Events in Sport
- Mar 15 35th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Providence beats Creighton, 65-58
- Mar 15 Ireland edges France, 22-20 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis to beat England on points difference and win Six Nations Rugby Championship; final international match for Ireland centre Brian O'Driscoll with record 141 caps
Contract of Interest
Mar 18 Phil Jackson signs a five-year contract to be president of the New York Knicks
Phil Jackson
Olympic Gold
Mar 21 Canadian freestyle skier (moguls) and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 26
Alexandre Bilodeau
Event of Interest
Mar 26 Laureus World Sports Awards, Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Sportsman: Sebastian Vettel; Sportswoman: Genzebe Dibaba; Team: Germany Men's National Football team
Sebastian Vettel
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 6 Ron Murphy, Canadian NHL player, dies at 80
- Mar 20 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian soccer defender (51 caps; Vasco da Gama, São Paulo), dies from complications from a heart attack at 83
- Mar 21 Jack Fleck, American golfer (US Open 1955), dies at 92
- Mar 23 Carmelo Bossi, Italian light middleweight boxer (Olympic silver 1960), dies at 74
Hobart "Hobie" Alter
Mar 29 Hobart "Hobie" Alter, surf and sailing entrepreneur and pioneer who created the Hobie Cat, dies of cancer at 80
Hobart "Hobie" Alter