Events in Sport
- Apr 3 13th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Louisiana Tech, 60-59; Tar Heels first NCAA title on 3-point shot by Charlotte Smith as time expires
- Apr 3 1st roster of Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) announced
- Apr 4 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arkansas beats Duke, 76-72; Razorbacks' first title in first title game
Sports History
Apr 4 LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
- Apr 4 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
- Apr 4 MLB Chicago Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 HRs in 1993 hits 3 HRs on Opening Day vs Mets starter Dwight "Doc" Gooden at Wrigley Field, Chicago
- Apr 5 Miami Heat beat NY Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak
- Apr 7 NY Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6
- Apr 8 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
- Apr 8 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic
- Apr 9 147th Grand National: Jockey Richard Dunwoody wins his second GN aboard Irish 16/1 shot Miinnehoma by 1¼ lengths from Just So
US Masters Golf
Apr 10 58th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: José María Olazábal wins the first of 2 Masters titles, 2 strokes ahead of Tom Lehman; 6th winner from Europe in the past 7 years
- Apr 14 NJ Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
- Apr 17 PGA Seniors' Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Lee Trevino beats Jim Colbert by 1 stroke for his second title in the event
Boston Marathon
Apr 18 98th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya wins 2nd straight title in 2:07:15; Uta Pippig of Germany claims women's race in 2:21:45
Cricket Record
Apr 18 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day for WI vs England to beat Gary Sobers' world record
- Apr 19 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
Baseball Record
Apr 21 Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRs in a games (11 times)
Sports History
Apr 22 American figure skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500
Boxing Title Fight
Apr 22 Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
Apr 24 David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71
- Apr 24 NFL Draft: Ohio State defensive tackle Dan Wilkinson first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
- Apr 24 NY Rangers sweep NY Islanders in NHL playoffs
- Apr 27 7th longest NHL game at 125 min 43 sec: Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 1-0 on a goal by Dave Hannan
- Apr 27 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
- Apr 27 Twins righty Scott Erickson no-hits Brewers 6-0
Weddings in Sport
Deaths in Sport
- Apr 7 Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (Minister of Finance), dies at 70
- Apr 15 John Curry, British figure skater (Olympic gold, World C'ship gold, European C'ship gold 1976), dies from AIDS at 44
- Apr 18 Bill Rexford, American auto racer (NASCAR Grand National Series championship 1950, youngest Cup champion [23]), dies at 67
- Apr 30 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
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