- May 10
- FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II. [1]
- May 13
- Minnesota Twins' Kirby Puckett becomes the 35th to hit four doubles in a game. [1]
- Trinidad and Tobago ties US 1-1, in third round of 1990 world soccer cup. [1]
- May 14
- First Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta, Georgia, USA). [1]
- First time since 1948 a Major league baseball player hits six consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett). [1]
- Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic. [1]
- May 15
- Toronto Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston. [1]
- US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule. [1]
- May 17
- Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. [1]
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- May 20
- 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8. [1]
- May 21
- 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez (her third LPGA championship). [1]
- May 24
- AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona, Spain. [1]
- NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager and coach Phil Esposito. [1]
- New York Yankees' pitcher Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his first run of the season. [1]
- May 25
- Seattle Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal Expos for Randy Johnson. [1]
- The Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League win their first Stanley Cup with a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. [1] [43]
- May 28
- Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic. [1]
- Emerson Fittipaldi wins the Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 167.581 mph. [1]
- May 29
- Philadelphia Phillies' third baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires. [1]
- June 1
- The SkyDome is opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [43]
- June 2
- Cincinnati Reds player Eric Davis hits for the cycle. [1]
- June 3
- Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09). [1]
- June 4
- Boston Red Sox lead Toronto Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 innings. [1]
- June 5
- In Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Skydome stadium opens for its first game; Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto Blue Jays 5-3. [1] [56]
- June 7
- 23-year-old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires. [1]
- Atlanta Fulton County Committee approves US$210 million stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. [1]
- Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart Trophy (Most Valuable Player) in ten years. [1]
- June 9
- Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of University of Oklahoma's football. [1]
- Michael Chang's French Open win makes him youngest male (age 17) to go to finals. [1]
- June 10
- Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily Steffi Graf, also first Spaniard to win a grand slam title. [1]
- June 11
- Youngest (age 17) male French Open champion and first US champion since 1955, Michael Chang upsets Stefan Edberg in the finals in five sets. [1]
- June 12
- Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids. [1]
- June 14
- Nolan Ryan becomes second pitcher to defeat all 26 teams. [1]
- Detroit Pistons sweep Los Angeles Lakers for NBA title, Kareem Abdul Jabber's final NBA game. [1]
- June 15
- Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play (versus New York Yankees). [1]
- June 16
- Four golfers shoot a hole-in-one on the same hole at the US Open. [1]
- June 17
- US beats Guatemala 2-1, in third round of 1990 world soccer cup. [1]
- June 18
- Curtis Strange wins his second US golf open. [1]
- July 1
- NFL owners vote unanimously to form the WLAF. [1]
- July 3
- Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase record (8:05.39) in Stockholm, Sweden. [1]
- July 5
- Barry Bonds' home run sets father-son (with Bobby) home run record at 408. [1]
- Mark McGwire gets 100th home run, second fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner). [1] [56]
- July 9
- First time Wimbeldon has both men and women's final on same day. [1]
- July 11
- US President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game. [1]
- American League beats National League 5-3, (third of last four All Star Games) in California. [1]
- July 12
- New York Yankees' pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA). [1]
- July 21
- Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time. [1]
- Mike Tyson TKOs Carl "the Truth" Williams in 1:33 of first round. [1]
- July 27
- Atlanta Braves' player Dale Murphy is 10th to get six RBIs in an inning (6th). [1]
- July 28
- Atlanta Braves' player Dale Murphy hits two 3-run home runs in an inning, 14th man to hit. [1]
- July 29
- Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8 feet) in San Juan. [1]
- Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's number 32. [1]
- Vince Coleman's record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases. [1]
- August 3
- 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez). [1]
- Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in one inning as they score 14 runs in the first inning. [1]
- Rickey Henderson sets American League mark of 50 steals in nine seasons. [1]
- August 4
- Toronto Blue Jays' Dave Steib's perfect game is broken up in 9th inning with two outs by New York Yankees' player Roberto Kelly. [1]
- August 6
- Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's number 8. [1]
- August 16
- Roger Kingdom of USA sets the 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich, Switzerland. [1]
- August 18
- Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankees' manager. [56]
- Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets the 10 km record (27:08.23) in Berlin, Germany. [1]
- August 22
- Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter. [1]
- August 23
- Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings. [1]
- August 24
- Record-setting baseball player Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [1] [43]
- August 26
- The Trumbull (Connecticut) All-stars become the first American team to win the Little League World Series since 1983. [1] [56]
- September 6
- Amateur Atheletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records. [1]
- England holds Sweden to a 0-0 draw in Sweden, qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The game became famous after Terry Butcher sustained a deep cut to his forehead early in the game. He received stitches but played on the entire game. By the end of the game, the front of Butcher's white shirt and shorts where almost entirely covered in blood. [43]
- September 9
- Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship. [1]
- September 10
- Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship. [1]
- September 13
- Fay Vincent becomes Major League Baseball's eighth commissioner when he succeeds the late Bart Giamatti. [1] [56]
- September 14
- Calgary Flames become first NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2. [1]
- September 19
- Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran). [1]
- September 30
- Nolan Ryan's perfect game is broken with one out in the 8th, but he strikes-out his 300th of the year. [1]
- October 1
- Dallas Cowboys' Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle. [1]
- October 7
- Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games). [1]
- October 9
- First NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football. [1]
- October 12
- Herschel Walker is traded from Dallas Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 12 players. [1]
- October 14
- Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards. [1]
- October 15
- Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howe as NHL's all time top scorer. [1]
- October 21
- Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe purchase Denver Nuggets for US$65 million. [1]
- Houston becomes first major college football team to gain 1000 yards in a game. [1]
- October 22
- Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in third McDonald Open. [1]
- October 24
- After a week's delay due to earthquake, World Series game three is played (World Series #86). [1]
- October 28
- The Oakland Athletics sweep of the San Francisco Giants winning baseball's World Series. [1] [56]
- October 30
- The qualification for the 1990 Football World Cup ends. [43]
- November 3
- Minnesota Timberwolves' first NBA game, lose to Seattle SuperSonics, 106-94. [1]
- November 4
- Orlando Magic's first NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106. [1]
- November 5
- 20th New York City Marathon (J Kanganaa 2:08:01 and Ingrid Kristiansen 2:25:28). [1]
- US plays El Salvador in third round of 1990 world soccer cup. [1]
- November 11
- Canadian swimmer Victor Davis is hit by a car outside a nightclub in Montreal, Quebec. He dies two days later. [47.69]
- November 17
- Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royals contract. [1]
- November 19
- US beats Trinidad 1-0 qualifying for the 1990 world soccer cup finals. It is US' first qualification since 1950. [1]
- November 22
- Kirby Pucket signs record US$3 million per year (for three years) Minnesota Twins' contract. [1] [56]
- November 28
- Rickey Henderson signs record US$3 million per year Oakland Athletics contract. [1]
- December 1
- Mark Langston signs record US$3.2 million per year California Angels contract. [1]
- December 2
- 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston Oilers (quarterback). [1]
- December 3
- Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. [1]
- December 11
- Mark Davis signs record US$3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract. [1]
- December 13
- Walter Davis (Denver Nuggets) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games. [1]
- December 16
- Commencement of first Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (versus Sierra Leone). [1]
- Geoff Marsh completes 355 for Western Australia against South Australia. [1]
- December 17
- 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2). [1]
- Michael Bevan scores cricket century on first-class debut (114 South Africa versus Western Australia). [1]
- Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill win LPGA Mazda Golf Championship. [1]
- December 26
- ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]
- December 27
- Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games. [1]
- December 29
- Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press. [1]
- December 30
- Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50 metre freestyle (27.15 seconds). [1]
- December 31
- Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Chicago Bears 20-12 victory over Philadelphia Eagles. [1]
- Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year. [1]
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