- Apr 1 Blackburn Rovers striker Chris Sutton scores fastest goal in English Premier League history when he nets after 12.94 seconds in 2-1 win at Everton
- Apr 1 New York Islanders retire Swedish right wing Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
- Apr 2 14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee, 70-64; Huskies' first NCAA title, completing first undefeated season since 1986 Texas
- Apr 2 Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles
Golf Tournament
Apr 2 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: 2-time champion Jack Nicklaus wins with birdie on 3rd playoff hole against Isao Aoki
WrestleMania
Apr 2 WrestleMania XI, Hartford Civic Centre, CT: NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
- Apr 3 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Arkansas, 89-78; Bruins' 11th national title
- Apr 7 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
- Apr 8 148th Grand National: Irish rider Jason Titley wins aboard 40/1 outsider Royal Athlete; trainer Jenny Pitman's second GN victory
- Apr 8 American Bruce Seldon defeats by RTD over Tony Tucker in 7 rounds to win vacated WBA boxing title
Boxing Title Fight
Apr 8 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
US Masters Golf
Apr 9 59th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Ben Crenshaw wins his 2nd Masters title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Davis Love III
Senior PGA Championship
Apr 16 Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Raymond Floyd wins by 5 strokes from fellow Americans John Paul Cain, Larry Gilbert and Lee Trevino
Boston Marathon
Apr 17 99th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya claims 3rd straight title in 2:09:22; Uta Pippig of Germany wins 2nd consecutive women's event in 2:25:11
Sports History
Apr 18 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
- Apr 21 Boston Celtics final regular season game at Boston Garden, NY Knicks win 98-92
Foreman vs Schulz
Apr 22 George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas
- Apr 22 NFL Draft: Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter first pick by Cincinnati Bengals
Sports History
Apr 24 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
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