By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Apr 28, 2021

April 28th, 2021 was highlighted by a dunk contest going on in DC as the Wizards threw down a trifecta of hammers on the Lakers as Russell Westbrook racked up his 30th triple-double of the season. Jacob deGrom dominated with his MLB-record tying 59th strikeout through five games but the Mets lost 1-0 to Boston in classic fashion. Denver Broncos acquired Teddy Bridgewater one day before the 2021 draft while Tampa Bay re-signed WR Antonio Brown to ensure their entire Super Bowl team is back together. 

Utah Jazz had a record-breaking victory over Sacramento with both teams missing their star Guards. The Joker had another MVP moment by blocking Zion Williamson’s potential game-tying bucket to cap off an all-around impressive performance, CP3’s 25-point second half helped Phoenix end the NBA’s second-longest playoff drought, and the Spurs postseason hopes suffered a big loss with Derrick White’s likely season-ending injury. 

See what happened in sports on April 28th last year, headlined by KC dropping Dustin Colquitt, the Broncos adding DL Christian Covington, and Trey Mancini getting diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. 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, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.

NBA Wednesday’s top 10 plays

DC held a dunk contest vs. LA

Bam banged it on Poeltl

Jokic doing MVP things

Epic Rojas HR robbery on Tatis

Rizzo struck out Freeman

Graham somehow finished this

Player of the Day: Westbrook

CP3 caught fire to clinch playoffs

Jaylen & Jayson both went off

Kyle Pitts is a generational talent

Celtics playoff greatness OTD

KD’s epic GW on the Mavs OTD

Piazza’s 2-run homer FTW OTD

1 of many Big Shot Bob 3’s OTD

HBD to HOFer Barry Larkin

Happy bday to defensive beast

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NBA Wednesday

[Highlights] PG Russell Westbrook, WSH (W v.LAL): 18 PTS (7-16 FG | 1-3 3P), 14 AST, 18 REB, 0 BLK, 2 STL, 2 TO [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] C Nikola Jokic, DEN (W v.NOP): 32 PTS (12-20 FG | 2-4 3P), 8 AST, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 3 STL, 6 TO

[Highlights] F Jayson Tatum, BOS (W v.CHA): 35 PTS (12-23 FG | 4-10 3P), 8 AST, 8 REB, 0 BLK, 1 STL, 3 TO

[Highlights] G/F Jaylen Brown, BOS (W v.CHA): 38 PTS (13-23 FG | 7-13 3P), 4 AST, 7 REB, 1 BLK, 0 STL, 1 TO

[Highlights] PG Chris Paul, PHX (W v.LAC): 28 PTS (10-15 FG | 4-8 3P), 10 AST, 3 REB, 0 BLK, 3 STL, 3 TO

NBA TOP PERFORMERS

NFL: CB Denzel Ward, Cleveland Browns (turns 24)

NFL: DL Grady Jarrett, Atlanta Falcons (28)

MLB: 3B Matt Chapman, Oakland Athletics (28)

NFL: EDGE DeMarcus Lawrence, Dallas Cowboys (29)

NFL: QB Blake Bortles, Free Agent (29)

MLB: 3B David Freese, Retired after 2019 (38)

MLB: SS Barry Larkin, Hall of Fame (57)

2018: In the 5th round of the NFL Draft, the Seattle Seahawks made UCF LB Shaquem Griffin the very 1st 1-handed player to be drafted

2016: Rams and Eagles both traded up for the top 2 picks to draft Cal QB Jared Goff and NDSU QB Carson Wentz. Other notable picks: DE Joey Bosa (3rd), RB Ezekiel Elliott (4th), CB Jalen Ramsey (5th), OT Ronnie Stanley (6th), DL DeForest Buckner (7th), OT Jack Conklin (8th), and OT Laremy Tunsil who fell to MIA at 13th after a controversial gas mask video was released on draft day

2011: Legendary 2011 NFL Draft class features QB Cam Newton (1st – CAR), EDGE Von Miller (2nd – DEN), WR AJ Green (4th – CIN), CB Patrick Peterson (5th – ARZ), WR Julio Jones (6th – ATL), OT Tyron Smith (9th – DAL), EDGE Cameron Jordan (24th – NO), and DL Cameron Heyward (31st – PIT) all selected in the 1st round

2007: 2007 NFL Draft featured future Hall of Famers such as WR Calvin Johnson (2nd – DET), OT Joe Thomas (3rd – CLE), RB Adrian Peterson (7th – MIN), LB Patrick Willis (11th – SF) RB Marshawn Lynch (12th – BUF), and CB Darrelle Revis (14th – NYJ), among others

1990: Boston Celtics set an NBA Playoff scoring record with 157 PTS in their victory over the New York Knicks that still stands as the record today 

1987: NBA announced expansion franchises for Charlotte, NC and Miami, FL (1988) along with Minneapolis, MN and Orlando, FL the following year 

1985: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Fernando Valenzuela set an MLB record by starting the season with 41 consecutive scoreless innings

1981: 3 future HOFers were selected in the 1st round of the NFL Draft — LB Lawrence Taylor (2nd – NYG), S Kenny Easley (4th – SEA), and DB Ronnie Lott (8th – SF) 

1966: Boston Celtics won their 8th consecutive NBA Championship with an all-time classic Game 7 victory, 95-93 over the Los Angeles Lakers, after which legendary HC Red Auerbach announced his retirement

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