April 2008 in Sports - 27 April 2008 (Sunday)

27 April 2008 (Sunday)

• Baseball:
  • Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore sits out Cleveland's 1–0 loss to the New York Yankees with a sore ankle. Sizemore's streak of consecutive games played, which had been the longest in the Major Leagues, ends at 382. Jeff Francoeur of the Atlanta Braves now has the longest active streak at 351 games. (Canton Repository)

• National Football League
  • 2008 NFL Draft Day 2 notable picks:

65. Detroit Lions: Running back Kevin Smith, UCF

73. Kansas City Chiefs (from Denver through Minnesota): Running back Jamaal Charles, Texas

81. Arizona Cardinals: Wide receiver Early Doucet, LSU

86. Baltimore Ravens (from Seattle): Free safety Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame

89. Houston Texans (from Jacksonville through Baltimore): Running back Steve Slaton, West Virginia

95. New York Giants: Wide receiver Mario Manningham, Michigan

137. Minnesota Vikings (from St. Louis through Green Bay): Quarterback John David Booty, USC

156. Pittsburgh Steelers: Quarterback Dennis Dixon, Oregon

162. New York Jets (from Green Bay): Quarterback Erik Ainge, Tennessee

186. Washington Redskins: Quarterback Colt Brennan, Hawaii

202. Indianapolis Colts: Running back Mike Hart, Michigan

209. Green Bay Packers (From St. Louis through Minnesota): Quarterback Matt Flynn, LSU

252 (Mr. Irrelevant). St. Louis Rams: Linebacker David Vobora, Idaho

• Auto racing:

• Formula One: Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Spain

(1) Kimi Räikkönen (2) Felipe Massa (3) Lewis Hamilton

• Indy Racing League: RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 in Kansas City, Kansas

(1) Dan Wheldon (2) Tony Kanaan (3) Scott Dixon

• Le Mans Series: 1000km of Monza in Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy

(1) Pedro Lamy & Stéphane Sarrazin (2) Alexandre Prémat & Mike Rockenfeller (3) Harald Primat & Christophe Tinseau

• NASCAR Sprint Cup: Aaron's 499 in Talladega, Alabama

(1) Kyle Busch (2) Juan Pablo Montoya (3) Denny Hamlin

• World Rally Championship: Jordan Rally in Amman, Jordan

(1) Mikko Hirvonen (2) Dani Sordo (3) Chris Atkinson

• Motorcycle racing:
  • Superbike: Assen Superbike World Championship round, at TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands:

  Race 1 (1) Troy Bayliss (2) Carlos Checa (3) Max Neukirchner

  Race 2 (1) Troy Bayliss (2) Noriyuki Haga (3) Carlos Checa

• Rugby union: Heineken Cup semifinals
  • Saracens 16–18 (Ireland) Munster at Ricoh Arena, Coventry