1992

January 2

• Test debut of Shane Warne, versus India at Sydney. [1]

January 3

• Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129 versus India at Sydney. [1]
• Ken Grieves, cricketer (New South Wales and Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies. [1]

January 5

• Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's first cricket Test wicket. [1]

January 6

• New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul. [1]
• Sachin Tendulkar completes 148 versus Australia at the SCG. [1]
• Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his first Test innings. [1]

January 7

• Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan. [1]
• Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. [1]

January 11

• US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi. [1]

January 12

• US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman. [1]

January 13

• Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins. [1]

January 18

• 43rd NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, Most Valuable Player) at Philadelphia. [1]

January 20

• Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. [1]
• Score begins selling international soccer cards. [1]

January 21

• William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at age 81. [1]

January 25

• 66th Australian Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (6-2, 6-3). [1]
• Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41". [1]

January 26

• 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2). [1]
• The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills 37-24 in Super Bowl XXVI football at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] [33]

January 28

• Boon completes 12th Test century, 135 versus India at Adelaide. [1]
• Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown. [1]

January 31

• Mel Hein, NFL player (New York Giants), dies at age 82. [1]
• Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires. [1]
• Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at age 63. [1]

February 1

• Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 million). [1]
• Denis Potvin's #5 becomes the first number retired by the New York Islanders. [1]

February 2

• Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic. [1]
• Danny Everett runs world record 400 metre indoor (45.02 seconds). [1]
• David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 versus India at Perth. [1]
• Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500 metre freestyle (14 minutes 32.40 seconds). [1]
• NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15. [1]

February 5

• Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar. [1]
• Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win versus India. [1]

February 8

• (to February 23) XVI Olympic Winter Games are held in Albertville, France. [1] [7] [33]

February 9

• 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando. [1]
• Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07 metres). [1]
• Jani Sievinen swims world record 400 metre medley (4:07.10). [1]
• Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary. [1]

February 10

• Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics first gold medal for the USA. [1]

February 11

• Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400 metre (44.97 seconds). [1]

February 12

• Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champion (Olympics-gold-1928), dies (born 1907). [1] [33]

February 13

• West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game. [1]

February 14

• Andre Cason runs world record 60 metre indoor (6.41 seconds). [1]
• Kieren John Perkins, swims world record 800 metre freestyle (7 minutes 46.60 seconds). [1]
• Merlene Ottey runs world record 60 metre indoor (6.96 seconds). [1]
• Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympics-bronze-1948/silver-1952), dies at age 67. [1]

February 16

• Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform. [1]

February 20

• The English FA Premier League is officially formed. [33]

February 21

• Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympics gold medal in women's figure skating. [1]

February 22

• Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament. [1]

February 23

• XVI Olympic Winter Games close in Albertville, France. [1] [33]
• Andy Flower scores 115 on ODI debut, Zimbabwe versus Sri Lanka. [1]

February 26

• Gerrit Schulte "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at age 76. [1]
• Jean R Yawkey, baseball team owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at age 83. [1] [56]

February 27

• Larry Smith named 9th Commissioner of the Canadian Football League. [1]
• Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years. [1]

February 29

• Dawn Coe wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open. [1]
• The Professional Spring Football League begins. [1]

March 1

• Jenny Thompson swims 100 metre freestyle world record (1:01.40). [1]
• Nelson Diebel swims 100 metre freestyle US record (54.48 seconds). [1]

March 2

• Anita Hall swims female world record 200 metre freestyle (2:05.35). [1]
• The highest-paid player in baseball is now Ryne Sandberg, after signing a four-year contract extension worth US$7.1 million per season. [56]

March 3

• Mike Bossy's #22 is second number retired by New York Islanders. [1]

March 6

• New York Yankees' pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for one year due to cocaine use. [1]

March 7

• Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200 metre backstroke (2:06.78). [1]

March 8

• Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic. [1]

March 10

• Sandra Seuser, Katrin Schreiter, Annet Hesselbarth, and Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400 metre (3:07.22). [1]

