February 2007 in sports

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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 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)

25 February 2007 (Sunday)

(with 75 balls remaining).

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

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 22 February.

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)

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 No. 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)

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)

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4 February 2007 (Sunday)

3 February 2007 (Saturday)

2 February 2007 (Friday)

1 February 2007 (Thursday)

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