Events in Sport
- Feb 4 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 38-17; MVP: Rich Gannon, Oakland Raiders, QB
- Feb 4 51st NHL All-Star Game, Pepsi Centre, Denver, CO: North America beats World, 14-12; MVP: Bill Guerin, Boston Bruins, RW
- Feb 11 50th NBA All-Star Game, MCI Centre, Washington D.C.: East beats West, 111-110; MVP: Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 76ers, G
Sports Awards
Feb 12 9th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Marion Jones win
Tiger Woods
Marion Jones
- Feb 16 Mathieu Schneider of the Los Angeles Kings becomes the first defenseman in history to score a goal against all 30 NHL teams as LA beats Minnesota, 4-0
- Feb 18 43rd Daytona 500: Michael Waltrip wins tragic race; last lap crash claims life of Dale Earnhardt, prompting sport to implement new safety procedures
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Feb 8 MLB outfielder David Justice (34) weds model Rebecca Villalobos
David Justice
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 16 Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
- Feb 17 Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
- Feb 18 Dale Earnhardt, American auto racer (7 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships), dies in crash during Daytona 500 at 49
- Feb 18 Eddie Mathews, American hall of fame third baseman (Milwaukee Brave) who hit 512 home runs, dies at 69
Donald Bradman
Feb 25 Donald Bradman, Australian Test cricket captain (6,996 Test runs at 99.94), dies of pneumonia at 92
Donald Bradman