Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1995 in sports, other events of 1996, 1997 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. Table of contents 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett wins the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Indy Racing League - Indianapolis 500 - Buddy Lazier CART Racing - Jimmy Vasser won the season championship Formula One Championship - Damon Hill of Great Britain 24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Manuel Reuter / Davy Jones / Alexander Wurz driving a TWR-Porsche Rally racing - the team of Patrick Bernardini / Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford Escort RS Cosworth Drag racing - Kenny Bernstein won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship. November 24 - Rusty Wallace wins the Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 racing event at Suzuka Circuitland in Suzuka City (this was the first NASCAR competition held in Japan). Baseball World Series: New York Yankees won 4 games to 2 over the Atlanta Braves. The Series MVP was relief pitcher, John Wetteland, New York Basketball NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky wins 76-67 over Syracuse NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Seattle Supersonics, after a record-breaking 72-10 regular season. Boxing March 16 - Christy Martin defeats Deirdre Gogarty by a decision in six rounds to retain her Women's boxing world title in front of a national tv audience. This fight is credited with making the general public aware of women's boxing. June 7 - Oscar De La Hoya defeats Julio Cesar Chavez by a knockout in four rounds to win the WBC's world Jr. Welterweight championship. Cycling Giro d'Italia won by Pavel Tonkov of Russia Tour de France - Bjarne Riis of Denmark World Cycling Championship: Johan Museeuw of Belgium Figure Skating World Figure Skating Championships: Men's champion: Todd Eldredge, United States Women's champion: Michelle Kwan, United States Pairs champions: Marina Eltsowa & Sergej Buschkow, Russia Football (Soccer) England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 1-0 over Liverpool Major League Soccer Kicks-Off: On April 6th an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first game. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scored the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over D. C. United. Football (American) Super Bowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys won 27-17 over the Pittsburgh Steelers Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts win 43-37 over the Edmonton Eskimos Vanier Cup: Saskatchewan Huskies win 31-12 over the St. Francis Xavier X-Men Golf Men's Golf Grand Slam of golf results: May - The Masters - Nick Faldo June - US Open - Steve Jones July - British Open - Tom Lehman August - PGA Championship - Mark Brooks PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Lehman - $1,780,159 PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Jim Colbert - $1,627,890 Women's Golf US Women's Open - Annika Sörenstam LPGA Championship - Laura Davies Karrie Webb is the leading money winner on the LPGA tour with earnings of $1,002,000 becoming the first ever woman to earn more than a million dollars in one golfing season. Thoroughbred Horse Racing Australia - Melbourne Cup - Saintly Canada - Queen's Plate - Victor Cooley France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Helissio Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Zagreb English Triple Crown Races: Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Mark of Esteem Epsom Derby - Shaamit St. Leger Stakes - Shantou United States Triple Crown Races: Kentucky Derby - Grindstone Preakness Stakes - Louis Quatorze Belmont Stakes - Editor's Note Harness Racing June 22 - the fastest race mile in harness racing history was set by Jenna's Beach Boy (1:47.3) at Meadowlands Racetrack. The North America Cup - Arizona Jack United States Pacing Triple Crown races: Cane Pace - Scoot To Power Little Brown Jug - Armbro Operative Messenger Stakes - Go For Grins United States Trotting Triple Crown races: Hambletonian - Continentalvictory Yonkers Trot - Continentalvictory Kentucky Futurity - Running Sea Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship: Pacers: Young Mister Charles Trotters: Pride Of Petite Ice Hockey Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup - the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Florida Panthers 4 games to 0. World Hockey Championship Men's champion: Czech Republic defeated Canada Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Sweden Skiing Alpine Skiing The men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway The women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger, Germany Tennis Grand Slam in tennis men's results: Australian Open - Boris Becker French Open - Yevgeny Kafelnikov Wimbledon championships - Richard Krajicek US Open - Pete Sampras Grand Slam in tennis women's results: Australian Open - Monica Seles French Open - Steffi Graf Wimbledon championships - Steffi Graf US Open - Steffi Graf Davis Cup: France won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis. General sporting events Embassy World Snooker Championship: Stephen Hendry won 18-12 over Peter Ebdon Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion: Jeff King won with lead dogs: Jake & Booster Births Deaths May 11 - Rodney Culver, 26, San Diego Chargers running back, died in a plane crash This article is from Wikipedia. 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