Jan 2 MLB CommissionerBowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves ownerTed Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing

Jan 9 Australian Open Men's Tennis: AmericanRoscoe Tanner wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beatsGuillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Jan 9 Super Bowl XI, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings, 32-14; MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR

Jan 18 Pakistan cricket all-rounderImran Khan takes 6 for 63 in the Australian 2nd innings for a match total of 12 to lead his side to an easy 8 wicket 3rd Test win in Sydney

Jan 19Ernie Banks elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Jan 30Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW vs Qld)

Jan 31 Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie andAl López elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Feb 5 Future 5-division world boxing championSugar Ray Leonard makes his professional debut with a 6-round unanimous decision over Luis Vega at Baltimore’s Civic Center

Feb 13 27th NBA All-Star Game, MECCA Arena, Milwaukee, Wi: West beats East, 125-124; MVP:Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers, F

Feb 13Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship

Feb 20 19th Daytona 500:Cale Yarborough wins his 2nd Great American Race; Janet Guthrie first female NASCAR Cup Series driver; finishes 12th

Feb 25 New Orleans'Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 points in a game

Mar 13Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test

Mar 27 American tennis starChris Evert wins her 4th and final WTA Tour Championship 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 against England's Sue Barker at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Apr 10 41st US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC:Tom Watson wins the first of his 2 green jackets, 2 strokes ahead of runner-upJack Nicklaus

Apr 21Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6

May 1 American golferGene Littler wins the Houston Open, his 29th and final PGA title

May 7 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet onSeattle Slew wins in 2:02.2

May 16Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

May 29 Indianapolis 500:A. J. Foyt. becomes first driver to win Indy 500 four times; last time winning car built entirely within US; Janet Guthrie first female to qualify, lasts 27 laps

Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats Florența Mihai of Romania 6-2, 6-7, 6-1

Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis:Guillermo Vilas of Argentina wins first career Grand Slam event; outclasses American Brian Gottfried 6-0, 6-3, 6-0

Jun 5 Los Angeles Dodgers retire future Baseball Hall of Fame managerWalter Alston's #24

Jun 8 MLB California Angels pitcherNolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game, in 10-inning, 2-1 win over visiting Toronto Blue Jays

Jun 12 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bay Tree Plantation GC: Chako Higuchi of Japan wins her only LPGA major title by 3 fromPat Bradley, Sandra Post & Judy Rankin

Jun 16Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals

Jun 18Billy Martin &Reggie Jackson get into a dugout altercation

Jun 27Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)

Jun 29 Future Hall of Fame outfielderWillie Stargell hits his 400th career HR as his Pittsburgh Pirates rout the St Louis Cardinals, 9-1 at Busch Stadium

Jul 1 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favouriteVirginia Wade beats Betty Stöve of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden'sBjörn Borg beats AmericanJimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 for the second of 5 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles

Jul 19 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP:Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P

Jul 24 MLB Cincinnati RedsPete Rose passesFrankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881

Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes fromNancy Lopez

Jul 28 Legendary England cricket all-rounderIan Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge

Aug 25 Canadian NHL playerTim Horton posthumously inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

Aug 29 MLB St Louis CardinalsLou Brock eclipsesTy Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3

Sep 1Tracy Austin at age 14 years, 8 months, 20 days, becomes the youngest female to play in the US Open, beating German Heidi Eisterlehner 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a 1st round match

Sep 6 Angels acquireDave Kingman from Padres for cash, 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977

Sep 15 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgrEarl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)

Sep 18Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore

Oct 1 Brazilian soccer great Pelé plays his final game for the New York Cosmos in an exhibition against Santos in front of 75,000 at Giants Stadium; 1,281 goals in 1,363 games

Oct 2 Austrian Ferrari driverNiki Lauda finishes 4th in the US Grand Prix East at Watkins Glen to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; Englishman James Hunt wins the race

Oct 2 Dusty Baker hits his 30th homer of the season against Astros' J.R. Richard; Dodgers become the first team in MLB history to have 4 players hit 30 or more HRs; joinsSteve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32) and Ron Cey (30)

Oct 14Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem prior to World Series Game 3 at Dodger Stadium; criticised for casual attire but ranked by Washington Examiner as second-best rendition ever at a sporting event

Oct 23 New York City Marathon: defending championBill Rodgers wins in 2:11:38; Miki Gorman retains women's title in 2:43:10

Nov 2 Philadelphia Phillies pitcherSteve Carlton wins his second Cy Young Award, outpointingTommy John of the LA Dodgers; Carlton leads National League with 23 wins and posts 2.64 ERA

Nov 16Rod Carew wins AL MVP award

Nov 20Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL record 275 yards

Nov 21 Baltimore Orioles 1st basemanEddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year

Nov 25Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in two rounds in his first professional fight

Dec 4 West Indies win 1st World Series Cricket 'Test' against Australia at VFL Park in Melbourne by 3 wickets; chasing 235 for victory,Viv Richards with 56 and Clive Lloyd 44 guide WI to 237/7 with 2 days to spare

Dec 14 Test Cricket debut of Pakistan spin bowling greatAbdul Qadir v England in 1st Test at Lahore

Dec 27 Ballon d'Or: Borussia Mönchengladbach's Danish forward Allan Simonsen is named Europe's best football player ahead of Hamburg forward Kevin Keegan and Nancy midfielderMichel Platini

Dec 30 Australian Open Women's Tennis:Evonne Goolagong Cawley wins her 6th career Grand Slam title; beats fellow Australian Helen Gourlay Cawley 6-3, 6-0

Dec 31 Australian Open Men's Tennis: AmericanVitas Gerulaitis wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats Englishman John Lloyd 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2