March 6, 2006 (Monday)
- Baseball: Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett dies at age 45 in a Phoenix hospital the day after suffering a stroke.
- Major League Soccer: After controversy over their original chosen nickname being potentially offensive to Hispanics, the Houston 1836 Football Club rename themselves to the Houston Dynamo. The team unveiled their new name and logo (with the same colors of orange, black and white) on the 170th anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Alamo.
- NCAA Men's College Basketball
- Conference championship games (winners, in bold, advance to the NCAA tournament):
- Colonial Athletic Association: UNC-Wilmington 78, Hofstra 67
- MAAC: Iona 80, Saint Peter's 61
- West Coast Conference: (4) Gonzaga 68, Loyola Marymount 67
- Conference championship games (winners, in bold, advance to the NCAA tournament):
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