Events in Sport
- Dec 6 12th SEC Championship Game: #3 LSU beats #5 Georgia, 34-13
- Dec 6 8th Big 12 Championship Game: #13 Kansas State beats #1 Oklahoma, 35-7
- Dec 13 69th Heisman Trophy Award: Jason White, Oklahoma (QB)
Sports History
Dec 22 The New York Knicks hire Isiah Thomas as President of Basketball Operations
- Dec 22 Ballon d'Or: Juventus' Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd is named best football player in Europe ahead of Arsenal forward Thierry Henry and Milan defender Paolo Maldini
Divorces in Sport
John Elway
Dec 29 Retired NFL quarterback John Elway (43) divorces first wife Janet Buchan after 18 years of marriage
Deaths in Sport
- Dec 1 Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (2 x Olympic gold 2-man, 4-man 1968; World C'ships 9 x gold), dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 75
- Dec 4 Iggy Katona, American auto racer (ARCA Series 1955-57, 62, 66-67; record 79 wins), dies at 87
- Dec 9 Norm Sloan, American basketball coach (b. 1926)
- Dec 15 Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (NHL All Star 1971, 72; Chicago Black Hawks), dies in a motor vehicle accident at 56
- Dec 17 David Smith, English cricket fast-medium bowler (5 Tests), dies at 69
Otto Graham
Dec 17 Otto Graham, NFL Quarterback, dies of a heart aneurysm at 82
- Dec 21 M. J. Gopalan, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 1 wicket; Madras) and hockey representative, dies at 94
- Dec 24 Herman Keiser, American golfer (US Masters 1946), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 89
- Dec 27 Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991; Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos), dies from multiple firearm wounds at 41
