- January 25
- 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3). [1]
- NFL Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena, California; Most Valuable Player: Phil Simms, quarterback. This is the first NFL Championship for the Giants since 1956. [1] [83]
- January 27
- Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team. [1]
- February 1
- 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons. [1]
- Kathy Postlewait win LPGA Mazda Golf Classic. [1]
- NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6. [1]
- February 2
- Kansas City Royals' pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires. [1]
- February 3
- Montreal Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Minnesota Twins for Neal Heaton. [1]
- February 4
- Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes beat Australia's Kookaburra 3, bringing America's Cup yachting trophy back to USA. [1]
- Sacramento Kings score only four points first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954. [1]
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- February 6
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary. [1]
- February 7
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano. [1]
- For only the second time, a Major League Baseball player is forced to take a pay cut due to salary arbitration. Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Orel Hershiser signs for US$800,000 which is a twenty percent reduction. [56]
- February 8
- 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (overtime) at Seattle, Washington. [1]
- Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic. [1]
- February 11
- England beats Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup. [1]
- February 13
- Detroit Tigers' pitcher Jack Morris awarded US$1.85 million salary by arbitrator, the highest arbitration award to date. [1] [56]
- February 14
- 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia 76ers at Detroit Pistons. [1]
- February 15
- Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot. [1]
- Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03.92). [1]
- Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater. [1]
- February 17
- New York Yankees' first baseman Don Mattingly wins his US$1.975 million arbitration case breaking the record for the largest amount ever awarded to a player set by Jack Morris just four days ago. [1] [56]
- February 19
- Less than a month after re-signing, Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue retires. [1]
- February 21
- Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open. [1]
- February 22
- Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200 metre indoor (20.36 seconds). [1]
- February 23
- Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to brain tumor. [1]
- February 24
- Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point. [1]
- February 25
- LaMarr Hoyt is banned from US Major League Baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse. [1]
- February 26
- NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bulls' record. [1]
- Washington Bullets block 20 Indiana Pacers shots tying NBA regulation game record. [1]
- February 27
- Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76 metres). [1]
- NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption. [1]
- March 1
- Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open. [1]
- March 3
- Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, elected to Hall of Fame. [1]
- March 7
- Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs. [1]
- Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- March 8
- David Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia. [1]
- Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic. [1]
- Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60 metre indoor. [1]
- March 11
- Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point. [1]
- March 12
- David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game. [1]
- World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (USSR). [1]
- World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (USSR). [1]
- World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic). [1]
- World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada). [1]
- March 13
- Washington Capitals score five goals against Toronto Blue Jays in 3 minutes and 3 seconds. [1]
- March 14
- New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry charges Boston Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl. [1]
- Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87. [1]
- Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194 metres. [1]
- March 15
- Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner. [1]
- New Zealand beats West Indies by five wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket. [1]
- US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay. [1]
- March 17
- Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 versus Pakistan. [1]
- March 19
- Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 metre (39.43 seconds). [1]
- Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85). [1]
- March 20
- Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:00.36). [1]
- March 21
- PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (17 million gulden). [1]
- March 22
- Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open. [1]
- March 24
- Western Australia wins the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final versus Victoria. [1]
- March 26
- Hyderabad beats Delhi on first innings to win Ranji Trophy. [1]
- National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet). [1]
- March 29
- 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 67-44. [1]
- Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic. [1]
- Australian Football League expansion team, the West Coast Eagles, play their first ever match (not including pre-season). They defeat the Richmond Tigers 20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119). [83]
- March 31
- 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73. [1]
- April 3
- Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualifying record of 212.809 mph at Talladega. [1]
- Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland Athletics for three minor league players. [1]
- April 5
- 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King. [1]
- Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title. [1]
- April 6
- Al Campanis appears on TV show Nightline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy. [1]
- Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler. [1]
- April 7
- Atlanta Braves' pitcher Rick Mahler throws his third Opening Day shutout tying a National League record. [56]
- April 9
- For third time, Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game. [1]
- Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champion. [1]
- April 11
- New York Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning versus Kansas City Royals. [1]
- Zoja Ivanova wins second female World Cup marathon (2:30:39). [1]
- April 12
- 51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285. [1]
- Ahmed Salah wins second World Cup marathon (2:10:55). [1]
- Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic. [1]
- April 13
- First three San Diego Padres' players hit homeruns off San Francisco Giants starter Roger Mason. [1]
- April 16
- Michael Jordan becomes second NBA to score 3000 points in a season. [1]
- April 17
- Julius Erving becomes the third NBA player to score 30,000 points. [1]
- April 18
- Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race. [1]
- Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs. Robinson-Pittsburgh Pirates). [1] [56]
- Pat Knauff, France sets one-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph). [1]
- April 19
- Brendon Kuruppu scores 201 on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka versus New Zealand). [1]
- Jacqueline Blanc sets women's downhill ski speed record (124.902 mph). [1]
- Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open. [1]
- Los Angeles Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record. [1]
- Milwaukee Brewers score five runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight American League win. [1]
- April 20
- 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21. [1]
- 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50. [1]
- April 21
- Milwaukee Brewers lose, ending American League season-opening winning streak at 13 games. [1]
- Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151 (versus Sri Lanka). [1]
- April 23
- New Jersey Devils' farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) New York. [1]
- April 28
- NBA announces expansion to Charlotte, North Carolina and Miami, Florida in 1988 and Minneapolis, Minnesota and Orlando, Florida in 1989. [1]
- April 29
- Chicago Cubs' Andre Dawson hits for the cycle. [1]
- April 30
- Lou Lamoriello is named New Jersey Devils' president. [1]
- NASCAR driver Bill Elliott sets all time fastest lap at Talladega Motor Speedway: 211 mph (340 km/h). [83]
- May 1
- 46 homeruns hit in 13 baseball games. [1]
- May 2
- 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4. [1]
- May 3
- Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic. [1]
- May 6
- Mario Andretti sets the one-lap speed record at Indianapolis 500 at 218.204 MPH. [1]
- May 9
- At Comiskey Park, Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games. [1] [56]
- May 10
- Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic. [1]
- May 13
- Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II. [1]
- May 15
- Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set. [1]
- May 16
- 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8. [1]
- May 17
- Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic. [1]
- May 20
- Götenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee. [1]
- May 24
- 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes. [1]
- Al Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 race for a fourth time, the second driver to do so, after A.J. Foyt in 1977. [1] [83]
- May 27
- Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna, Austria. [1]
- New York Yankees' Phil Niekro is third pitcher to make 700th start. [1]
- May 28
- Baltimore Orioles' player Mike Young hits two homeruns in extra innings. [1]
- Bob Milacki sets Southern League pitching record 11 1/3 no hit innings. [1]
- May 29
- Robin Ventura sets a college baseball record with hits in 57 games. [1]
- May 30
- Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in six rounds for World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in ten rounds for International Boxing Federation heavyweight boxing title. [1]
- May 31
- Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic. [1]
- Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3. [1]
- June 3
- Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros tie Baltimore Orioles' and Texas Rangers' record of three grand slams in a game. [1]
- June 4
- Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 consecutive hurdle wins. [1]
- June 14
- Los Angeles Lakers win NBA title with a 106-93, victory over the Boston Celtics. [1]
- June 16
- Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, Florida opens. [1]
- June 19
- Wee Willie Keeler's 44-game hitting streak ends. [1]
- June 22
- Tom Seaver retires after third try with New York Mets. [1]
- June 26
- Losing 9-0 to Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees score 11 in third and win 12-11 in ten innings. [1] [56]
- June 28
- Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden). [1]
- June 30
- Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump. [1]
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