Events in Sport
Golf Major
Mar 28 Nabisco Championship Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: 1992 champion Dottie Pepper wins the last of her 2 major titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Meg Mallon
PGA Players Championship
Mar 28 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: David Duval wins by 2 strokes from Scott Gump; Duval's father Bob wins Senior Tour's Emerald Coast Classic on the same day
- Mar 29 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Duke, 77-74; Huskies' first title in first title game
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 14 Marvin Bagley III, American NBA player (Detroit Pistons), born in Temple, Arizona
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 6 Dennis Viollet, English former soccer player (Manchester United), dies at 65
Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999)
Mar 8 American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (13 × MLB All-Star; 9 x World Series; 3 x AL MVP; MLB record 56-game hitting streak; NY Yankees), dies of lung cancer at 84