April is one of the busiest months and undoubtedly the most eventful period of the year on the sports calendar. Last April was no different. The championships were determined during the first week of the month, while the NBA and NHL qualifiers started shortly after.
Some of the best sports scenarios last month also exceeded questions in the field. The NFL and the WNBA held their annual projects in April, each bringing many surprises along the way.
So what sports stories were the biggest in April? Take a look:
10 largest sport scenarios in April
The Penske team pilot won his first victory of the 2025 season at Talladega Superspeedway in April, defeating Ryan Preece (which was disqualified after the technical inspection) and Kyle Larson by hair.
Fox Motorsports Insider Bob Pockrass::
Cindric will only appreciate winning a race on an editorial track. On these tracks, he was often in the running, but the victories seemed difficult to find (except in Daytona 500 2022).
He did not have to survive late prudence. All he had to do was to be in front and in position.
“To get it green at the end, have a capable car, a capable team, that everything meets, it’s really rewarding,” said Cindric.
“It is definitely a relief, given how many of these elements have disappeared. It does not make me special or different. These things are deepening in flames for the most part. I am super grateful for the opportunity to be able to win and win.”
9. Kyle Kirkwood Win the Grand Prix of Long Beach
Alex Palou dominated the Indycar 2025 season so far, winning three of the first four races before the Indianapolis 500 later in May. But Kirkwood offered a stay of the domination of Palou at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. He beat up in seconds in this race, holding the best driver of this season to win his third career victory.
Fox Motorsports Insider Bob Pockrass::
Kirkwood made it relatively easy. He won the post and led 46 of the 90 laps. It does not deviate from the strategy, because other drivers have tried to settle on different laps to potentially win places. During his last stop in the race without warning, Kirkwood mixed on the track in front of Palou and withdrew it – ending the quest for Palou for three consecutive victories to open the season.
“We really didn’t have this ultimate speed that the 27 cars (from Kirkwood) had,” said Palou. “They did a great job throughout the weekend, the qualifications and the race.
“He managed. Each time I was a little chance, he just had a little more pace. The shame that we could not really make him more interesting for the fans, but I am super happy to be here.”
8 Nebraska wins the first tournament of the university basketball crown
Fred Hoiberg had an impressive passage to NebraskaAnd he added in April. He led the Cornhuskers to four consecutive victories in the very first University basketball wreath Tournament, winning three two -digit victories.
7 Joaquin Niemann wins the fifth career career golf tournament, tied Koepka Brooks For most of all time
In the first Golf liv Mexico Event, Niemann continued his start to the season. He pulled 6 under the last round of the tournament to win by three shots and obtain his third victory of the year. He also gave Niemann five career victories in Liv Golf, binding Koepka for the most.
6. Paige Bueckers is selected n ° 1 overall in the draft of the WNBA
Uconn Women’s basketball had a fairly hectic April. After having won his historic university basketball career earlier in the month, Bueckers became the sixth player in the history of the program to be selected as a n ° 1 choice in WNBA draft, extending the Huskies record for the most part. Bueckers was the consensual national player of the year during the 2020-21 season and resumed her elite form after a tear ACL put her away for the 2022-23 season. The triple first All-American team joined a Wings team that finished with the second WNBA record last season.
5 Alex Ovechkin Beat the record for goals of all time of Wayne Gretzky
A record that many thought would never be broken did exactly that in April. Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal in the Washington Capital‘Loss at the New York Icelanders On April 6, broke the goals record of all time established by the “Grand”. The moment was accompanied by a break in the game while the historic realization of Ovechkin was celebrated.
4 Florida wins the male NCAA tournament; Uconn wins women
Of course, most of March Madness did not take place in April, but the last four in male and female tournaments did it. In the female tournament, Drums Finally, I overcome the bump, helping Geno Auriemma and Uconn to win their first national championship since 2016 with eruption victories UCLA And South Carolina In the semi-final and the national championship, respectively.
The Final Four of men had a little more drama. Florida made his enemy dry colleague Auburn in the national semi-finals, while Houes I had an exciting return to defeat Duke. In the championship match, it was Florida’s turn to make a furious return. The Gators have rallied from a deficit of 12 points to win, which makes it the third return in the second half in the history of the National Championship of the NCAA. Houston had the chance to link or win the match on the final possession, but the defense of Florida prevented the cougars from shooting a blow.
THE Titans du Tennessee Caught who they hope will be their quarter of the future when they have selected Ward without surprise with the overall choice n ° 1 of the NFL 2025 draft. There was a twist when the Cleveland Browns were on the chronometer with the overall choice n ° 2, however. THE Jacksonville Jaguars Passed from the fifth overall choice to n ° 2, exchanging a choice of first round in 2026, among other active people, in order to obtain a double -sense star hunter.
2 Sheder Sanders fall to the fifth round of the NFL draft
There is very rarely an anti-Prime Tour choice which ends up grasping the world of sport, but Sanders drew unprecedented attention to the last cycles of the NFL 2025 draft. The Browns finally took Sanders in the fifth round of the draft, but he came after being surprising Dillon Gabriel in the third round. Sanders was also the sixth quarter of the board of directors this year, which was a major shock since most project analysts classified him as the second best player in the class. Many simulated projects have also projected Sanders as a first round choice.
The Sanders slide has also brought other sub -intrigues. He was one of the handfuls of perspectives that received stuffing calls during the project. Speculations also explained why he could have fallen as far as him.
Whatever the theories about Sanders, however, it is undeniable that there was a great interest around the place where he was drafted on the 3rd day of rating files.
McILroy finally removed the Augusta waist monkey from his back to put a green jacket in April, but she did not come easily. After held the advance for a large part of the final round, McILroy had trouble in the nine back and missed a putt to win the tournament on the 18th hole, forcing him to attend the playoffs. He avenged his missed putt on the first hole in the playoffs, flowing a short putt after an impressive second shot to defeat Justin Rose. The victory made McILroy the sixth golfer to have already finished a big slam in career and the first in Europe.
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