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April 6

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Al Campanis shows his ignorance

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This day in sports history April 6

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April 6, 2009: An NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament record crowd of 72,922 attends the championship game of the Men’s Final Four at Ford Field in Detroit. North Carolina defeats Michigan State 89-72 to win the national championship. The attendance for the national semifinals two days earlier was 72,456.

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April 5-6, 2004: UConn becomes the first Division I school to win the men’s and women’s basketball titles in the same year. It is the third consecutive title for the women’s team.

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Sugar Ray Leonard comes out of retirement to beat Marvelous Marvin Hagle

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Gordie Howe reties at 52

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April 6, 1973: The NCAA national office staff moves to a new building in Mission, Kansas.

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The UCLA men’s basketball team wins a seventh straight NCAA title in 1973.

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Maurice Stokes dies at 36

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