Events in Sport
- Aug 3 Barry Bonds' 715th MLB home run ball (moved him past Babe Ruth for 2nd all-time) fetches $220,100 at auction
- Aug 3 Brazilian Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta crashes into a deer during testing at Road America, Wisconsin; seriously injured but returns to racing in 2008
- Aug 5 Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson and Reggie White
- Aug 6 Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory in the Buick Open at Grand Blanc, Michigan
- Aug 6 British Open Women's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: American Sherri Steinhauer wins second of 2 majors (du Maurier Classic 1992) by 3 from Cristie Kerr & Sophie Gustafson
- Aug 6 For a MLB record 11th time in his career, Padres closer Trevor Hoffman records 30 or more saves in a season; beats mark set by Lee Smith, baseball's all-time saves leader
- Aug 13 Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner ties Don Mattingley's MLB mark of 6 grand slams in a season when he homers off Kansas City's Luke Hudson
- Aug 13 Canadian Open Women's Golf, London Hunt CC: Christie Kerr wins by 1 shot from Angela Stanford
Golf Major
Aug 20 PGA Championship, Medinah CC: Tiger Woods wins his 3rd PGA C'ship by 5 strokes from Shaun Micheel
Tiger Woods
Contract of Interest
Aug 24 After signing a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers, Jerry Rice officially retires from the NFL
Jerry Rice
Baseball Record
Aug 30 Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game
Greg Maddux
Deaths in Sport
- Aug 13 Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
- Aug 15 Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player
- Aug 15 Faas Wilkes, Dutch international footballer
- Aug 26 Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1926)
- Aug 31 Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911)
- Aug 31 Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)