Events in Sport
Baseball Record
Aug 3 Barry Bonds' 715th MLB home run ball (moved him past Babe Ruth for 2nd all-time) fetches $220,100 at auction
Barry Bonds
- 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
Hall of Fame
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
Reggie White
Golf Tournament
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
Tiger Woods
- 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 6 Fresh from his British Open victory, Tiger Woods goes back-to-back to capture his 50th career title, taking the Buick Open by 3 strokes from Jim Furyk
Event of Interest
Aug 8 Actor Sylvester Stallone and former heavyweight boxing contender Chuck Wepner settle law suit out of court for an undisclosed sum; Wepner claims he was the inspiration for the "Rocky" movies
Sylvester Stallone
- 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
- Aug 20 PGA Championship, Medinah CC: Tiger Woods wins his 3rd PGA C'ship by 5 strokes from Shaun Micheel
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
- Aug 26 New Zealand retain Tri Nations Rugby Series with 45-26 win over South Africa in Pretoria; All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter lands 4 penalties and 4 conversions
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 15 Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan), dies at 82
- 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)