Events in Sport in 1982

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• Jan 1 68th Rose Bowl: #12 Washington beats #13 Iowa, 28-0
• Jan 1 48th Sugar Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats #2 Georgia, 24-20
• Jan 1 11th Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State beats #8 Southern California, 26-10
• Jan 1 48th Orange Bowl: #1 Clemson beats #4 Nebraska, 22-15
• Jan 2 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
• Jan 2 "The Epic in Miami", in 85 degree heat (Fahrenheit), the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records
• Jan 3 70th Men's Australian Open: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (6-2, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4)

• Jan 10 "Freezer Bowl", Bengals beat Chargers in -59°F (-51°C) to win AFC championship
• Jan 10 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)

• Jan 10 AFC Championship Game: Cincinnati Bengals beat San Diego Chargers 27-7
• Jan 10 NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27

• Jan 20 Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers
• Jan 21 NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
• Jan 24 Super Bowl XVI: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Michigan, MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
• Jan 26 Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins
• Jan 27 Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa & Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus
• Jan 27 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win cricket's World Series Cup
• Jan 29 Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
• Jan 29 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
• Jan 31 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
• Jan 31 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13
• Jan 31 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at East Rutherford, New Jersey
• Feb 7 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
• Feb 8 Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)
• Feb 9 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington

• Feb 13 Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
• Feb 14 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
• Feb 14 24th Daytona 500: Bobby Allison wins (153.991 MPH)
• Feb 15 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
• Feb 17 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England
• Feb 20 NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game

• Feb 24 Basketball team Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak
• Feb 24 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92

• Feb 27 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
• Feb 28 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
• Mar 2 60th hat trick in Islander history-Bryan Trottier
• Mar 5 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners
• Mar 6 NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
• Mar 6 23rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Kentucky, 48-46
• Mar 7 Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic
• Mar 7 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
• Mar 7 29th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 47-45
• Mar 10 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)


• Mar 13 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GBR)
• Mar 13 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
• Mar 13 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) who lands 6 triple jumps
• Mar 14 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
• Mar 14 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
• Mar 21 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard

• Mar 25 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season
• Mar 27 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
• Mar 28 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
• Mar 28 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
• Mar 28 Last AIAW Women's Basketball Championship, Rutgers beat Texas 83-77 in Philadelphia
• Mar 29 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
• Apr 2 In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH
• Apr 3 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
• Apr 3 136th Grand National: Mr. Dick Saunders aboard Grittar wins
• Apr 4 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
• Apr 6 Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279
• Apr 8 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
• Apr 9 LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
• Apr 10 LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
• Apr 11 46th Masters Golf Tournament: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
• Apr 18 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)

• Apr 19 86th Boston Marathon: Alberto Salazar of United States 1st man in 2:08:51 and Charlotte Teske of West Germany 1st woman in 2:29:33
• Apr 19 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery
• Apr 20 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
• Apr 21 Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
• Apr 22 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
• Apr 24 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies

• Apr 26 Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
• Apr 27 1982 NFL Draft: Kenneth Sims from University of Texas first pick by New England Patriots
• Apr 30 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
• May 1 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye wins first of consecutive Derbies aboard Gato Del Sol
• May 2 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
• May 4 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
• May 4 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Quebec Nordiques, 4 games to 0
• May 6 Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
• May 6 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Black Hawks, 4 games to 1
• May 7 Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing
• May 7 Oakland Raiders to move to LA
• May 9 Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
• May 12 FC Barcelona of Spain win 22nd European Cup Winner's Cup against Standard Liège of Belgium 2-1 in Barcelona
• May 13 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
• May 15 107th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
• May 16 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
• May 16 Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games
• May 18 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
• May 23 Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
• May 25 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
• May 26 26th European Cup: Aston Villa beats Bayern Munich 1-0 at Rotterdam
• May 27 New owners purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
• May 27 John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies & gets approval to move to NJ
• May 30 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds
• May 30 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic

• Jun 5 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
• Jun 6 Joanne Carner wins LPGA McDonald 's Golf Classic

• Jun 6 81st Women's French Open: Martina Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (7-6, 6-1)
• Jun 7 NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers
• Jun 8 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2

• Jun 13 28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson

• Jun 20 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open

• Jun 22 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
• Jun 27 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
• Jun 30 NJ NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders & Americans
• Jul 1 PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
• Jul 3 89th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (61 36 62)
• Jul 4 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie

• Jul 11 3rd U.S. Senior Golf Open: Miller Barber
• Jul 11 Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
• Jul 11 FIFA World Cup: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for football's 12th World Cup in Madrid
• Jul 13 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
• Jul 13 All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cincinnati Reds)
• Jul 18 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
• Jul 18 Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
• Jul 25 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0)
• Jul 25 37th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson
• Jul 25 69th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
• Jul 27 California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times
• Jul 30 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
• Aug 1 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
• Aug 1 Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives
• Aug 1 Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
• Aug 2 Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season
• Aug 3 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager
• Aug 4 NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
• Aug 6 22nd Curtis Cup: US, 14½-3½

• Aug 8 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
• Aug 14 Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres
• Aug 14 Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
• Aug 15 Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
• Aug 17 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
• Aug 18 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
• Aug 18 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
• Aug 19 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
• Aug 20 Don Lever becomes 1st captain of NJ Devils
• Aug 21 Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
• Aug 22 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
• Aug 23 Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
• Aug 24 KCs' John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
• Aug 27 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark

• Aug 29 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
• Sep 5 82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
• Sep 6 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
• Sep 6 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #8

• Sep 11 102nd Women's U.S. Open: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Hana Mandlikova (6-3, 6-1)
• Sep 12 Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon
• Sep 12 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
• Sep 12 102nd Men's U.S. Open: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4)
• Sep 13 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
• Sep 14 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
• Sep 17 NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa
• Sep 19 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
• Sep 19 Sandra Haynie/Kathy McMullen wins Portland Ping Team Golf Championship
• Sep 21 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• Sep 21 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
• Sep 22 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India

• Sep 25 33rd Formula One WDC: Keke Rosberg wins by five points
• Sep 26 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
• Oct 3 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
• Oct 3 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours
• Oct 5 1st NJ Devils game, tie the Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands
• Oct 8 NJ Devils 1st victory, beating NY Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands
• Oct 10 MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat Atlanta Braves, 3 games to 0
• Oct 10 MLB American League Championship: Milwaukee Brewers beat California Angels, 3 games to 2
• Oct 12 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor gets World series record 5 hits

• Oct 13 NJ Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever
• Oct 14 Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total)
• Oct 14 NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
• Oct 16 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
• Oct 17 Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
• Oct 20 Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's
• Oct 20 St Louis Cards beat Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series
• Oct 20 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
• Oct 24 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14
• Oct 24 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29

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