- January 9
- Calgary Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out. [1]
- January 12
- Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship. [1]
- January 13
- 23rd Tennis Federation Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA in Nagoya, Japan (2-1). [1]
- 99-year-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course. [1]
- Chicago Blackhawks' Doug Wilson fails on 12th penalty shot against New York Islanders. [1]
- January 14
- Martina Navratilova is third to win 100 tennis tournaments (Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert). [1]
- January 15
- Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler both score 200's versus India. [1]
- January 17
- Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (versus England). [1]
- January 20
- Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California; Most Valuable Player: Joe Montana, quarterback. [1] [85]
- January 21
- Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals. [1]
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- January 25
- Test debut of Wasim Akram, versus New Zealand at Auckland (2-105). [1]
- January 27
- Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic. [1]
- Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25). [1]
- NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14. [1]
- January 29
- Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th point of season in game 39. [1]
- February 1
- Azharuddin scores third Test century in third Test Cricket (122 versus England). [1]
- Saint Louis Cardinals trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to San Francisco Giants for Jack Clark. [1]
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin. [1]
- February 2
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano. [1]
- February 3
- Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic. [1]
- February 7
- New Jersey Devils' Don Lever becomes 57th NHL player to score 300 goals. [1]
- February 8
- First-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica versus Barbados. [1]
- Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92-foot 5.25-inch basketball shot. [1]
- Michael Gross swims world record 800 metre freestyle (7:38.75). [1]
- February 10
- 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana. [1]
- Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82). [1]
- Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic. [1]
- February 11
- Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, US$6 million contract with Minnesota Twins, making him the club's first million dollar player. [1] [56]
- Pakistani bowler Wasim Akram takes ten wickets in his second Test cricket match, but New Zealand still wins. [1] [85]
- February 12
- 37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary. [1]
- West Indies beats Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup. [1]
- February 16
- Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons. [1]
- Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champion. [1]
- New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick: 42 seconds. [1]
- February 17
- First day/night game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia versus England. [1]
- Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater. [1]
- Laffit Pincay Junior is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita. [1]
- February 20
- After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for US$104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket. [1]
- February 21
- Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skating race. [1]
- Largest NBA crowd to date: 44,970 (Atlanta Hawks at Detroit Pistons). [1]
- Tim Raines is awarded a US$12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator. [1]
- February 23
- Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game. [1]
- February 24
- Amy Alcott wins LPGA Circle K Golf Open Tucson. [1]
- Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards. [1]
- March 1
- Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks. [1]
- March 3
- Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic. [1]
- Willie Shoemaker becomes first jockey to win US$100 million. [1]
- March 5
- New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first to score 50 goals in eight straight seasons. [1]
- March 6
- Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match he wins by a first round knockout of Hector Mercedes. [1] [85]
- March 10
- Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational. [1]
- Dallas Mavericks' coach Dick Motta is fourth NBA coach to win 700 games. [1]
- India beats Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket". [1]
- World Ice Dance Championship in Tokyo won by Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin (USSR). [1]
- World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR). [1]
- World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic). [1]
- World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (USSR). [1]
- March 12
- Larry Bird scores Boston Celtics' record 60 points. [1]
- March 13
- Football Association Cup match at Luton stadium between Millwall and Kenilworth Road; riot, 47 injured, 31 arrested. [867.36]
- March 15
- Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in ten rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- March 16
- Denny McLain, pitcher, convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years. [1]
- March 17
- Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open. [1]
- Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623 feet. [1]
- March 18
- Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. The two had been banned from associating with major league baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos. [1] [56]
- March 19
- New South Wales wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by one wicket. [1]
- March 20
- Libby Riddles wins the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. [1] [5]
- March 21
- Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. [5]
- Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame. [1]
- March 23
- Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING. [1]
- March 24
- Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic. [1]
- Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah). [1]
- March 29
- Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist. [1]
- March 31
- 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65. [1]
- April 1
- 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75. [1]
- April 3
- Major League Baseball Players' Association agrees to proposal of the team owners to expand the 1985 League Championship Series from the best-of-five games to best-of-seven. [1] [56]
- April 4
- Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal. [1]
- April 6
- Bombay beats Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final. [1]
- April 7
- 14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller. [1]
- New Jersey Generals' Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards. [1]
- April 9
- Chicago White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game. [1]
- April 10
- At 80, Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game. [1]
- April 13
- Katrin Dörre wins first female World Cup marathon (2:33:30). [1]
- April 14
- 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282. [1]
- Ahmed Salah wins first World Cup marathon (2:08:09). [1]
- Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic. [1]
- Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals first playoff penalty shot. [1]
- April 15
- 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06. [1]
- 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05. [1]
- April 20
- Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12). [1]
- Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams. [1]
- Karyn Marshall of New York City, New York lifts 303 pounds in a clean-and-jerk lift. [1]
- April 21
- Ingrid Kristiansen wins the London Marathon in a record 2:21:06. [1]
- Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament. [1]
- April 23
- Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational. [1]
- April 25
- For second time, Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game. [1]
- April 28
- Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic. [1]
- Billy Martin named New York Yankees' manager for fourth time. [1] [56]
- Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season. [1]
- April 29
- Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit three homeruns in a game in both leagues. [1]
- Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing championship. [1]
- April 30
- Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April. [1]
- May 4
- 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Junior on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2. [1]
- May 5
- Amy Alcott wins LPGA Moss Creek Women's Golf Invitational. [1]
- May 11
- Fire engulfs a wooden stand in the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, England during a football match, killing 56. [85] [867.36]
- Dave Concepcion becomes fourth Cincinnati Reds teammate to get 2,000 hits, the others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno. [1]
- May 12
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic. [1]
- May 13
- Carlton Fisk becomes the 5th catcher to steal 100 bases. [1]
- Trailing 8-0, the New York Yankees rally to beat the Minnesota Twins 9-8. [56]
- May 15
- Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [1]
- May 16
- Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year. [1]
- May 17
- The Texas Rangers fire manger Doug Rader and replace him with New York Mets' third base coach Bobby Valentine. [56]
- May 18
- 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4. [1]
- May 19
- Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic. [1]
- May 20
- Baseball game at Cleveland stadium between Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers rained out, ending a league record 458 games being played before the first rain out a season. [1] [56]
- Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- May 22
- Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as National League run scoring leader. [1]
- Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid, Spain. [1]
- May 25
- Allan Border scores fourth successive first class 100 (versus Derbyshire). [1]
- May 26
- Danny Sullivan wins Indianapolis 500 by 24 seconds following a spin. [1]
- Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic. [1]
- May 29
- At Heysel Stadium, Liverpool, England, 39 die and 500 are injured in rioting between British and Italians at European Cup soccer match in Brussels, Belgium; English clubs banned from playing in European competition for five years. [85] [867.36]
- May 30
- NHL Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1. [1]
- May 31
- New Orleans Saints franchise is sold for US$70,204,000. [1]
- June 2
- Nancy Lopez wins the LPGA tournament. [1]
- June 6
- Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French). [1]
- June 8
- Pittsburgh Pirates score 10 in top of first inning, but lose 15-11 to Philadelphia Phillies. [1]
- June 9
- Los Angeles Lakers beats Boston Celtics in six games for NBA title. [1]
- June 16
- T C Chen, ahead by four strokes in final round of US Open, loses by one stroke to Andy North. [1]
- Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11.5 inches) in Indianapolis, Indiana. [1]
- June 19
- Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place. [1]
- June 23
- Laffit Pncay Junior becomes the second jockey to win US$100 million. [1]
- June 26
- At Jack Russell Stadium, organist Wilbur Snapp is ejected by umpire Keith O'Connor from a Class A Florida League game for playing Three Blind Mice following a close call which goes against the Clearwater Phillies. [56]
- July 4
- In a 19-inning game (6 hours 10 minutes), which goes until just before 4:00 AM the next day, the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves, 16-13. [56]
- July 7
- Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever (17) to win the men's singles tennis at Wimbledon. He is also the first German to win the title. [1] [37]
- July 11
- Houston Astros' Nolan Ryan is first to strike out 4000 (New York Mets' Danny Heep). [1]
- July 14
- Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark to win golf's US Women's Open. [1]
- Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24. [1]
