Events in Sport
- Dec 3 3rd SEC Championship Game: #6 Florida beats #3 Alabama, 24-23
- Dec 4 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
Event of Interest
Dec 8 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
Darryl Strawberry
- Dec 10 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB)
- Dec 18 Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges
- Dec 20 Ballon d'Or: FC Barcelona's Bulgarian forward Hristo Stoichkov is named Europe's best football player ahead of Juventus striker Roberto Baggio and Milan defender Paolo Maldini
- Dec 23 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
- Dec 28 David Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG)
- Dec 29 Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG
Birthdays in Sport
Weddings in Sport
- Dec 10 Former Senate Majority Leader Mitchell (61) weds sports marketing executive Heather MacLachlan (35) at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City
Deaths in Sport
- Dec 7 J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- Dec 9 Alex Wilson, Canadian athlete (Olympic silver 800m, 2 x bronze 400m, 4x400m relay 1932), dies at 87
- Dec 10 Alexander Wilson, Canadian athlete (b. 1905)
- Dec 15 Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater and judge (Olympics 1932,36), dies at 87
- Dec 27 Peter May, English cricketer (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64
Woody Strode
Dec 31 Woody Strode, African American football player and actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream), dies of lung cancer at 80
Woody Strode