Events in Sports History in April 1991

Apr 1 53rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Kansas, 72-65; Blue Devils' first title; power forward Christian Laettner MOP

Contract of Interest

Apr 3 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox

NFL Running Back and Baseball Outfielder Bo Jackson

Apr 5 Detroit Pistons Joe Dumaars ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
Apr 6 145th Grand National: In Canadian distillery Seagram's final year of race sponsorship, New Zealand-bred chestnut gelding Seagram wins, ridden by Nigel Hawke

Sports History

Apr 6 Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 months by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

Golf Tournament

Apr 7 Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 4 event titles by 1 stroke from Jim Colbert, Jim Dent & Phil Rodgers

Sports History

Apr 8 Jockey Bill Shoemaker paralyzed in a car accident

Racing Hall of Fame Jockey Bill Shoemaker

Apr 8 Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
Apr 8 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena in USA to ban smoking

NHL Record

Apr 10 LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal

Apr 10 Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51)
Apr 14 55th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Welshman Ian Woosnam wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of José María Olazábal; 4th straight year the Masters champion is from the UK
Apr 14 Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
Apr 15 95th Boston Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins his 2nd men's title in 2:11:06; Wanda Panfil of Poland woman's champion in 2:24:18

NBA Record

Apr 15 Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assists with 9,898

Apr 15 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road
Apr 16 St Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7

NBA Record

Apr 18 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136

Boxing Title Fight

Apr 19 Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

Apr 20 Mark Lenzi is 1st diver to score 100 pts on a dive (101.85)
Apr 21 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
Apr 21 NFL Draft: University of Miami defensive tackle Russell Maryland first pick by Dallas Cowboys

Sports History

Apr 21 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)

Apr 21 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 4th of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Bruce Crampton of Australia
Apr 22 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park

Sports History

Apr 23 Björn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after an 8 year lay off without practising or playing any exhibition matches

Apr 23 Outstanding West Indian cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge scores 226 in his final Test innings at home in Bridgetown, Barbados; WI win 4th Test v Australia by 343 runs
Apr 25 Boston Herald journalist Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment while covering team; an out-of-court settlement was reached, the league fines the team, and she transfers to a position in Sydney, Australia
Apr 26 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics