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
- Stanley Cup playoffs:
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Famous quotes containing the word april:
“From land to land; and in my breast
Spring wakens too; and my regret
Becomes an April violet,
And buds and blossoms like the rest.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)