February 2007 in sports
See also: 2007 in sports
28 February 2007 (Wednesday)
27 February 2007 (Tuesday)
- 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 #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)
25 February 2007 (Sunday)
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24 February 2007 (Saturday)
- Rugby union:
- Six Nations:
- Scotland 17 – 37 Italy
- 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
- England's worst-ever defeat by Ireland, in the first match they have ever played at Croke Park.
- France 32 – 21 Wales
- 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
23 February 2007 (Friday)
22 February 2007 (Thursday)
- 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)
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, Indiana via a second round technical knockout on February 22.
19 February 2007 (Monday)
18 February 2007 (Sunday)
- (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 scarmbles the top ten. [1]
17 February 2007 (Saturday)
- Basketball:
- 2007 NBA All-Star Saturday Night: Yahoo! Sports
- Shooting Stars: Team Detroit (Chauncey Billups, Swin Cash, Bill Laimbeer) def. Team Chicago (Ben Gordon, Candice Dupree, Scottie Pippen) via disqualification when Gordon shoots out of turn.
- Skills Challenge: Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat, 26.4 seconds) def. Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers, 45.8 seconds)
- Race for Charity: Charles Barkley def. Dick Bavetta with a time of 25.7 seconds.
- Three-Point Shootout: Jason Kapono (Miami Heat, 24 pts.) def. Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards, 17 pts.) and Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks, 9 pts.).
- Slam Dunk Competition: Gerald Green (Boston Celtics, 91 points) def. Nate Robinson (New York Knicks, 80 pts.).
- US men's college basketball:
- Vanderbilt 83, (1) Florida 70. The Commodores upset the Gators in Nashville, ending Florida's 17-game winning streak.
- (3) Wisconsin 75, Penn State 49
- (4) North Carolina 77, (21) Boston College 72
- (5) UCLA 81, (19) Arizona 66
- (6) Texas A&M 56, Oklahoma 49
- (7) Pittsburgh 65, Washington 61
- (8) Memphis 78, Gonzaga 77 (OT)
- (9) Kansas 92, Nebraska 39
- Louisville 61, (12) Marquette 59
- (16) Southern Illinois 68, (13) Butler 64 (First meeting of two ranked teams in a "Bracket Busters" matchup.)
- Missouri 75, (18) Oklahoma State 64
- Michigan 58, (24) Indiana 55
- (25) Alabama 72, (20) Kentucky 61
16 February 2007 (Friday)
15 February 2007 (Thursday)
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup:
- Gatorade Duel twin qualifying race winners: Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon. Gordon however, will have to start from the rear of the field due to failure of the post-race inspection of a pair of bolts misaligning a shock absorber making the car one inch lower than NASCAR rules, but was allowed to keep the victory.
14 February 2007 (Wednesday)
- Auto racing:
- NASCAR punished Michael Waltrip Racing's #55 Toyota Camry driven by the owner with both their crew chief indefinitely suspended along with their vice president of competition, a fine of $100,000 (US) and a loss of both 100 owner and driver points. Additionally, his time from Sunday's pole position qualifying was disqualified, and he will start in the back of Thursday's first Duel 150-mile races. (USA Today)
13 February 2007 (Tuesday)
12 February 2007 (Monday)
11 February 2007 (Sunday)
- Auto racing:
- David Gilliland and Ricky Rudd are set for the front row of the 49th running of the Daytona 500 as the Robert Yates Racing teammates sweep the front row. However, two contenders for the title, Matt Kenseth (Roush Racing #17) and Kasey Kahne (Evernham Motorsports #9) had their times wiped out after failing post-qualifying inspection and two-time race winner Michael Waltrip's car was impounded due to an abnormal odor found in the carburator. On Tuesday, the crew chiefs for Kenseth and Kahne were suspended for four races, fined $50,000 (US) and both teams and their drivers will start the season fifty points in the red. Additionally, two other Evernham teams, those driven by Elliott Sadler (#19) and Scott Wimmer (#10) had their crew chiefs suspended for two races, were fined $25,000 and begin the year 25 points in the hole.
