American Football
- Super Bowl XXII – The Washington Redskins win their second Super Bowl title and fourth NFL title 42–10 over the Denver Broncos.
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeat West Virginia Mountaineers in collegiate National Championship game.
- December 17 – Jamie Morris of Washington Redskins sets NFL single game record for rushing attempts (45) in 20–17 loss to Cincinnati Bengals.
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“If Shakespeare has not been equalled, he is sure to be surpassed, and surpassed by an American born now or yet to be born.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“In this dream that dogs me I am part
Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
All moving the same way.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
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