Baseball
- 2007 World Series – Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies 4–0
- 2007 Japan Series – in a rematch of last year's series, the Chunichi Dragons win 4–1 over the 2006 champion Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
- August 7 – Barry Bonds became Major League Baseball's career leader in home runs amid a cloud of controversy regarding his suspected use of performance-enhancing drugs by hitting the 756th home run of his career, surpassing Hank Aaron's previous mark of 755
- 2007 Asia Series – Japanese team Chunichi Dragons wins against Koreans SK Wyverns
Oregon State Beavers win back to back National Championships.
Read more about this topic: 2007 In Sports
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