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 * December 28 - 2002 AL Cy Young Winner Barry Zito signs a 7 year, $126 million deal with the San Francisco Giants.
 * December 28 - The Associated Press names Tiger Woods the 2006 Male Athlete of the Year.
 * December 24 - The Milwaukee Brewers sign 2006 NLCS MVP pitcher Jeff Suppan to a 4 year, $42 million deal.
 * December 24 - Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season, with 32 yards rushing in a loss to the Carolina Panthers.
 * December 24 - Texas Tech Red Raiders coach Bob Knight ties Dean Smith for the most career victories (879) in NCAA Men's Basketball with a 72-60 victory over Bucknell.
 * December 22 - Charges of rape are dropped against three Duke Blue Devils Lacrosse players in the Duke Lacrosse Scandal.
 * December 22 - Minnesota Twins pitcher Brad Radke retires after 12 seasons, all of which were spent with the Twins.
 * December 21 - Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson is traded to the Denver Nuggets along with Ivan McFarlin for Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and 2 first round draft picks in the 2007 NBA Draft.
 * December 9 - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith wins the 2006 Heisman Trophy award over Arkansas tailback Darren McFadden.
 * December 9 - Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson reportedly requests a trade out of Philadelphia.
 * December 9 - Pitcher Andy Pettitte signs a one year, 16 million dollar deal (pending a physical) to return to the New York Yankees after a 3 year stint with the Houston Astros.
 * December 9 - Outfielder Barry Bonds signs a one year deal to stay with the San Francisco Giants for 16 million dollars. Bonds remains 21 home runs shy of Hank Aaron's all-time home run record.
 * December 5 - The Florida Gators are selected by the BCS computers to play Ohio State in the National Title Game.
 * December 5 - Division III School Lincoln University set NCAA records for most points in a game, points in a half, and margin of victory in their 201-78 victory over Ohio State Marion.
 * November 25 - Miami Hurricanes head coach Larry Coker is fired effective after the end of the season.
 * November 25 - The Houston Astros sign outfielder Carlos Lee to a 6 year contract worth $100 million.
 * November 21 - Minnesota Twins first basemen Justin Morneau wins the 2006 American League Most Valuable Player award.
 * November 21 - Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, winner of five Olympic, eleven World Championship and ten Commonwealth gold medals, announces his retirement at the age of twenty-four.
 * November 19 - Ohio State defeats Michigan 42-39 to secure a spot in the National Title Game.
 * November 19 - Former Ohio State assistant and Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler, known best for fueling the Michigan-Ohio State Rivalry during the Ten Year War, dies at the age of 77 from heart problems on the eve of the Ohio State-Michigan showdown.
 * November 19 - Minnesota Twins pitcher Johan Santana is unanimously picked as the 2006 AL Cy Young winner.
 * November 19 - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Webb is named the 2006 NL Cy Young winner.
 * November 19 - Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd scores 57 points to break the franchise record for most points in a single game.
 * November 19 - Rutgers defeats the Louisville Cardinals 28-25 in the school's first ever game between two ranked opponents. The win gave them a 9-0 record, and their highest ranking (7th) in school history.
 * November 19 - The Buffalo Sabres own the best record in the NHL as of November 19th, 2006 at 16-3-1.
 * November 19 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 1 to win the World Series.
 * September 24 - Europe retains golf's Ryder Cup to score a third consecutive win, beating America by a score of 18.5 to 9.5.
 * June 13 - In Game 4 of the NHL 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the Edmonton Oilers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1, with Mark Recchi's scoring the winning goal with just over 4 minutes remaining in the second period. Carolina leads series 3-1. Game 5 is scheduled to begin Wednesday
 * June 11 - Rafael Nadal and Justine Henin-Hardenne are the winners of the men's and women's singles tournaments at the 2006 French Open in tennis.
 * June 10 - In Game 3 of the NHL 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the Edmonton Oilers defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1, with Ryan Smyth's scoring the winning goal with 2:15 remaining. Carolina leads series 2-1.
 * June 9 - The 2006 FIFA World Cup begins in Germany.
 * June 8 - Jason Terry leads the Dallas Mavericks with 32 points, as the they win game 1 of the 2006 NBA Finals, defeating the Miami Heat 90-80.
 * May 16 - At Stade de France in Paris, FC Barcelona defeated Arsenal F.C., 2-1, to claim the 2005-2006 UEFA Champions League football championship.
 * May 12 - In Doha, Qatar, American sprinter Justin Gatlin runs 100 metres in 9.766 seconds at the Qatar Grand Prix. Gatlin was thought to have lowered Jamaican Asafa Powell's world record by one one-hundredth of a second, but the International Association of Athletics Federations later discovered that Gatlin's time should have been rounded to 9.77 seconds instead of 9.76; Gatlin and Powell, therefore, share the world record.
 * February 8 - After hearing of a sponsorship deal from HP Foods, makers of HP Brown Sauce, whereby the HP logo will be present on the brown ball at all major tournaments, snooker player Jimmy White announces he has changed his name by deed poll to 'Jimmy Brown', and will wear brown clothing with a blue bow tie when competing at the upcoming Masters tournament. He has not yet decided on changing his name back after the tournament or keeping his new name.
 * February 7 - Ellen MacArthur breaks the record for a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage, with a time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds for the 27,000 mi voyage.
 * February 6 - In the Super Bowl (logo pictured right), the New England Patriots became the first team since the 1997-1998 Denver Broncos to repeat as World Champions in their defeat of the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 Jacksonville, Florida. Deion Branch, the game's most valuable player, caught a Super Bowl-tying record 11 passes for 133 yards.
 * January 29 - At the 68th Corus chess tournament, held in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, FIDE world chess champion Grandmaster Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand (India) share first place in the "A" section, scoring nine points over the tournament's 13 rounds. Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, aged 14 years, wins the "B" section, securing himself a place in the "A" section of the 2007 tournament.