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 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 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
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)