1989 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

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 10 - Ten months after undergoing surgery for cancer in his pitching arm, San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky returns to the major leagues, winning his comeback 4-3.
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.
World Series: Oakland Athletics won 4 games to 0 over the San Francisco Giants. The Series MVP was Dave Stewart, Oakland

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- Michigan wins 80-79 over Seton Hall in overtime
NBA Finals:
- Detroit Pistons win 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers to win the franchise's first championship.

February 11 - In Grenoble, France, Rene Jacquot won a 12 round decision over Donald Curry to win the World Welterweight Championship

World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
- Women's champion: Midori Ito, Japan
- Pairs champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union

Grand Slam of golf results:
1. May - The Masters - Nick Faldo
2. June - US Open - Curtis Strange
3. July - British Open - Mark Calcavecchia
4. August - PGA Championship - Payne Stewart
PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Tom Kite - $1,395,278
PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Bob Charles - $725,887
Ryder Cup: Europe and the United States teams tied 14-14 in world golf.

Women's Golf

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Tawriffic
Canada - Queen's Plate - With Approval
France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Carroll House
Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Old Vic
English Triple Crown Races:
1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Nashwan
2. Epsom Derby - Nashwan
3. St. Leger Stakes - Michelozzo
United States Triple Crown Races:
1. Kentucky Derby - Sunday Silence
2. Preakness Stakes - Sunday Silence
3. Belmont Stakes - Easy Goer

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: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames won 4 games to 2 over the Montreal Canadiens. The first time ever that the visiting team won their game at Montreal.
World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Canada
- Junior Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
- The women's overall season champion: Vreni Schneider, Switzerland

Embassy World Snooker Championship:
- Steve Davis won 18-3 over John Parrott
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
- Joe Runyan won with lead dogs: Rambo & Ferlin the Husky

January 9 - Bill Terry, Major League Baseball player (1923-1936)
January 21 - Carl Furillo, Major League Baseball player (1946-1960)
February 17 - Lefty Gomez, New York Yankees pitcher (1930-1943)
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, cyclist, world professional pursuit champion
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
December 25 - Billy Martin, New York Yankees manager, auto accident
December 26 - Doug Harvey, NHL superstar defenseman (1947-1969)