March 15

• Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship. [1]

March 16

• Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball. [1]

March 18

• Zimbabwe beats England by nine runs in World Cup at Albury. [1]

March 21

• Second WLAF season begins. [1]
• Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul New Zealand in exciting World Cup semi. [1]

March 22

• Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship. [1]
• England beats South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final. [1]
• Joseph A Molloy elected New York Yankees general partner. [1]

March 23

• Florida Marlins begin selling tickets. [1]

March 25

• Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI. [1]
• Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup. [1]

March 26

• NHL New York Rangers clinch first NHL regular season championship in 50 years. [1]

March 28

• Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:05:01). [1]
• PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel. [1]

March 29

• 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie. [1]
• NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62. [1]
• World Ice Dance Championship in Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS). [1]
• World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS). [1]
• World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA). [1]
• World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS). [1]

March 31

• Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy. [1]

April 1

• Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at age 37 in car crash. [1]
• NFL decides to stay with 17-week schedule instead of expanded 18 games. [1]
• NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history. [1]
• Western Australia beats New South Wales by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final. [1]

April 3

• First exhibition game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards-Baltimore Orioles beat New York Mets. [1]

April 4

• Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yankee Stadium. [1]

April 5

• 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62. [1]
• 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino. [1]
• Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International. [1]
• Game two of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea Stadium. [1]

April 6

• First game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0. [1]
• 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51. [1]
• Duke beats Michigan 71-51 for NCCA basketball championship. [1]
• Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0. [1]

April 7

• Death of Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (born 1903). [33]

April 9

• Record 18 golfers shoot in the 60s in Masters round one (old record 12). [1]

April 10

• NHL strike ends after ten days. [1]

April 11

• BPAA US Open won by Robert Lawrence. [1]
• Cleveland Indians set team record for long game lose to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6.5 hours). [1]

April 12

• Second lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Pistons 72, New York Knicks 61. [1]
• 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins. [1]
• 56th Golf Masters Championship; Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275. [1]
• Matt Young no-hits Cleveland Indians, but loses 2-1. [1]
• New York Mets lose first three home games for first time since 1962. [1]

April 13

• Longest two undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); New York Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2. [1]
• Lou Conaseca retires as coach of Saint John's basketball team. [1]
• Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74. [1]

April 15

• New York Islanders' Al Arbour coaches the most NHL games (1,438). [1]

April 16

• First concrete is poured at new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field). [1]
• New York Rangers win team record 50th game. [1]

April 18

• Start of South Africa's first Test Cricket since 1970 (v West Indies Bridgetown). [1]

April 19

• Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship. [1]

April 20

• 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43. [1]
• 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14. [1]

April 23

• Deron Johnson, 1965 National League run leader, dies of cancer at age 53. [1]

April 24

• George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball. [1]

April 25

• Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell. [1]

April 26

• Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic. [1]
• Ozzie Smith steals his 500th base. [1]

April 27

• New York Jets finish perfect 5-0 pre-season for first time. [1]
• New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent. [1]

April 28

• Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 with American League record 31 hits in 9 innings. [1]

May 1

• Los Angeles Dodgers postpone three games due to racial riots resulting from the Rodney King incident. [1]
• New York Rangers win their first ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils). [1]
• Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base. [1]

May 2

• 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03. [1]

May 3

• Baltimore Orioles' pitcher Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves. [1]
• Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic. [1]
• New York Mets' player Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 homeruns. [1]
• Ohio Glory wins first WLAF game (after six losses), beat Frankfurt 20-17. [1]
• Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge. [1]

May 6

• New York Mets' Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games. [1]
• Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II. [1]

May 7

• Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races. [1]

May 8

• Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India and one for Pakistan), dies. [1]

May 9

• After trailing 9-0, Saint Louis Cardinals beat Atlanta Braves 12-11. [1]
• America's Cup finals begin in San Diego, California. [1]

