Events in Sport
- May 6 132nd Kentucky Derby: Edgar Prado aboard Barbaro wins in 2:01.36
- May 17 14th UEFA Champions League Final: Barcelona beats Arsenal 2-1 at Saint-Denis
- May 20 131st Preakness: Javier Castellano aboard Bernardini wins in 1:54.65
- May 21 The Swedish ice hockey team Tre Kronor takes gold in the World Championship, becoming the first nation to hold both the World and Olympic titles separately in the same year.
- May 27 NHL Western Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Anaheim Ducks, 4 games to 1
- May 28 Indianapolis 500: Sam Hornish Jr wins in 3:10:58.7590 (252.804 km/h)
Baseball Record
May 28 Barry Bonds hits his 715th career home run, passing Babe Ruth on the all-time list
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
Weddings in Sport
- May 6 Former WWF Women's Champion Sable (38) weds IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar (28) in Medina, Minnesota
- May 6 Race car driver "Champ Car World Series" two time winner Sebastien Bourdais (27) weds Claire Bagot at Cathedral Saint-Julien in Le Mans, France
- May 13 British football star player Gary O'Neil (22) weds Donna Guerin in Highclere Castle, Hampshire
- May 20 Race car driver Jacques Villeneuve (35) weds Johanna Martinez at a civil ceremony in Switzerland
- May 26 Soccer star player Joshua Kennedy (23) weds Australian Opals player Jacinta Hamilton at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Port Melbourne
Deaths in Sport
- May 3 Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
Floyd Patterson
May 11 Floyd Patterson, American boxer, dies at 71
Floyd Patterson