April 2007 in sports

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This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in April of 2007. Deaths

29: Kevin Mitchell 29: Josh Hancock 25: Alan Ball 23: David Halberstam 21: Parry O'Brien 5: Darryl Stingley 3: Eddie Robinson 1: Herb Carneal

Sporting seasons

Auto racing 2007: Formula One A1 Grand Prix Champ Car NASCAR NEXTEL Cup NASCAR Busch Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series World Rally Championship IRL GP2 V8 Supercar Rolex Sports Car Series American Le Mans Series FIA GT Le Mans Series

Baseball 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan) Major League Baseball Basketball 2007: Australian National Basketball League Euroleague National Basketball Association NBA Playoffs PBA Fiesta Conference ULEB Cup

Cricket 2006–07: Australia South Africa

Cycling UCI ProTour

Football (soccer) 2006–07: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 2006–07 UEFA Cup England (general) Premier League 2006-07 Scotland (general) Scottish Premier League 2006-07 Argentina

Golf: 2007 PGA Tour 2007 European Tour 2007 LPGA Tour

Ice hockey 2006–07: National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs

Lacrosse 2007: National Lacrosse League

Motorcycle racing 2007: Motorcycle GP

Rugby league 2007: Super League XII

Rugby union 2007: 2007 Super 14 season 2006–07 Heineken Cup English Premiership 2006–07 Top 14 2006–07 Celtic League 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying 2006–07 IRB Sevens

Shooting 2007: 2007 ISSF World Cup

Speedway: Speedway Grand Prix

Volleyball 2007: Men's CEV Champions League 2006-07 Women's CEV Champions League 2006-07

30 April 2007 (Monday) Basketball: 2007 NBA Playoffs: First Round Cleveland Cavaliers 97, Washington Wizards 90, Cavaliers win series 4–0 Ice hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs: Conference Semi Finals: Ottawa Senators 2, New Jersey Devils 0, Senators lead series 2–1 San Jose Sharks 2, Detroit Red Wings 1, Sharks lead series 2–1

29 April 2007 (Sunday) American football The New England Patriots trade their fourth round pick in the 2007 NFL draft to the Oakland Raiders for Randy Moss. Baseball St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Hancock dies in a traffic accident in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 29. The Cardinals' night game with the Chicago Cubs, which was to be televised nationally on ESPN, is postponed. Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies performs the 13th unassisted triple play in MLB history, catching a Chipper Jones line drive, tagging second base to force Kelly Johnson out off the bag, then tagging out Édgar Rentería in the 7th inning. Tulowitzki also had a two-RBI triple and scored a run in the 11-inning 9–7 Rockies victory over the Atlanta Braves. Basketball: 2007 NBA Playoffs First Round Eastern Conference The Chicago Bulls defeat the defending world champions Miami Heat 92–79 to sweep their first round series 4 games to none, assuring the NBA of a new owner of the championship trophy for the 2006–07 season. Football (soccer): OFC Champions League 2007 Final, second leg. Waitakere United 1–0 4R Electrical Ba (aggregate: 2–2, wins on away goals) Waitakere United advances to FIFA Club World Cup 2007. Dutch Eredivisie: The season entered its final day with three teams level on points. Excelsior 3–2 AZ — The visitors, with a 6-goal edge in goal difference over their nearest competition, would have essentially secured the title with a win, but lost after being reduced to 10 men. Willem II 0–2 Ajax — Ajax, in second entering the final day, take their goal difference to +49. PSV 5–1 Vitesse — PSV's rout takes their goal difference to +50, pipping Ajax for the title. Football League Championship: Third-place Derby County lose 2–0 at Crystal Palace, thereby assuring first-place Birmingham City and second-place Sunderland of automatic promotion to the 2007–08 Premiership. Auto racing: NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: Aaron's 499 at Talladega, Alabama (1) Jeff Gordon (2) Jimmie Johnson (3) Kurt Busch IRL: Kansas Lottery Indy 300 in Kansas City, Kansas (1) Dan Wheldon (2) Dario Franchitti (3) Hélio Castroneves Ice hockey Stanley Cup playoffs: Conference Semi Finals: New York Rangers 2, Buffalo Sabres 1, 2OT, Sabres lead series 2–1 Anaheim Ducks 3, Vancouver Canucks 2, Ducks lead series 2–1

