- January 19
- NHL approves move of Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix. [1]
- January 20
- 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center in Boston, Massachussetts. [1]
- Australia defeats Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup. [1]
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan. [1]
- January 21
- Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament. [1]
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo. [1]
- January 23
- Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand versus Zimbabwe. [1]
- January 27
- 70th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (6-4, 6-1). [1]
- Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303 for Guyana versus Jamaica at Kingston. [1]
- January 28
- 84th Australian Men's Tennis: Boris Becker beats Michael Chang (6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2). [1]
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- The Dallas Cowboys become the first NFL franchise to win three Super Bowls in a span of four seasons, as they defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-17 in Super Bowl XXX at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. It is the Cowboys' 5th Super Bowl championship. Larry Brown, Defensive Back, is named Most Valuable Player. [1] [28]
- January 29
- Last day of Test cricket for David Boon. [1]
- February 4
- NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-13. [1]
- February 8
- NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he has to leave the Browns' name behind. [1]
- February 11
- 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio. [1]
- February 16
- Gary Kirsten scores 188 for South Africa versus United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi. [1]
- February 17
- First full ODI for the Netherlands versus New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47. [1]
- February 18
- Tendulkar scores 127 in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya. [1]
- February 23
- Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup versus Kenya, 207 with brother Steve. [1]
- Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands. [1]
- February 24
- Meg Mallon wins LPGA Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open. [1]
- February 25
- Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad versus Leeward Islands. [1]
- February 27
- Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India. [1]
- February 29
- In Lumberton, North Carolina, Daniel Green is convicted of the murder of James Jordan, the father of basketball star Michael Jordan. [28]
- Kenya defeats West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup. [1]
- March 1
- Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory. [1]
- March 2
- Tendulkar scores 137 for India versus SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose. [1]
- March 3
- Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final. [1]
- March 5
- Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- March 6
- Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 versus Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup versus Kenya. [1]
- March 7
- Magic Johnson is second NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists. [1]
- March 9
- Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's World Cup quarterfinal loss to India. [1]
- Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) versus England in World Cup quarterfinal. [1]
- March 11
- Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side versus Australia, World Cup. [1]
- Mark Waugh scores 110 versus New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup. [1]
- March 12
- Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy. [1]
- March 13
- Sri Lanka beats India in World Cup semi-final as riots stop play. [1]
- March 14
- Australia beat West Indies by five runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi-final. [1]
- March 16
- Mike Tyson knocks out Frank Bruno in second round. [1]
- March 17
- Aravinda De Silva gets 107 and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory. [1]
- Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship. [1]
- Mike Tyson beats Frank Bruno in third round to gain Heavyweight title. [1]
- Montreal Canadiens play first game in their new arena. [1]
- Sri Lanka wins the Cricket World Cup by storming to a Seven wicket victory against the tournament favourite Australia. [1] [28]
- March 24
- Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament. [1]
- March 25
- World Ice Dance Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, won by Gritshuk and Platov (Russia). [1]
- World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (Russia). [1]
- World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA). [1]
- World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA). [1]
- March 26
- Last day of first-class cricket for Allan Border (Queensland versus Victoria). [1]
- March 29
- Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens. [1]
- New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game. [1]
- March 30
- Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI versus New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain. [1]
- New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game. [1]
- March 31
- 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia 83-65. [1]
- First baseball Opening Day in March takes place in Seattle. [1]
- 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan. [1]
- Karnataka defeats Tamil Nadu on first innings to win Ranji Trophy. [1]
- April 1
- 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67. [1]
- April 2
- Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore; Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore. [1]
- Detroit Tigers' slugger Cecil Fielder steals first base in 1,097th career game. [1]
- April 3
- South Australia grab exciting draw versus Western Australia to win Sheffield Shield. [1]
- Saint Francis Fighting Saints scores college baseball run record 71-1. [1]
- April 6
- Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game. [1]
- Major League Soccer kicks off in the USA in front of an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed in Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first game. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scores the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over D. C. United. [28]
- April 7
- 8th Seniors Golf Tradition; Jack Nicklaus wins. [1]
- Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls versus Pakistan, Singapore. [1]
- Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic. [1]
- April 8
- Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title. [1]
- April 11
- Detroit Red Wings become second NHL team to win 60 games in a season. [1]
- April 13
- Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup champions New Jersey Devils from playoff. [1]
- April 14
- 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276. [1]
- Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games. [1]
- April 15
- 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9. [1]
- 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6. [1]
- April 19
- Texas Rangers score 16 in 8th inning versus Baltimore Orioles. [1]
- South Africa defeats Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah. [1]
- April 20
- Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season. [1]
- April 21
- 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin. [1]
- Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship. [1]
- Matabeleland beats Mashonaland Country District to win Logan Cup. [1]
