Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Feb 4 Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts beat Chicago Bears, 29-17 at the Dolphin Stadium MVP: Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB
Peyton Manning
- Feb 10 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 31-28
Event of Interest
Feb 12 Marty Schottenheimer is abruptly fired as head coach of the San Diego Chargers due to lack of playoff success and a strained relationship with ownership
Marty Schottenheimer
- Feb 18 56th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-132 at Las Vegas
Event of Interest
Feb 27 Mark Messier's #11 jersey is retired by the Edmonton Oilers
Mark Messier
Weddings in Sport
- Feb 17 Australian TV presenter Natalie Gruzlewski (30) weds pro surfer Luke Egan at St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Wedding of Interest
Feb 24 Former world champion track and field athlete Marion Jones (31) weds Olympic bronze medalist Obadele Thompson (30) at the Union Hill African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilson's Mills, North Carolina
Marion Jones
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 1 Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- Feb 2 Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
- Feb 4 Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
- Feb 4 José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian World Cup footballer (b. 1925)
- Feb 6 Lew Burdette, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- Feb 6 Willye White, American athlete (b. 1939)
- Feb 9 Hank Bauer, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- Feb 22 Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
- Feb 23 John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941)
- Feb 24 Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
- Feb 24 Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)