Events in Sport for April 1989
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Months in 1989: January February March May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 32 of 32
1st - 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
1st - A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
2nd - 18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
2nd - 8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
3rd - 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Mich beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
4th - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
4th - NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
7th - NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules
9th - 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
9th - Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
9th - Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
9th - Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
9th - Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
10th - 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
11th - 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
15th - 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
15th - Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
16th - 1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins
16th - Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
16th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
16th - Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
17th - 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
19th - Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
21st - George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
23rd - Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
23rd - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
23rd - Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning
25th - Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
25th - Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson
26th - Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
30th - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
30th - US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
