Events in Sports History in April 1990

Apr 1 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn, 88-81; Cardinal point guard Jennifer Azzi MOP

Golf Major

Apr 1 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Betsy King wIns the 2nd of her 3 Dinah Shore events, 2 strokes ahead of Shirley Furlong and Kathy Postlewait

Golf Tournament

Apr 1 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Jack Nicklaus wins his first start on the Senior PGA Tour by 4 strokes from Gary Player

Apr 2 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke, 103-73; record largest margin of victory in a championship game; Runnin' Rebels' first title

NBA Record

Apr 5 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row

Apr 5 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary
Apr 7 144th Grand National: Marcus Armytage aboard 16/1 bet Mr Frisk wins in race record 8m 47.8s; 2 equine fatalities during the race
Apr 7 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary

US Masters Golf

Apr 8 54th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Nick Faldo of England goes back-to-back with a par on the 2nd sudden-death playoff hole with Raymond Floyd

Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship Winner Nick Faldo

Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd

Contract of Interest

Apr 9 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract extension with New York Yankees

Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly

Apr 9 NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1

Cricket History

Apr 10 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown

Apr 11 MLB California Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
Apr 11 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary playoffs
Apr 13 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
Apr 13 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1

Senior PGA Championship

Apr 15 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his third event title by 2 strokes from Chi-Chi Rodríguez

Boston Marathon

Apr 16 94th Boston Marathon: Gelindo Bordin is first Italian event winner in race record 2:08:19; Portugal's Rosa Mota wins her 3rd woman's title in 2:25:24

Apr 18 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
Apr 19 Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)
Apr 20 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips

Sports History

Apr 20 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income

Apr 21 MLB Cincinnati Reds win, running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
Apr 21 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
Apr 22 NFL Draft: University of Illinois quarterback Jeff George first pick by Indianapolis Colts
Apr 26 NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case