April 21<\/p>\n
1904 \u2014 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)<\/p>\n
1948 \u2014 Basketball Association of America Finals: Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 88-73 to take series, 4 games to 2.<\/p>\n
1951 \u2014 Bob Davies\u2019 two foul shots and Jack Coleman\u2019s layup give the Rochester Royals a 79-75 triumph over the New York Knicks in the seventh game of the NBA championship series.<\/p>\n
1951 \u2014 The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in five years as they beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in the fifth game.<\/p>\n
1955 \u2014 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season.<\/p>\n
1980 \u2014 Bill Rodgers wins his third straight Boston Marathon. Rosie Ruiz is disqualified eight days later as women\u2019s champion when it\u2019s discovered she did not run the entire distance.<\/p>\n
1989 \u2014 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become joint CEOs of the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n
1991 \u2014 NFL Draft: University of Miami defensive tackle Russell Maryland first pick by Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n
1991 \u2014 PGA Seniors\u2019 Championship Men\u2019s Golf, PGA National GC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 4th of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes.<\/p>\n
1995 \u2014 Defending champion Utah continues its domination of the NCAA women\u2019s gymnastics championships, capturing its ninth national title since the event began in 1982 with a score of 196.650.<\/p>\n
1996 \u2014 The Chicago Bulls wrap up the most successful regular season in NBA history with their 72nd victory, getting 26 points from Michael Jordan in a 103-93 decision over Washington. Jordan sets an NBA record by winning his eighth NBA scoring title, breaking Wilt Chamberlain\u2019s record of seven.<\/p>\n
1996 \u2014 PGA Seniors\u2019 Championship Men\u2019s Golf, PGA National GC: Hale Irwin beats Japan\u2019s Isao Aoki by 2 strokes for his first of 4 Senior PGA Championships.<\/p>\n
2001 \u2014 Hasim Rahman flattens Lennox Lewis with a stunning right hand near the end of the fifth round to capture the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history in Brakpan, South Africa.<\/p>\n
2001 \u2014 NFL Draft: Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick first pick by Atlanta Falcons.<\/p>\n
2008 \u2014 Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya wins the Boston Marathon in 2:07:46 to become the fourth man to win the race four times. Ethiopia\u2019s Dire Tune outkicks Alevtina Biktimirova after a back-and-forth last mile to win by 2 seconds in the closest finish in the history of the women\u2019s race.<\/p>\n
2012 \u2014 Phil Humber throws the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 Raphael Jacquelin of France wins a record-tying playoff at the Spanish Open, edging Germany\u2019s Maximilian Kieffer on their ninth try at the 18th hole. The only other European Tour event decided by a nine-hole playoff was the 1989 Dutch Open.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 Takuma Sato becomes the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar race in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 Rookie Marc Marquez wins his first MotoGP race, capturing the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The 20-year-old Spaniard, last season\u2019s Moto2 champion, becomes the youngest winner at motorcycle racing\u2019s top level.<\/p>\n
2013 \u2014 Joe Scarborough, a 50-year-old self-employed electrical contractor, rolls the first 900 series in Professional Bowlers Association history \u2014 three straight perfect games. He opened the first round of qualifying in the PBA50 Sun Bowl with three games of 300, throwing 36 consecutive strikes.<\/p>\n
2014 \u2014 American Meb Keflezighi wins the Boston Marathon, a year after a bombing at the finish line left three dead and more than 260 people injured. No U.S. runner had won the race since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach took the women\u2019s title in 1985; the last American man to win was Greg Meyer in 1983. Rita Jeptoo of Kenya successfully defends the Boston Marathon title, becoming the seventh three-time Boston Marathon champion.<\/p>\n
2018 \u2014 Oakland A\u2019s left hander Sean Manaea no-hits the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n
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