28 April 2007 (Saturday) American football: 2007 NFL draft: The Oakland Raiders select Louisiana State University quarterback JaMarcus Russell with the first overall pick. The big surprise of the first round comes when the Cleveland Browns, who had selected offensive tackle Joe Thomas with the third overall pick, make a trade with the Dallas Cowboys for the 22nd pick and choose Ohio-born quarterback Brady Quinn. The Notre Dame star had been widely expected to go much earlier in the draft. (AP via Yahoo) Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Finals 281/4 (38 ov.) vs. 215/8 (36 ov.) by 53 runs (D/L) Football (soccer): FA Premier League 2006–07: Manchester United 4–2 Everton Chelsea 2–2 Bolton Wanderers Kevin Davies' equalizer for Bolton denies Chelsea the full three points as the Red Devils erect a 5-point lead for the championship with their come-from-behind win away from home. Ice hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs: Conference Semi Finals: Detroit Red Wings 3, San Jose Sharks 2, Series tied 1–1 New Jersey Devils 3, Ottawa Senators 2, 2OT, Series tied 1–1 Basketball: 2007 NBA Playoffs First Round Eastern Conference Detroit Pistons 97, Orlando Magic 93. Pistons win series, 4–0 Cleveland Cavaliers 98, Washington Wizards 92. Cavaliers lead series, 3–0 Western Conference San Antonio Spurs 96, Denver Nuggets 91. Spurs lead series, 2–1 Utah Jazz 98, Houston Rockets 85. Series tied, 2–2

27 April 2007 (Friday) Football (soccer): The FA Premier League fines West Ham a record £5.5 million (US $11 million) for irregularities in the registration of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano earlier this season, but does not impose a points deduction. (BBC) Ice hockey Stanley Cup playoffs: Conference Semi Finals: Buffalo Sabres 3, New York Rangers 2 – Sabres lead series 2–0 Vancouver Canucks 2, Anaheim Ducks 1 2OT – Series tied 1–1

26 April 2007 (Thursday) Football (soccer): 2006–07 UEFA Cup Semi Finals, first leg. Espanyol 3–0 Werder Bremen Osasuna 1–0 Sevilla Ice hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs: Conference Semi Finals: Ottawa Senators 5, New Jersey Devils 4 – Senators lead series 1–0 San Jose Sharks 2, Detroit Red Wings 0 – Sharks lead series 1–0

25 April 2007 (Wednesday) Baseball: The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 4–3 after 16 innings in the 3rd game that the teams have played at PNC Park in the last year which has gone 15 or more innings. (AP via Yahoo) Football (soccer): 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Semi Finals, first leg. Chelsea 1 – 0 Liverpool CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 Final leg: Pachuca 0–0 Guadalajara Pachuca win 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2–2 (aet) on aggregate, 7–6 on penalties, advance to 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals 153/3 (31.3 ov.) beat 149 all out (43.5 ov.) by 7 wickets Australia will be facing Sri Lanka in the final on Saturday aiming for their third successive title. Ice hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs: Conference Semi Finals: Buffalo Sabres 5, New York Rangers 2 – Sabres lead series 1–0 Anaheim Ducks 5, Vancouver Canucks 1 – Ducks lead series 1–0

24 April 2007 (Tuesday) Football (soccer): 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Semi Finals, first leg. Manchester United 3–2 A.C. Milan Cristiano Ronaldo gives United the lead in the 5th minute, before Kaká scores in the 22nd and 37th minutes to give Milan the half-time lead. Wayne Rooney scores in the 59th minute and 1st minute of added time to give United the lead before the second leg. Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals 289/5 (50 ov.) beat 208 (41.4 ov.) by 81 runs

