Events in Sport
Boxing Title Fight
Jul 1 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June
Mike Tyson
Evander Holyfield
- Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: 16 year old Swiss Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotná 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to become the youngest Wimbledon winner in 110 years
Tennis Open
Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cédric Pioline of France 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 10th Grand Slam title
Pete Sampras
Cedric Pioline
Hall of Fame
Jul 6 Montreal Expos retire Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Andre Dawson's uniform #10
Andre Dawson
- Jul 6 Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh completes twin centuries (108 & 116) in 268 run 3rd Test win v England at Old Trafford
- Jul 8 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
- Jul 9 Baseball's triple A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
- Jul 10 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a NY Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
- Jul 12 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive game without being no-hit
- Jul 12 Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn
- Jul 13 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
- Jul 13 52nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas
- Jul 20 British Open Golf, Royal Troon: American Justin Leonard recovers from 5 strokes back after 3 rounds; wins by 3 from Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik
- Jul 20 Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic
Event of Interest
Jul 22 Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches
Greg Maddux
- Jul 23 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
- Jul 25 QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs
- Jul 27 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
- Jul 27 Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
- Jul 27 84th Tour de France won by Jan Ullrich of Germany
Event of Interest
Jul 28 NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
Mark Messier
Event of Interest
Jul 31 A's trade Mark McGwire to St Louis Cardinals
Mark McGwire
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 7 Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80
- Jul 23 Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (b. 1904)
- Jul 24 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumour at 63
- Jul 24 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