- July 16
- NBC is first TV network to air a program in stereo, the Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. National League beats American League 6-1 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] [457]
- August 2
- Chicago White Sox backstop Carlton Fisk tags out two New York Yankees' runners at home plate during the same play. [56]
- August 3
- "Nihilator" sets harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [1]
- August 4
- California Angels' Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit. [1]
- Phil Rizzuto Day, New York Yankees retire uniform number 10. [1]
- August 5
- Baseball players go on strike for two days. [1]
- Chicago White Sox player Tom Seaver wins game 300 over New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. [1]
- August 7
- Major League Baseball players end their two-day mide-season strike. A five-year agreement between the union and owners is concluded. [1] [56]
- August 11
- Hubert Green wins PGA championship. [1]
- Oakland Athletics' Dave Kingman becomes the 21st to hit 400 home run. [1]
- Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (2.40 metres). [1]
- August 17
- Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run. [1]
- August 20
- First National League pitcher to strike out 200+ in first two seasons (Dwight Goodin). [1]
- August 21
- Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71. [1]
- August 23
- Paul Hornung awarded US$1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games. [1]
- Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin, Germany. [1]
- August 25
- New York Mets' Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games, at age 20 years 9 months 9 days). [1]
- August 26
- Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray knocks in nine RBIs in a game versus California Angels. [1]
- August 29
- Don Baylor of the New York Yankees is hit by a pitch for the 190th time breaking the American League record established by Minnie Minoso. [56]
- August 31
- Prakas sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Illinois. [1]
- September 3
- New York Mets' Gary Carter hits three consecutive home runs in a game. [1]
- September 4
- Igor Paklin of the USSR sets a new high jump world record at 2.41 metres. [1]
- New York Mets' Gary Carter's two home runs ties record of five home runs in two games. [1]
- September 8
- Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 miles in 25-metre pool. [1]
- Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits. [1]
- September 11
- At Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, Major League Baseball player/manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets career record hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record. [1] [5] [56]
- September 15
- European team beats US team for golf's Ryders Cup (first since 1957). [1]
- September 22
- Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ. First time a light heavyweight defeats the reigning heavyweight champion. [1]
- Saint Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man. [1]
- September 24
- Montreal Expos' Andre Dawson is ninth to get six RBIs in an inning (5th). [1]
- October 4
- Henry G Perry completes 157-day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia. [1]
- October 5
- Louisiana's Grambling Tigers, coached by Eddie Robinson, win record 324th football game. [1]
- October 6
- Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m women's record (47.6) in Australia. [1]
- New York Yankees' Phil Niekro becomes the 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes the oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto Blue Jays 8-0. [1]
- October 14
- On Monday Night football, New York Jets retire Joe Namath's number 12, beat Miami Dolphins 23-7. [1]
- October 16
- Saint Louis Cardinals win the National League Championship Series in Game 6. [56]
- October 17
- Lou Pinella named New York Yankees' manager, replacing Billy Martin. [1] [56]
- October 27
- Kansas City Royals beat Saint Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 (a score of 11-0 in the final game) in 82nd World Series. Kansas City is the first team World Series history to lose the first two games at home and then come back to win the World Championship. [1] [56]
- November 5
- Mark Kaylor defeats Errol Christie to become middleweight boxing champion, after the two brawled in front of the cameras at the weigh-in. [85]
- November 13
- Dwight Gooden, youngest 20-game winner in Major League Baseball, wins Cy Young award. [1]
- November 17
- New York Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay Buccaneers 62-28. [1]
- November 18
- Pitchers 20-year-old Dwight Gooden (New York Mets - National League) and 21-year-old Bret Saberhagen (Kansas City Royals - American League) win the Cy Young Award, the youngest players in their respective leagues to win the pitching honor. [56]
- November 20
- New York Yankees' Don Mattingly named American League Most Valuable Player. [1]
- December 7
- 51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (Running Back). [1]
- December 8
- 60th Australian Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (6-2, 4-6, 6-2). [1]
- Ken O'Brien's 96-yard touchdown pass (New York Jets record) to Wesley Walker. [1]
- Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. [1]
- December 9
- 74th Australian Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Mats Wilander (6-4, 6-3, 6-3). [1]
- December 11
- NHL record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (17) 12-9 and ties record of 21 goals. [1]
- December 13
- David Boon's first Test century, 123 versus India at Adelaide. [1]
- Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India). [1]
- December 20
- Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points). [1]
- Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC. [1]
- December 21
- Alice Miller/Don January win LPGA Mazda Golf Championship. [1]
- December 22
- 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2). [1]
- December 26
- Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, versus India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]
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