February 2007 in sports

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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in February 2007. Deaths

24 – Damien Nash 22 – Dennis Johnson 9 – Hank Bauer 6 – Lew Burdette

Sporting seasons

Auto racing 2007: A1 Grand Prix NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Busch Series Craftsman Truck Series World Rally Championship V8 Supercar

Basketball 2006–07: Australian National Basketball League Euroleague National Basketball Association NCAA Men's Basketball Philippine Cup finals ULEB Cup

Cricket 2006–07: Australia South Africa

Football (soccer) 2006–07: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 2006–07 UEFA Cup England (general) FA Premier League 2006–07 Scotland (general) Scottish Premier League 2006–07 Argentina

Golf: 2007 PGA Tour 2007 European Tour 2007 LPGA Tour

Ice hockey 2006–07: National Hockey League

Rugby league 2007: Super League XII

Rugby union 2007: 2007 Six Nations Championship 2007 Super 14 season 2006–07 Heineken Cup 2006–07 English Premiership 2006–07 Top 14 2006–07 Celtic League 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying 2006–07 IRB Sevens

Speed skating 2006–07: Essent Cup 2006–07 World Cup

Speedway: Speedway Grand Prix

Volleyball 2007: Men's CEV Champions League 2006–07 Women's CEV Champions League 2006–07

28 February 2007 (Wednesday)

Auto racing: At a test for NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow in Bristol, Tennessee, the sanctioning body announces they will consider making the unibody template mandatory starting a year earlier than planned. US men's college basketball: (15) Texas 98, (7) Texas A&M 96 (2 OT) (24) Maryland 85, (14) Duke 77 Cricket: Tri-Nations series in St. John's, Antigua: 278/5 (50 ov) beat 265/7 (50.0 ov) by 13 runs and wins the tournament.

27 February 2007 (Tuesday)

Baseball: For the third consecutive election cycle, the Veterans Committee of the United States Baseball Hall of Fame fails to elect any nominees. US men's college basketball: Tennessee 86, (5) Florida 76. Almost as notable as Tennessee's upset win was a special appearance by Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt. After Tennessee men's head coach Bruce Pearl painted his chest orange for a key Lady Vols game earlier in the season against No. 1 Duke, Summitt returns the favor by dressing in a cheerleader outfit and helping the Tennessee cheerleaders lead cheers during the first media timeout. BYU 62, (25) Air Force 58

26 February 2007 (Monday)

US men's college basketball: (3) Kansas 67, Oklahoma 65. Syracuse 72, (9) Georgetown 58. Indoor football: Javon Camon, a defensive back for the Daytona Beach Thunder of the World Indoor Football League, dies after sustaining an injury during a head-to-head hit with Juval Winston of the Columbus Lions. He was 25. Cricket: Tri-Nations series in St. John's, Antigua: 207/7 (44 ov) beat 206/8 (50 ov) by 3 wickets (with 36 balls remaining).

25 February 2007 (Sunday)

Cricket: Tri-Nations series in St. John's, Antigua: 206/2 (37.3 ov) def 205/8 (50 ov) by 8 wickets (with 75 balls remaining).

Football (soccer): Carling Cup Final: Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal. Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Auto Club 500 at Fontana, California:(1) Matt Kenseth (2) Jeff Gordon (3) Jimmie JohnsonKenseth sweeps two of the three races at California, having won the Busch Series race one day earlier. Tennis: 2007 ATP Tour: World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands: Final: Mikhail Youzhny def (3) Ivan Ljubičić 6–2 6–4. M.K. Championships in Memphis, United States:Final: (2) Tommy Haas def (1) Andy Roddick 6–3 6–2. Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, Argentina:Final: Juan Mónaco def Alessio di Mauro 6–1 6–2. 2007 WTA Tour: Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia: Final: (6) Roberta Vinci def (1) Tathiana Garbin 6–7(4) 6–4 0–3 (Garbin retired due to ankle injury). Rugby union: The Sunday Times that the sport's governing body, the International Rugby Board, has been brokering a deal that could see admitted to the Southern Hemisphere Tri Nations competition as early as 2008. US college basketball: Men's (1 Coaches Poll) Ohio State 49, (1 AP) Wisconsin 48 Maryland 89, (5) North Carolina 87 (7) Memphis 77, Houston 64 Women's (1) Duke 67, (4) North Carolina 62. The Blue Devils complete the first unbeaten regular season by a women's team in ACC history in front of their home fans.