May 10

• Jennifer Wyatt wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic. [1]
• Sweden wins the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. [33]

May 12

• Joe Burke, president (Kansas City Royals), dies at age 68. [1]

May 13

• Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup. [1]
• Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured. [1]

May 14

• Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Oakland Raiders), dies of cancer at age 43. [1]
• WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll. [1]

May 16

• 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6. [1]

May 17

• 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King. [1]
• Montreal Expos' Gary Carter is third to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone and Fisk). [1]
• The Toronto Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in season attendance sooner than any baseball team in major league history. [56]
• Warren Neal Boxer dies of AIDS at age 34. [1]

May 22

• California Angels are involved in a bus crash in New Jersey. [1]

May 23

• New York Yankees play in their fourth straight extra inning game. [1]

May 24

• Al Unser Jr wins Indianapolis 500. [1]
• Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic. [1]
• Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score one in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game. [1]
• Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament. [1]

May 25

• New York Yankees score 9 runs before first out in 8th inning, beat Milwaukee Brewers 13-7. [1]

May 26

• Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at age 83. [1]

May 29

• New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at three games. [1]
• Chicago White player Sox Tim Raines steals his 700th career base. [1]

May 30

• New York Yankees' pitcher Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams. [1]

May 31

• Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic. [1]

June 1

• The Pittsburgh Penguins sweep the Chicago Blackhawks in four games in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. [33]

June 6

• Second WLAF World Bowl. [1]

June 14

• The Chicago Bulls win their second NBA championship by defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in the best-of-seven series four games to two. [33]

June 22

• Radio Wimbledon, the Official Radio Station of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is launched. [33]

June 25

• Death of Jerome Brown, American football player (born 1965). [33]

June 26

• Denmark beats Germany 2-0 in soccer to win Euro 92 at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. [33]

July 25

• (to August 9) Games of the XXV Olympiad are held in Barcelona, Spain. [1] [7] [33]

August 9

• Games of the XXV Olympiad close in Barcelona, Spain. [1]

August 14

• Nigel Mansell wins the 1992 Formula One World Drivers Championship. [33]

August 30

• Michael Schumacher wins his first Grand Prix car race in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps in a Benetton-Ford race car. [33]

October 14

• The Toronto Blue Jays win a 9-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics in Game six of the American League Championship Series. [56]
• In Game 7 of the National League Championship Series the Atlanta Braves win 3-2 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning the series. [56]

October 19

• Death of Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner (born 1920). [33]

October 24

• The Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series of baseball in six games, making them the first Canadian team to win. [33]

December 6

• 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1). [1]
• Dottie Mochrie/Dan Forsmann win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. [1]
• San Francisco 49ers' player Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown. [1]
• San Francisco Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds. [1]

December 8

• Barry Bonds signs the richest contract in major league history: US$43-million over the next six years with the San Francisco Giants. [56]

December 9

• Carl Barger, baseball president (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at age 62. [1]
• Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks. [1]
• New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season. [1]
• Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (versus New Zealand by nine wickets). [1]

December 10

• The National Hockey League votes unanimously to expand to Anaheim, California, approving a new team, "The Mighty Ducks", owned by The Walt Disney Company. [6]
• NHL awards franchise to Miami (for 1994-95). [1]
• New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key. [1]
• Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (two shy of record). [1]

December 12

• 58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami Florida (quarterback). [1]
• Jasu Patel, cricketer (29 wickets for India, best 9-69 versus Australia), dies. [1]
• New York Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals. [1]

December 13

• Dawn Coe-Jones wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship. [1]

December 14

• Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refuses to fight him. [1]

December 15

• Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year. [1]

December 16

• Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies. [1]

December 23

• Cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies. [1]

December 25

• Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies (born 1924). [1] [33]

December 26

• New York Jets' announcer Marty Glickman retires at age 75. [1]

December 27

• Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament. [1]

December 30

• Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney. [1]
• Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian Melbourne Cricket Ground win versus West Indies. [1]