Events in Sports History in April 1994

  • 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

Golf Tournament

Apr 3 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Ray Floyd wins first of 4 Champions Tour majors with birdie on first playoff hole against Dale Douglass

  • 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 MLB outfielder Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California for substance abuse rehabilitation
  • 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

Sports History

Apr 13 Pedro Martínez takes a perfect game through 7+1⁄3 innings until hitting Reggie Sanders with a pitch, leading to a bench-clearing brawl

  • Apr 14 NJ Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points

Senior PGA Championship

Apr 17 Senior PGA Championship, 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 Garfield 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)

Figure Skating History

Apr 22 American figure skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500

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