1988 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1989 ,
1990 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- April 8 - One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his major-league debut with the California Angels , without spending a single day in the minor leagues. He went on to a 12-12 record for the season.
- August 15 - Dave Dravecky 's comeback bid ends tragically when his pitching arm breaks in the sixth inning of his second start. Two years later, the cancer-stricken arm would be amputated.
- August 24 - Following an investigation that he gambled on baseball, superstar player Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life.
''For fuller coverage, see: 1989 In Football (soccer) ''
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
- ---National Football League: Kerry
Men's Golf
- - $1,395,278
- - $725,887
- and the United States teams tied 14-14 in world golf.
Women's Golf
- won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens . The first time ever that the visiting team won their game at Montreal.
- won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.
- February 10 — Dan Kelly , NHL sportscaster
- March 18 — Piet Kruiver , Dutch soccer player
- April 12 — Sugar Ray Robinson , boxing champion
- June 17 — John Matuszak (38), NFL player with Oakland Raiders
- June 22 — Lee Calhoun , Olympic Gold Medal hurdler
- July 18 — Donnie Moore (35), Major League Baseball pitcher, suicide
- August 13 — Tim Richmond , NASCAR driver
- August 18 — Bert Oosterbosch (32), Dutch cyclist, world professional pursuit champion
- September 1 — A. Bartlett Giamatti , 7th Major League Baseball commissioner, heart attack
- September 10 — Jeff Stollmeyer , President, West Indies Cricket Board, murdered
- September 15 — Harry Cave , New Zealand cricketer
- October 4 — Secretariat , Thoroughbred Race Horse , 1973 Triple Crown winner, two-time Horse of the Year
- October 4 — Norman Yardley , English cricketer
- November 13 — Victor Davis , 1984 Olympic and World swimming champion
- December 25 — Billy Martin , New York Yankees manager, auto accident
- December 26 — Doug Harvey , National Hockey League superstar defenseman (1947-1969)
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