1970
- January 1
- Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League. [1]
- January 4
- Kansas City Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game. [1]
- Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game. [1]
- January 11
- Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans; Most Valuable Player: Len Dawson, Quarterback. [1]
- January 14
- John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at age 61. [1]
- January 15
- Milwaukee Brewers make their first trade (with Oakland Athletics). [1]
- January 16
- AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92 feet 3.5 inches from out of bounds, in Tacoma, Washington - it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed. [1]
- Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause. [1]
- NFL re-aligns into three divisions (down from four). [1]
- January 17
- 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft. [1]
- AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3. [1]
- Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s. [1]
- January 18
- Hasse Börjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 seconds. [1]
- NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13. [1]
- January 20
- 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia. [1]
- 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at Saint Louis. [1]
- Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano. [1]
- January 22
- Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs Australia, Cape Town. [1]
- January 24
- Third ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana. [1]
- Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 seconds). [1]
- January 27
- Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for India), dies. [1]
- January 28
- Tommy Andrews of Australia, 16 Tests 1921-26 cricketer (592 runs), dies. [1]
- February 1
- Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- February 2
- Pete Maravich becomes first to score 3,000 college basketball points. [1]
- February 5
- First Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six. [1]
- Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs Australia, Durban. [1]
- February 6
- Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs Australia at Durban. [1]
- NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland. [1]
- February 7
- LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 points in losing cause. [1]
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn. [1]
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood. [1]
- February 13
- Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for England, ct 60 stp 12), dies. [1]
- National League offices begin move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed February 23). [1]
- February 15
- Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater. [1]
- Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational. [1]
- February 16
- Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown. [1]
- February 19
- American League Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for book-making. [1]
- February 24
- Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records. [1]
- February 28
- Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53). [1]
- March 1
- Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater. [1]
- March 4
- Jacksonville is first college basketball team to average 100+ points per game. [1]
- New York Rangers set NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out. [1]
- March 7
- World Ice Dance Championship in Ljubljana won by Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexandr Gorshkov (USSR). [1]
- World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov (USSR). [1]
- World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (German Democratic Republic). [1]
- World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA). [1]
- March 10
- South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia. [1]
- March 17
- Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers. [1]
- March 18
- NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time. [1]
- March 21
- 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69. [1]
- March 22
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic. [1]
- March 29
- Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II. [1]
- March 30
- USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship. [1]
- March 31
- Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee. [1]
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