10 February 2007 (Saturday)
- US men's college basketball:
- (1) Florida 64, (20) Kentucky 61
- West Virginia 70, (2) UCLA 65
- (3) Ohio State 63, Purdue 56
- (4) Wisconsin 74, Iowa 62
- (5) North Carolina 104, Wake Forest 67
- (6) Texas A&M 66, Nebraska 55
- (7) Pittsburgh 74, Providence 68
- (8) Memphis 95, Tulane 51
- (9) Kansas 92, Missouri 74
- Wright State 77, (10) Butler 65
- (22) Georgetown 76, (11) Marquette 58
- (24) Arizona 77, (13) Oregon 74
- Ole Miss 75, (18) Alabama 69
- Tennessee 84, (23) Vanderbilt 57
- Two Gonzaga players, starter Josh Heytvelt and redshirt Theo Davis, are suspended from the team following their arrest on drug charges last night. Police in Cheney, Washington reported that they found psychedelic mushrooms and marijuana in the players' car during a routine traffic stop. (ESPN)
9 February 2007 (Friday)
- Tennis – 2007 Davis Cup:
- World Group, first round, day 1:
(home teams listed first)
- Chile v Russia 0 – 2
- France v Romania 2 – 0
- Germany v Croatia 1 – 1
- Belgium v Australia 2 – 0
- Czech Republic v USA 1 – 1
- Switzerland v Spain 1 – 1
- Belarus v Sweden 0 – 2
- Austria v Argentina 0 – 2
8 February 2007 (Thursday)
7 February 2007 (Wednesday)
- Football (soccer):
- In the aftermath of the Catania riots that postponed or canceled all football matches in Italy since February 2, the Italian government approved recommendations of a fact-finding panel. The panel found that only four of the thirty-one Italian football stadiums in Serie A and Serie B are capable to host soccer matches. San Siro in Milan is among those ruled out, which means that AC Milan and Inter Milan's upcoming Champions League fixtures would probably be moved to neutral sites, as would Parma and Livorno's UEFA Cup fixtures, as their stadia were also declared unsafe by the government. Additionally, no nighttime matches will be held for the rest of February and many matches will be held "behind closed doors" in empty stadiums. In response, several clubs along with the Italian soccer players' union said they would go on strike against these draconian motions.
- Euro 2008 Qualifying:
- Friendly international matches:
6 February 2007 (Tuesday)
5 February 2007 (Monday)
4 February 2007 (Sunday)
- American football:
- NFL Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida:
- Indianapolis Colts 29, Chicago Bears 17. The Colts win their first Super Bowl since moving to Indianapolis from Baltimore, namely Super Bowl V, also held in Miami. The Bears' Devin Hester returns the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown, a first for the championship game. After a 53-yard touchdown pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne closes the gap to one point, Thomas Jones sets up another Bears TD with a 52-yard run. But Indy's defense largely shuts down Chicago after that. Dominic Rhodes' 1-yard touchdown run puts the Colts ahead 16–14 at halftime. The Bears hang in until early in the fourth quarter, when Kelvin Hayden returns a Rex Grossman interception 56 yards for a touchdown. Manning, who goes 25 of 38 for 247 yards with one touchdown and one interception, is named MVP.
3 February 2007 (Saturday)
- US men's college basketball:
- (1) Florida 94, Tennessee 78
- (2) Wisconsin 69, Northwestern 52
- NC State 83, (3) North Carolina 79
- (4) Ohio State 63, Michigan State 54
- (5) UCLA 82, Oregon State 35
- (10) Texas A&M 69, (6) Kansas 66
- USC 71, (9) Oregon 68
- Colorado 89, (12) Oklahoma State 77
- Boston College 80, (16) Virginia Tech 59
- South Florida 69, (21) Notre Dame 63
- Kansas State 73, (22) Texas 72
- Georgia Tech 80, (25) Clemson 62
2 February 2007 (Friday)
1 February 2007 (Thursday)