- April 24
- Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Minnesota Twins 24, Detroit Tigers 11. [1]
- April 26
- Shaun Pollock takes four wickets in four balls for Warwickshire in B&H. [1]
- April 27
- Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont. [1]
- April 28
- Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic. [1]
- April 29
- New York Mets' pitcher John Franco becomes the first left-hander to record 300 saves. [56]
- May 1
- Gerald Williams is first New York Yankees' player since 1934 to get six hits in a game. [1]
- May 3
- Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 first wickett Yorks versus Glam. [1]
- May 4
- 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01. [1]
- ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel. [1]
- Greg Pavlik one-hits Detroit Tigers making the Texas Rangers first American League team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917. [1]
- May 5
- Karrie Webb wins LPGA Sprint Titleholders Golf Championship. [1]
- May 8
- New York Yankees' pitcher Dwight Gooden wins his first American League game beating Detroit Tigers 10-3. [1]
- May 11
- Florida Marlins' pitcher Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0. [1]
- May 12
- 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies. [1]
- New York Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8. [1]
- May 14
- New York Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0. [1]
- May 16
- Sammy Sosa is first Chicago Cubs player to hit two homeruns in one inning. [1]
- May 17
- Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wicket, Leicestershire vs Worcestershire. [1]
- May 18
- 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2. [1]
- WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner. [1]
- May 21
- Ken Griffey Junior, 26, is 8th youngest to hit 200 homeruns. [1]
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats New York Yankees for his 200th win. [1]
- May 26
- Indianapolis 500 race; Buddy Lazier wins with an average speed of 147.956 mph. [1]
- Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game. [1]
- Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic. [1]
- May 30
- Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Milwaukee Brewers' second baseman Fernando Vina's nose. Belle gets a two-game suspension. [1]
- May 31
- FIFA decides to give the FIFA World Cup 2002 to Japan and South Korea, becoming the first World Cup with co-host countries in the history of the event, as well as the first World Cup in Asia. [28]
- June 8
- Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever women's final at the French Open to win her 19th Grand Slam title. [28]
- June 10
- The Colorado Avalanche win their first Stanley Cup in their first season based out of Denver, Colorado, defeating the Florida Panthers four games to none. Avalanche captain Joe Sakic wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff Most Valuable Player. [28]
- June 14
- Cal Ripken sets a new consecutive games world record by playing in his 2,216th consecutive baseball game. [56]
- June 16
- The Chicago Bulls win their fourth NBA Championship by defeating the Seattle Supersonics in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 2. [28]
- June 30
- Germany beats the Czech Republic 2-1 to become the 1996 European soccer champion. [28] [37]
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- Thirteen Boston College football players are suspended after betting on college and professional games. [328.38]
- July 8
- Martina Hingis becomes the youngest person in history (age 15 years and 282 days) to win at Wimbledon in the Ladies' Doubles event. [28]
- July 19
- (to August 4) Games of the XXVI Olympiad are held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [1] [7] [28]
- July 27
- The Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta kills one and injures 111. [28]
- August 1
- At the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Michael Johnson breaks the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds, with a time of 19.32 seconds. [5]
- August 4
- The Games of the XXVI Olympiad conclude in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [1] [28]
- August 31
- The Big 12 Conference is inaugurated with a football game between Kansas State University and Texas Tech University in Manhattan, Kansas. [28]
- September 1
- The Fitzroy Football Club (established 1883) plays its last game ever in the Australian Football League, against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval. The following season the club merges with the Brisbane Bears, ending a long history of the club in the VFL/AFL. [28]
- September 19
- The scoreboard at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, falls to the ice just hours before a National Hockey League game; no one is injured. [28]
- September 28
- Jockey Frankie Dettori finishes first for the seventh time of the day at Ascot racetrack on racehorse Fujiyama Crest, making racing history. Darren Yates, on a bet of 67.58 pounds, wins 550,823.54 pounds. The William Hill betting agency loses 8 million pounds; total payout on this win is 40 million pounds. [565.283]
- October 26
- The New York Yankees win their 23rd World Series (first since 1978) with a 3-2 victory over the defending World champs Atlanta Braves in Game 6. John Wetteland is named Most Valuable Player of the series. [56] October 29 [28])
- November 19
- Albert Belle signs a record five-year, $55 million deal with the Chicago White Sox. [56]
- November 24
- The Toronto Argonauts defeat the Edmonton Eskimos 43-37 to win the 84th Grey Cup at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. The game is notable for the heavy snowfall that took place, resulting in the game being dubbed "The Snow Bowl". [28]
- December 1
- 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2). [1]
- Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins Million Dollar Challenge, the richest first prize in golf - $1 million. [1]
- Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India. [1]
- December 4
- The Orlando Magic team ties the NBA record of fewest points scored since inception of 24 second clockm losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57. [1]
- December 5
- Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player. [1]
- December 6
- Mashonaland defeats England in first-class tour match. [1]
- December 8
- Donna Andrews and Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic. [1]
- December 12
- Florida Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since November 22, Moises Alou. [1]
- December 13
- Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays. [1]
- December 14
- 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (quarterback). [1]
- December 15
- Dottie Pepper and Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches. [1]
- Jim Colbert and Bob Murphy win Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches. [1]
- Tom Lehman and Duffy Waldoff win Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches. [1]
- December 18
- Start of first Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England. [1]
- December 21
- Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning. [1]
- December 22
- Pittsburgh Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yards for touchdown. [1]
- Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need one to win. [1]
- December 27
- Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21. [1]
- December 28
- India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket first inning. [1]
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