23 April 2007 (Monday) Baseball: Alex Rodriguez hits his 13th and 14th home runs of the season in the New York Yankees' 10–8 loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The 14th homer ties the record Albert Pujols set last year for home runs in the month of April. A-Rod has six more games this month to try to reach the major-league record of home runs in any month, set by Sammy Sosa with 20 homers in May 1998. (AP via Yahoo) Figure Skating: After 43 years on ABC Sports/ESPN on ABC, US Figure Skating will begin broadcasting their championship events on NBC starting with the 2007 Skate America event at Reading, Pennsylvania in October. Ice hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs: Vancouver Canucks 4, Dallas Stars 1. Canucks win series, 4–3

22 April 2007 (Sunday) Baseball: Manny Ramírez, J. D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek of the Boston Red Sox hit four consecutive home runs against New York Yankees rookie Chase Wright in the third inning of the Sox' 7–6 win. The four players are the fifth quartet in Major League history to hit consecutive homers (AP via Yahoo). Athletics: 2007 London Marathon Men's race: (1) Martin Lel, 2:07:41 (2) Abderrahim Goumri, 2:07:44 (3) Felix Limo, 2:07:47 Women's race: (1) Zhou Chunxiu, 2:20:38 (2) Gete Wami, 2:21:45 (3) Constantina Tomescu, 2:23:55 Men's wheelchair race: (1) David Weir, 1:30:51 Women's wheelchair race: (1) Shelly Woods, 1:50:41 Auto racing: Champ Car: Grand Prix of Houston in Houston, Texas, USA. (1) Sébastien Bourdais (2) Graham Rahal (3) Robert Doornbos Football (soccer): FA Premier League 2006–07: Chelsea 0–0 Newcastle United Chelsea restores Manchester United's 3-point lead. Aston Villa 0–0 Portsmouth Portsmouth retains the UEFA Intertoto Cup berth over Tottenham Hotspur via goal difference. Spanish La Liga 2006–07: Barcelona 0–2 Villarreal Athletic Bilbao 1–4 Sevilla Barcelona's loss and Sevilla's win closes the gap between Barca and Sevilla into a point. Celta de Vigo 0–2 Real Zaragoza Zaragoza's win puts Celta level with Levante for the final relegation berth. Although Celta currently lead on goal difference, Celta and Levante have a match remaining at Celta—and in Spain, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head result, not goal difference (Celta and Levante drew previously). Italian Serie A Inter Milan 2–1 Siena Atalanta 2–1 Roma With Roma losing coupled with an Inter win, Inter Milan wins their second successive scudetto. Dutch Eredivisie Ajax 5–2 Sparta AZ 3–1 Heerenveen FC Utrecht 1–1 PSV After previous leaders PSV fail to win, the Eredivisie enters its final weekend with Ajax, AZ and PSV level on points atop the league. AZ are first on goal difference (+53), with Ajax second (+47) and PSV third (+46). Ice hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs: Detroit Red Wings 2, Calgary Flames 1, 2 OT. Red Wings win series, 4–2 Flames goaltender Jamie McLennan was suspended for five games, coach Jim Playfair fined $25,000 (US) and the team fined $100,000 (US) after an incident where McLennan slashed the Red Wings' Johan Franzén late in Game Five of their series. With the Flames' elimination, McLennan's suspension will extend into the Flames' first four games of the 2007–08 season. New Jersey Devils 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2. Devils win series, 4–2

21 April 2007 (Saturday) Auto racing: NASCAR: Subway Fresh Fit 500 in Avondale, Arizona, USA. (1) Jeff Gordon (2) Tony Stewart (3) Denny Hamlin Jeff Gordon's win ties him with Dale Earnhardt for seventh in all-time NASCAR Wins. IRL: Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan. (1) Tony Kanaan (2) Dan Wheldon (3) Dario Franchitti Cricket: 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eights 301/9 (49.5 ov.) beat 300 (49.5 ov.) by 1 wicket West Indies captain Brian Lara retires from all international cricket, effective after the match against England. Rugby: 2006–07 Heineken Cup Leicester Tigers defeat Llanelli Scarlets 33–17 in the first semi-final at Walkers Stadium. Football (soccer):

April 2007 in sports

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