Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Jan 5 Bill Cowher resigns as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Cowher
- Jan 5 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Dmitry Tursunov beats Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-4, 7-5 to give Russia an unassailable 2-0 lead, and first title
Event of Interest
Jan 7 Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career wins
Phil Jackson
- Jan 8 9th BCS National Championship: #2 Florida beats #1 Ohio State, 41-14
- Jan 20 Utah coach Jerry Sloan passes Larry Brown for 4th on the NBA's all-time win list (1,010) after the Jazz beat the Chicago Bulls, 95-85 at the United Center
- Jan 21 AFC Championship, RCA Dome, Indianapolis: Indianapolis Colts beat New England Patriots, 38-34
- Jan 21 NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat New Orleans Saints, 39-14
- Jan 24 55th NHL All-Star Game, American Airlines Centre, Dallas, TX: West beats East, 12-9; MVP: Daniel Briere, Buffalo Sabres, C
Tennis Open
Jan 27 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2; first time the tournament used Hawk-Eye system for official line-calls
Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova
Australian Tennis Open
Jan 28 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Swiss ace Roger Federer successfully defends his title beating Fernando González of Chile 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
Roger Federer
Event of Interest
Jan 29 Ken Dryden's #29 jersey is retired by the Montreal Canadiens
Ken Dryden
Deaths in Sport
- Jan 1 Ernie Koy, American baseball player (b. 1909)
- Jan 1 Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
- Jan 2 Don Massengale, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1967 runner-up), dies of a heart attack at 69
- Jan 2 Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950)
- Jan 3 Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (b. 1930)
- Jan 4 Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- Jan 4 Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941)
- Jan 6 Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
- Jan 6 Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer, dies at 77
- Jan 7 Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
- Jan 9 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
- Jan 13 Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
- Jan 15 David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
- Jan 16 Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
- Jan 21 Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
- Jan 26 Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 77
- Jan 27 Yang Chuan-kwang, Taiwanese athlete (b. 1933)
- Jan 27 Chuan-Kwang Yang, Taiwanese decathlete (Olympic silver 1960), dies at 73
- Jan 27 Bing Devine, American MLB executive (St. Louis Cardinals, NY Mets), dies at 90
- Jan 28 Carlo Clerici, Swiss professional road racing cyclist, dies at 77
- Jan 28 Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
- Jan 29 Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)