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What Happened in Sports: April 27, 2020
What happened in sports on April 27, 2020 ft. HOU dropping S Gipson, NE FB Develin retiring, NBA opening practice facilities, and more!
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April 27th, 2020 was highlighted by the Houston Texans releasing S Teshaun Gipson to save $3.2M in 2020 cap space after signing him to a 3y/$23M deal just one year ago, New England Patriots Pro Bowl FB James Develin retiring after a seven-year career at 31 years of age, and the NBA allowing team facilities to re-open no earlier than May 8.
This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history.
10th overall to the @Chiefs: Future MVP @PatrickMahomes.
Just 10 days until the @NFLDraft!
?: 2020 NFL Draft, April 23-25 on NFLN/ESPN/ABC pic.twitter.com/4LjmGgCL25
— NFL (@NFL) April 13, 2020
The reigning Super Bowl MVP Mahomes has been making big plays since his days at Texas Tech 🚀
(➡️ @StateFarm) pic.twitter.com/UhsvSvrLjJ
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 5, 2020
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of the league’s nastiest route-runners. ?? @Keenan13Allen pic.twitter.com/2oWmzc6oqM
— NFL (@NFL) April 27, 2020
Klay dropped a career-high 60 points in 29 minutes… ?
Warriors vs. Pacers Pop Up Edition – 8pm ET on NBA TV! pic.twitter.com/qfAd3BOPUw
— NBA TV (@NBATV) April 27, 2020
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NFL: RB Boston Scott, Philadelphia Eagles (turns 25)
MLB: SS Corey Seager, Los Angeles Dodgers (26)
NFL: LB Kamalei Correa, Tennessee Titans (26)
NFL: OL Connor McGovern, New York Jets (27)
MLB: OF JD Davis, New York Mets (27)
NFL: WR Keenan Allen, Los Angeles Chargers (28)
NFL: OT Donald Penn, Free Agent (37)
NBA: SG George Gervin, Hall of Fame (68)
MLB: 2B Rogers Hornsby, Hall of Fame (124)
2017: Kansas City Chiefs traded their 27th overall pick, a 2018 1st Rd Pick, and a 2017 3rd Rd Pick to the Buffalo Bills for the 10th overall pick where they selected Texas Tech QB Patrick Mahomes; Houston Texans also traded with the Cleveland Browns to the 12th overall pick to draft Clemson QB Deshaun Watson while Texas A&M EDGE Myles Garrett was the 1st pick
1996: San Francisco Giants OF Barry Bonds hit 2 HRs to become just the 4th player in MLB history to record 300 HRs and steals, joining his father (Bobby), godfather (Willie Mays), and Andre Dawson
1994: NBA Board of Governors officially granted a franchise to Vancouver, Canada (Grizzlies)
1984: Detroit Pistons PG Isiah Thomas and New York Knicks SF Bernard King engaged in a legendary shootout as King scored 12 of his 44 in the final 5:12 while Thomas scored 14 in the final 1:34 to send the game to OT, where they’d have 4 PTS each; New York would win, 127-123
1983: Houston Astros SP Nolan Ryan recorded his 3,509th career strikeout, breaking Walter Johnson‘s all-time MLB Strikeouts record
1983: San Antonio Spurs PG Johnny Moore set a then-NBA Playoff record with 20 AST in a victory over the Denver Nuggets
1971: Atlanta Braves OF Hank Aaron became just the 3rd player in MLB history to hit 600 career HRs (Willie Mays, Babe Ruth)
1961: Canton, OH was chosen by the NFL to be the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
1950: Boston Celtics hired 32-year-old Arnold “Red” Auerbach as HC after his 4 seasons with the Capitol Bullets and Tri-State Blackhawks; he would go on to win 9 championships over 16 seasons
1926: In the New York Giants’ 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, future HOF OF Mel Ott made his MLB debut at just 17 years old; he struck out and would not play regularly until the following season
1918: Entering the game on 9-0 and 0-9 starts to the season, respectively, the New York Giants’ streak was snapped by the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose winless start had set an MLB record
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