April 1992 in Sport

Events in Sport

Apr 5 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Jack Nicklaus

Apr 5 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International
Apr 5 Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - NY Yankees sweep NY Mets 6-5 at Shea
Apr 6 1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
Apr 6 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
Apr 9 Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
Apr 9 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
Apr 10 NHL strike ends after 10 days
Apr 11 Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn - 6½ hr)
Apr 12 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61

Apr 12 56th Masters Golf Tournament: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275

Apr 12 NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
Apr 13 Lou Carnesecca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
Apr 13 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
Apr 15 NY Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438)
Apr 16 NY Rangers win team record 50th game
Apr 18 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
Apr 19 53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke from Mike Hill
Apr 20 96th Boston Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 1st man in 2:08:14 and Olga Markova of Russia 1st woman in 2:23:43

Apr 24 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball

Apr 26 Maggie Will wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
Apr 26 NFL Draft: University of Washington defensive end Steve Emtman from first pick by Indianapolis Colts
Apr 27 NY Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent
Apr 28 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings

Apr 13 Mohammad Amir, Pakistani cricket bowler (5-year ban for spot-fixing), born in Changa Bangial, Pakistan