• Nov 26 57th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-0 in Birmingham
• Nov 29 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10
• Nov 30 David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane
• Dec 5 1st SEC Championship Game: #2 Alabama beats #12 Florida, 28-21
• Dec 6 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1)
• Dec 6 Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

• Dec 6 San Francisco Giants sign record $43million USD pact with Pirates MLB outfielder Barry Bonds
• Dec 9 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks
• Dec 9 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
• Dec 9 NJ Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, & white for the 1992-93 season
• Dec 10 NHL awards franchises to Miami & Anaheim for 1994-95
• Dec 10 NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
• Dec 12 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami-Fla (QB)
• Dec 12 NY Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
• Dec 13 Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
• Dec 14 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him

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