24 February 2007 (Saturday)

Rugby union: Six Nations: 17 – 37 Italy win their first-ever away match since joining the Six Nations in 2000, starting with three converted tries in the first six minutes. Ireland 43 – 13 England's worst-ever defeat by Ireland, in the first match they have ever played at Croke Park. 32 – 21 France came from behind to beat the Welsh Dragons to top the Pool and be the only team without a loss and strengthening their chances of winning the Six Nations US men's college basketball: LSU 66, (3) Florida 56 (4) UCLA 75, Stanford 61 (6) Kansas 89, Iowa State 52 (8) Texas A&M 97, Baylor 87 (9) Washington State 58, Oregon State 54 (12) Georgetown 61, (10) Pittsburgh 53 TCU 71, (14) Air Force 66 Notre Dame 85, (16) Marquette 73 San Diego State 86, (21) BYU 74 Auburn 86, (25) Alabama 77 Tennis: 2007 WTA Tour: Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, UAE: Final: (1) Justine Henin def (2) Amélie Mauresmo 6–4 7–5. M.K. Championships in Memphis, Tennessee, United States: Final: (7) Venus Williams def (1) Shahar Pe'er 6–1 6–1. Lacrosse: In their first game since the heavily publicized rape allegations that scuttled their 2006 season, Duke win 17–11 at home over Dartmouth. (ESPN)

23 February 2007 (Friday)

2007 Canada Games in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Opening Ceremonies. Basketball: 2006–07 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup finals game 6 – Barangay Ginebra Kings 96, San Miguel Beermen 94. Kings win series 4–2 with Finals MVP Jayjay Helterbrand converting clutch freethrows with 2 seconds remaining. Ginebra wins seventh league championship. Game was held at the Araneta Coliseum.

22 February 2007 (Thursday)

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan Men's individual sprint: – Jens Arne Svartedal , – Mats Larsson , – Eldar Rønning . Women's individual sprint: – Astrid Jacobsen , – Petra Majdič , – Virpi Kuitunen . Football (soccer): 2006–07 UEFA Cup Round of 32, second leg, progressing teams shown in bold. Newcastle United 1–0 Zulte-Waregem (4–1 aggregate) Parma 0–1 Sporting Braga (0–2 aggregate) Panathinaikos 0–0 Lens (1–3 aggregate) Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen (2–3 aggregate) Rangers 4–0 Hapoel Tel Aviv (5–2 aggregate) Espanyol 2–0 Livorno (4–2 aggregate) AZ Alkmaar 2–2 Fenerbahçe (5–5 aggregate; AZ moves to the Round of 16 on away goals) Ajax 3–1 Werder Bremen (3–4 aggregate) Celta Vigo 2–1 Spartak Moscow (3–2 aggregate) Maccabi Haifa 1–0 CSKA Moscow (1–0 aggregate) Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 AEK Athens (4–0 aggregate) Dinamo Bucharest 1–2 Benfica (3–1 aggregate) Sevilla 1–0 Steaua Bucharest (3–0 aggregate) Nancy 0–1 Shakhtar Donetsk (1–2 aggregate) Osasuna 1–0 (aet) Bordeaux (1–0 aggregate) NOTE: Tottenham Hotspur received a bye due to Feyenoord's expulsion from the competition due to crowd misbehavior in the last group stage match. US college basketball: Men's: (4) UCLA 85, California 75 (7) Memphis 99, Rice 63 (23) Oregon 64, (9) Washington State 59 Loyola (Chicago) 75, (15) Butler 71 Women's: In the longest game in NCAA women's basketball history, Drexel defeats Northeastern 98–90 in five overtimes. (AP/Yahoo!) Ice hockey (NHL): A late hit on Buffalo Sabres co-captain Chris Drury leads to a huge fight between them and the Ottawa Senators. At some point or another, all twelve players on the ice were fighting. A total of 100 penalty minutes were dispensed against eight different players, including five game misconducts. Three Sabres and two Senators were ejected, including both teams' goalies. The Sabres ultimately won the game, 6–5 in a shootout. (ESPN) That shootout was one of an NHL single-night record eight overtime games, and one of four shootouts.

