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Today in Sports - Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous 15-round decision to retain world heavyweight title
Mon, Apr 29, 2024
NHL News (AP)
April 30
1922 - Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox pitches a 2-0 perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.
1939 - Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees.
1958 - Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.
1961 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits four home runs in a 14-4 victory over the Braves in Milwaukee.
1961 - LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Mickey Wright wins her 5th major title by 1 stroke from Patty Berg & Louise Suggs.
1962 - LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Mickey Wright wins her 8th major title in a playoff with Ruth Jessen.
1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks become the second team to register a four-game sweep in the NBA championship, beating the Baltimore Bullets 118-106.
1975 - Larry O'Brien is named the NBA's third commissioner, following J. Walter Kennedy (1963-75) and Maurice Podoloff (1946-63). O'Brien holds the position until 1984.
1976 - Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Jimmy Young in Landover, Md., to retain his world heavyweight title.
1985 - NFL Draft: Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith first pick by Buffalo Bills.
1987 - NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game.
1989 - U.S. beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.
1992 - The Red Wings and Canucks become the ninth and 10th teams in NHL history to rebound from 3-1 deficits to win playoff series. Detroit beats the Minnesota North Stars 5-2 in the Norris Division, while Vancouver defeats the Winnipeg Jets 5-0 in the Smythe Division.
1993 - Top-ranked Monica Seles is stabbed during a changeover in Hamburg, Germany. Guenter Parche, 38, reaches over a courtside railing and knifes Seles in the back. She has an inch-deep slit between her shoulder blades and missed the remainder of the 1993 season.
2005 - James Toney outpoints John Ruiz to win the WBA heavyweight title in New York. Toney, a former champion at three other weights, wins his third heavyweight bout, becoming the third one-time middleweight champion to take boxing's top crown.
2010 - Tiger Woods matches the worst nine-hole score of his PGA Tour career and winds up with a 7-over 79 to miss the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship. Woods finishes at 9-over 153, the highest 36-hole total of his career. It's the sixth time in his 14-year career he misses a cut.
2012 - Manchester City defeat Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history.
2014 - Anze Kopitar scores the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and Jonathan Quick makes 39 saves to cap the Los Angeles Kings' comeback from three games down with a 5-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of the first rounds. This is the fourth time an NHL team won a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games.
2015 - For the first time in 51 years, the NFL draft returns to Chicago. Florida State's Jameis Winston is selected by Tampa Bay as the first selection.
2023 - Seattle Kraken become first NHL franchise to earn its first-ever playoff series win against reigning Stanley Cup champion, eliminating Colorado Avalanche in 7 games.
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