April 2005 in Sports - 23 April 2005

23 April 2005

• Boxing:
  • Antonio Margarito retains his WBO world Welterweight title, with a fifth round knockout win over Kermit Cintron. In the undercard, Shane Mosley returns to boxing with a ten round decision win over David Castillo. ESPN.com
  • Wladimir Klitschko returns to the ring, with a fourth round knockout over Eliseo Castillo. Boxing Central.com
• 2005 English cricket season:
  • County Championship – Division One:
    • Middlesex (9pts) drew with Nottinghamshire (12pts)
    • Kent (10pts) drew with Warwickshire (10pts)
    • Sussex (9pts) drew with Hampshire (9pts)
  • County Championship – Division Two:
    • Northamptonshire (12pts) drew with Leicestershire (9pts)
    • Yorkshire (22pts) beat Somerset (3pts) by an innings and 44 runs
• Rugby union, Heineken Cup semifinal: Stade Français 20, Biarritz 17 at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, metro Paris. Stade advances to the final to be held 22 May at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. (BBC)
• NFL: The 2005 NFL Draft begins at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Highlights (ESPN):
  • The San Francisco 49ers, selecting first overall, pick Utah quarterback Alex Smith, as expected.
  • For the first time ever, three running backs are among the first five selections: Auburn teammates Ronnie Brown and Carnell Williams (second and fifth respectively) and Texas' Cedric Benson (fourth).
  • Auburn has four first-round picks, with Brown and Williams joined by cornerback Carlos Rogers (ninth) and QB Jason Campbell (25).
  • Cal QB Aaron Rodgers, who was regarded by many as a possible top overall pick until a week before the draft, freefalls through the first round all the way to the 24th slot. The Green Bay Packers pick Rodgers, who now stands to be the eventual successor to Brett Favre.
  • In a surprise move, the Denver Broncos draft Maurice Clarett, former Ohio State running back, as a third-round compensatory pick.
• Nextel Cup: In the series' first night race at Phoenix International Raceway, Kurt Busch leads over half of the laps en route to his first victory of the season at the Subway Fresh 500. (NASCAR.com)
• Major League Soccer: The Los Angeles Galaxy defeats C.D. Chivas USA 3–1 in an inter-city match. A strange delay occurs in the 41st minute when the "SkyCam", a movable TV camera suspended above the ground on a cable, that ESPN2 is using crashes to the ground, sparking a 3-and-a-half minute stoppage. The camera is removed at halftime. No one is injured when it falls.(MLSNet MatchTracker)