21 February 2007 (Wednesday)

Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League, Last-16 stage, first leg: (UEFA.com) Porto 1 – 1 Chelsea Roma 0 – 0 Lyon Barcelona 1 – 2 Liverpool Inter Milan 2 – 2 Valencia Basketball: International basketball: The International Basketball Federation lifts the Philippines' suspension as it recognizes the new basketball federation. (FIBA.com) US men's college basketball: (2) Ohio State 68, Penn State 60 (3) Florida 63, South Carolina 49 (5) North Carolina 83, NC State 64 (8) Texas A&M 66, Oklahoma State 46 Mississippi State 83, (17) Vanderbilt 70 Miami (FL) 68, (24) Virginia 60 Tennessee 69, (25) Alabama 66 (OT) 2006–07 Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup finals game 5: Barangay Ginebra Kings 94, San Miguel Beermen 82. Kings lead series 3–2. Game was held at the Araneta Coliseum.

20 February 2007 (Tuesday)

Boxing: Tommy Morrison, who was banned from the sport in 1996 for a positive HIV test, is cleared to return to the ring by the West Virginia Athletic Commission after several HIV tests over the past two months come back negative. He claims the test in 1996 was a false positive, and he never had HIV. He defeated John Castle in Indianapolis via a second round technical knockout on 22 February. Football (soccer): UEFA Champions League, Last-16 stage, first leg (UEFA.com): Celtic 0 – 0 A.C. Milan PSV Eindhoven 1 – 0 Arsenal Lille 0 – 1 Manchester United Real Madrid 3 – 2 Bayern Munich US men's college basketball: Michigan State 64, (1) Wisconsin 55. The Badgers lose their first game after assuming the top spot in the AP poll. UNLV 60, (14) Air Force 50 Providence 64, (22) West Virginia 61 Cricket: 2006–07 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, 3rd ODI in Hamilton: 350/9 (49.3 overs) beat 346/5 (50 overs) by 1 wicket (with 3 balls remaining). New Zealand win the series 3–0.

19 February 2007 (Monday)

American football: The NFL's San Diego Chargers name former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Norv Turner as their new head coach. This is Turner's third head coaching job, having previously coached the Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins. US men's college basketball: (6) Kansas 71, Kansas State 62 (10) Pittsburgh 71, Seton Hall 68

18 February 2007 (Sunday)

Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (1) Kevin Harvick, (2) Mark Martin, (3) Jeff Burton, (4) Mike Wallace, (5) David Ragan. Harvick edges Martin by .020 seconds in the closest finish since Lee Petty won the inaugural event in 1959 as a crash in back of the two leaders scrambles the top ten.

Basketball: 2007 NBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas, Nevada. West All-Stars 153, East All-Stars 132. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 32 points and earns the game's Most Valuable Player Award in the first NBA-sanctioned All-Star Game played in a city without an NBA franchise. US men's college basketball: (3) Ohio State 85, Minnesota 67 Arizona State 68, (22) USC 58 Football (soccer): UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 in El Salvador: Final: 1 1 (4:1 in penalty shootout). Third place: 1 0. Tennis: 2007 ATP Tour: Open 13 in Marseille, France:Final: Gilles Simon def (7) Marcos Baghdatis 6–4 7–6(3). Brasil Open in Costa do Sauípe, Brazil:Final: Guillermo Cañas def (1) Juan Carlos Ferrero 7–6(4) 6–2. SAP Open in San Jose, California, USA:Final: (3) Andy Murray def Ivo Karlović 6–7(3) 6–4 7–6(2). 2007 WTA Tour: Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium:Final: (1) Amélie Mauresmo def (2) Kim Clijsters 6–4 7–6(4). Sony Ericsson International in Bangalore, India:Final: Yaroslava Shvedova def (1) Mara Santangelo 6–4 6–4. Cricket:

February 2007 in sports

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