- February 27
- Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 versus England. [1]
- March 13
- NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in two games. [1]
- March 30
- Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montréal Maroons (NHL), 3 games to 1. [1]
- April 5
- New York Yankees whip Brooklyn Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer. [1]
- April 15
- NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) play first game, lose 3-1. [1]
- April 20
- 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6. [1]
- May 5
- New York Yankees' player Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak. [1]
- May 7
- Philadelphia Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row. [1]
- Pittsburgh Pirates' shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play. [1]
- May 8
- 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59. [1]
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- May 12
- Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament. [1]
- May 16
- First network radiocast (WHAS) of Kentucky Derby. [1]
- 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6. [1]
- May 17
- Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit. [1]
- May 26
- Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb is first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends at 1,139). [1]
- May 30
- Peter DePaolo becomes first man to average over 100 mph at Indianapolis 500. [1]
- Roger Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Saint Louis Cardinals. [1]
- July 4
- New York Yankees' Lefty Grove beats Philadelphia Athletics' Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings. [1]
- August 9
- Only time Babe Ruth is pinch-hit for in baseball; Bobby Veach flies out. [1]
- August 25
- Helen Willis wins her third straight US Lawn Tennis Open. [1]
- September 3
- First international handball match is held. [1]
- September 13
- Brooklyn Dodgers' Dazzy Vance no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 10-1. [1]
- September 22
- New York Yankees' Ben Paschal hits two inside-the-park homers. [1]
- October 11
- New York Giants play first NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0. [1]
- October 15
- Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series. [1]
- November 28
- Famed NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses in a game. (He dies of tuberculosis four months later.) [1]
- December 5
- 13th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Winnipeg Tammany Tigers, 24-1. [1]
- December 6
- Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears football beat New York Giants 19-7. [1]
- December 9
- American League extends Ban Johnson's baseball contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000. [1]
- December 15
- First hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Montreal Canadiens 3, New York Americans 1. [1]
- December 21
- Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against New Zealand in cricket. [1]
- December 26
- First East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans. [1]
- NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pittsburgh Pirates (68) 3-1. [1]
- December 30
- New South Wales score 705 in cricket against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701. [1]
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- February 6
- NFL rules college students ineligible until graduate college classes. [1]
- February 17
- Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match, at Cannes, France. [1]
- March 23
- NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4 in two games. [1]
- April 6
- NHL Stanley Cup: Montréal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), three games to 1. [1]
- April 13
- At age 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout. [1]
- April 19
- 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4. [1]
- May 1
- Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in US Negro Southern League. [1]
- May 10
- 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8. [1]
- May 15
- 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8. [1]
- May 21
- Chicago White Sox player Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double. [1]
- May 23
- Hack Wilson is first to hit a homerun off Chicago's Wrigley Field scoreboard. [1]
- May 24
- Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 metres (8:25.4). [1]
- June 5
- Cleveland Indians triple-play New York Yankees and win 15-3. [1]
- July 22
- Cincinnati Reds' Curt Walker ties record of two triples in an inning. [1]
- August 6
- Gertrude Ederle of New York swims across the English Channel in 14 hours 31 minutes; first woman, first American, and new record time. [1] [1302.99]
- August 11
- Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker hits his 700th MLB double. [1]
- August 21
- Chicago White Sox player Ted Lyons no hits Boston Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway Park. [1]
- September 11
- US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship. [1]
- New York Yankees' Bob Meusel ties record with three sacrifice flies. [1]
- September 16
- Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies 23-3. [1]
- September 23
- Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey in 10th round for world heavyweight boxing title. [1] [1302.94]
- September 25
- NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. [1]
- September 26
- Shortest double header, New York Yankees lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to the Saint Louis Browns. New York Yankees had already clinched pennant. [1]
- October 2
- Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a NFL football game. [1]
- October 6
- Babe Ruth hits three home runs in a World Series game, New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Cardinals 10-5 (World Series #23). [1]
- October 10
- Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to three in 23rd World Series. [1]
- October 25
- Lester Patrick becomes first coach and general manager of New York Rangers. [1]
- November 16
- New York Rangers' first game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0. [1]
- November 17
- NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their first game, beat Toronto Saint Patricks 4-1. [1]
- November 27
- 110,000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie football game. [1]
- December 4
- 14th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeat University of Toronto, 10-7. [1]
- December 9
- USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs. [1]
- December 11
- Queensland win their first Sheffield Shield cricket match, versus New South Wales. [1]
- December 16
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis renews 7-years as baseball commissioner. [1]
- December 20
- Saint Louis Cardinals trade Roger Hornsby to New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. [1]
- December 28
- Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) New South Wales versus Victoria in cricket. [1]
- Bill Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 in cricket against New South Wales. [1]
- December 29
- Victoria (1107) beat New South Wales (221 and 230) in cricket by an innings 656 runs. [1]
- December 30
- Chicago Tribune reports the Detroit Tigers threw a 4-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated). [1]
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