On This Day in Sports - April 6

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• 1973 - Roberto Clemente Day, Pittsburgh Pirates retire his number
  
  
  
  
• 1973 - New York Yankees' Ron Blomberg becomes first designated hitter, he walks
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• 1977 - Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners' first game, loses to California Angels 7-0
  
  
  
  
  
• 1980 - Gordie Howe completes a record 26th hockey season
  
  
  
  
  
• 1987 - Al Campanis appears on TV show Nightline saying blacks may not be equipped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
  
  
  
  
  
• 1987 - Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
  
  
  
• 1988 - New Jersey Devils' first playoff game; lose to New York Islanders 4-3 (overtime) in first round
  
  
• 1991 - New York-New Jersey Knights first home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
  
  
• 1991 - New York-New Jersey Knights first home game (Giants Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
  
  
• 1992 - 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
  
  
  
  
  
• 1992 - Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland Indians 2-0
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 1996 - Major League Soccer kicks off in the USA in front of an overflow crowd of 31,683 packed in Spartan Stadium to witness the historic first game. San Jose Clash forward Eric Wynalda scores the league's first goal in a 1-0 victory over D. C. United
  
  
  
  
  
• 2009 - North Carolina Tar Heels overwhelms Michigan State Spartans 89-72 in the final of the NCAA Tournament