April 2007 in Sports - 29 April 2007 (Sunday)

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 Edgar 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